Surgery Without CuttingSurgery is a medical field that has made tremendous progress in the past. First with general anesthesia, then increasingly advanced procedures and precise tools,...
Dangerous TimesSince we wrote our article “Top 10 Aerospace and Defense Stocks“, international geopolitics have kept taking a turn for the worse.The Red Sea trade lanes...
The Ongoing Nanotech RevolutionFar from being in the realm of science fiction, nanotechnology is already all around us. This mostly started with the semiconductor industry, which...
Disruptions Are OpportunitiesIn our previous article “Disruptions on the Horizon – Canada’s Top 10 Concerns For The Near Future” we discussed in detail the top 10...
Mapping Possible Dangerous DisruptionsThe Canadian Government, through the federal agency Policy Horizon Canada, has published a review of the possible disruption and danger ahead for the country,...
The Power Of VaccinesSince their invention in the 19th century, vaccines have been a massive healthcare revolution. In part, they drastically reduced mortality from deadly diseases, with...
Battery Or Carbon Capture? Why Not Both?The push for green energy and electrification is mostly motivated by the need to reduce carbon emissions in the context...
Predicting Chemical InteractionsDrug discovery initially relied on randomly testing new chemical compounds or trying to find active compounds in nature and traditional medicine. A more modern...
New Tools For Old DiagnosisSince the dawn of medicine, many diagnostics rely on the visual inspection of a patient. This is still true for ear infections,...
Blood Clotting MedicinesManaging blood clotting is very important for medical professionals. We discussed previously how synthetic platelets could be used to induce emergency clotting in case...
Graphene Made Of BoronMaterial sciences keep making new discoveries, one of them being 2D materials. They are materials organized into a thin layer of only one...
Rare Diseases – Curing The IncurableWhile not entirely solved, a lot of major deadly illnesses that have plagued humanity have become more manageable over the last...
“Curing” Bleeding with Artificial PlateletsA lot of deaths from injuries and accidents are linked to blood loss. While not as discussed as cancer, cardiovascular, or genetic...
The CRISPR RevolutionCRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a recently discovered tool for genetic editing. It allows for very precise and directed gene editing, and...
Why the Flu Shot Fails So OftenSome virus species are more likely to mutate and evolve quickly than others. Among the champions of rapid changes is...