McMaster Engineering researchers Emily Cranston and Igor Zhitomirsky are turning trees into energy storage devices capable of powering everything from a smart watch to a hybrid car. The scie... Read more
Infectious diseases such as hepatitis C and some of the world’s deadliest superbugs–C. difficile and MRSA among them–could soon be detected much earlier by a unique diagnos... Read more
Consumers are one step closer to benefiting from packaging that could give simple text warnings when food is contaminated with deadly pathogens like E. coli and Salmonella, and patients coul... Read more
A new discovery from researchers at McMaster University could be a major breakthrough in battling obesity and diabetes. The team is hoping its discovery can lead to a pill or patch that woul... Read more
Want to know if a well is contaminated? Drop a pill in a vial of water and shake vigorously. If the colour changes, there’s the answer. Inspiration can come in many forms, but this one truly... Read more
New drug delivery method targets cancer cells – not the entire body – and limits chemotherapy side effects Chemotherapeutic drugs excel at fighting cancer, but they’re not so efficient at ge... Read more
These findings suggest a new strain of plague could emerge again in humans in the future. An international team of scientists has discovered that two of the world’s most devastating plagues... Read more
McMaster University researchers are making major inroads in the battle against so-called superbugs and laying the groundwork for highly effective antibiotics of the future, a scientific jour... Read more
Studies suggest that computer models called neural networks may learn to recognize patterns in data using the same algorithms as the human brain The brain performs its canonical task — learn... Read more
Exercise science is a fine and intellectually fascinating thing. But sometimes you just want someone to lay out guidelines for how to put the newest fitness research into practice. An articl... Read more
The researchers showed that thioridazine kills leukemia stem cells without affecting normal blood stem cells An anti-psychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia appears to get rid of cancer s... Read more