Meet Dr. Wing Sung and discover a career in which scientists use little proteins to solve big problems, such as treating diseases, reducing chlorine use in the pulp and paper industry and improving the quality of hemp fibre.

Navigate this interactive Periodic Table to learn more about the elements and their properties.

Discover Canada's synchrotron, an extremely powerful microscope in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Find statistical information on the materials and equipment used in construction in Canada, broken down into residential and non-residential categories.

Read news on construction relating to recent research results, product evaluations, code developments and conference highlights in this online newsletter.

Discover how diamonds are formed. Read a text explanation or view a video that demonstrates the process.

Discover how neutron scattering research led to new knowledge about magnetism.

Find statistics on the manufacturing industries in Canada that make products and materials such as textiles, paper, plastic, metals and steel, transportation equipment and foods and beverages.

Discover how single-walled carbon nanotubes are being investigated for potential use in biomedical applications and new composite materials.

Learn about the institute responsible for developing and maintaining base quantities of measurements such as mass, length, time and temperature.

Link to practice-oriented publications and guides on construction for professors, educators and students.

Learn about the creation of products for applications such as foams, films, moulding and electroplating from polymer-based materials, the primary material used in making plastics.

Learn about the materials analysis method known as powder neutron diffraction and discover how it works.

Find out how a steelmaker in Cambridge, Ontario, is cutting its costs and energy demands by piping in methane gas from a nearby landfill site to fire up its big furnaces (text and video).

Learn about Canada’s contributions and research into the goal of perfecting time measurement. Read about key developments and the latest technologies.