The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) offers a number of videos that present information about our facilities, our research and our employees.
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| Discover drone testing at the NRC | Aerospace Research Centre | Our experts from the Aerospace Research Centre are testing small drones in urban airflow features at our Propulsion and Icing Wind Tunnel. | Drones, Unmanned aircraft systems, transportation |
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| Nexus Lab at the Nanotechnology Research Centre | Nanotechnology | Our Nexus Lab can help you perform design-to-manufacture activities. | Facilities and equipment |
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| Cutting edge microscopy at the Nanotechnology Research Centre | Nanotechnology | Our microscopy characterization capabilities can help you achieve your goals. | Facilities and equipment |
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| Canadian vertical lift autonomy demonstration | Aerospace | Twentieth century science fiction writers often featured flying cars and self-driving automobiles in their stories. While we haven't quite reached that vision yet, researchers at the National Research Council of Canada's (NRC) Aerospace Research Centre are well on their way to it. | Cool science |
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| Discover the NRC's Aerospace Research Centre | Aerospace | Discover how the NRC's Aerospace Research Centre is supporting the industry through innovation. | Facilities and equipment |
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| NRC PowerBlade | Medical Devices | The PowerBlade is a centrifugal device developed by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). It is used with microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices to automate and simplify medical sample preparation and analysis. | Cool science |
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| Super magnet assembly to improve optical systems | Nanotechnology | Researchers at the Nanotechnology Research Centre have coupled two pairs of super magnets to correct image distortions with low power consumption. | Cool science |
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| METALTec's high-productivity laser welding project | Automotive and surface transportation | Discover how the METALTec Industrial R&D group is helping businesses address Industry 4.0 challenges in the metal manufacturing sector. | Advanced manufacturing |
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| Biologics Manufacturing Centre overview | Human Health Therapeutics | The Biologics Manufacturing Centre is a new end-to-end biomanufacturing facility that will be used to manufacture vaccines and other biologics. | Facilities and equipment |
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| What's killing galaxies in extreme regions of the nearby Universe? | Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre | A Canadian-led team of 36 astronomers has just completed the largest imaging survey of molecular gas in one of the most extreme regions of the Universe, the Virgo Cluster. | Cool science |
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| Dr. Gerhard Herzberg : The legend and the legacy | Security and Disruptive Technologies | Visit the Dr. Gerhard Herzberg Museum | Cool science |
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| Mining Sensors Hub | Energy, Mining and Environment | This is the place to scan rolling stones! | Facilities and equipment |
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| Biologics Manufacturing Centre construction | Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre | The construction of the new Biologics Manufacturing Centre | Facilities and equipment |
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| Biologics Manufacturing Centre construction completion announcement | Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre | Announcement that construction of the Biologics Manufacturing Centre is complete | Facilities and equipment |
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| NanoMi transmission electron microscope | Nanotechnology | The world's first open source scanning transmission electron microscope | Facilities and equipment |
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| NRC's Integrated Aerial Mobility program: the future of flight is now | Aerospace | The program draws on expertise in aerospace, energy, advanced materials and digital technologies to overcome the technical and regulatory challenges of the next generation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). | Cool science |
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| Centre for air travel research | Aerospace | A realistic and flexible air travel environment for development, design and evaluation purposes. | Facilities and equipment |
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| 50th anniversary of the 9 m wind tunnel | Aerospace | Since 1970, the 9 m wind tunnel has been used to improve the aerodynamic performance of air, sea, and ground vehicles and structures from around the world. | Cool science |
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| Material for Clean Fuels Challenge program | Energy, Mining and Environment | Developing clean technologies to meet Canada's climate change targets. | Challenge program |
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| High-throughput and Secure Networks Challenge program | Advanced Electronics and Photonics | Developing innovative technologies for fast and secure networks. | Challenge program |
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| 360° video : Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory | Security and Disruptive Technologies | Home of the world's most influential groups in femtosecond and attosecond science | Facilities and equipment |
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| 360° video : Climatic Testing Facility | Automotive and Surface Transportation | Facility designed to test equipment and vehicles under an exceptionally wide range of thermal and environmental conditions. | Facilities and equipment |
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| 360° video: Manufacturing and Automotive Innovation Hub research facility | Automotive and Surface Transportation | A collaborative workspace for leading-edge research in advanced manufacturing and connected and autonomous vehicle technologies. | Facilities and equipment |
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| The NRC's 3 m x 6 m propulsion icing wind tunnel | Aerospace | The 3 m x 6 m propulsion icing wind tunnel can accommodate full-scale, full-speed, cold temperature tests with fluids. | Facilities and equipment |
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| 360° video – The NRC's Aerial Robotics Laboratory | Aerospace | An indoor drone testing environment for the development of contact-based drone applications on elevated structures. | Facilities and equipment |
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| Happy New Year from the National Research Council of Canada | Metrology | Father time Alan Steele, Canada's Chief Metrologist and Director General of the Metrology Research Centre wishes everyone a happy New Year on behalf of the NRC. | Overview |
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| NRC's defence and security expertise | NRC | The NRC provides expertise and creative defense and security solutions on land, in the air and at sea. | Cool science |
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| NRC research highlights for 2018 | NRC | 2018: A year of ground-breaking science achievements at the NRC. | Overview |
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| Advancing knowledge and scientific boundaries | NRC | The NRC leverages research in science & technology to prepare us for the challenges of tomorrow. | Overview |
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| NRC flies the world's first civil jet powered by 100 percent biofuel | Aerospace | Cool science |
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| What's microgravity? | Aerospace | Duff Gowanlock, Research Test Flight Engineer at the NRC, explains the sensation of microgravity. | Cool science |
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| Why's microgravity sometimes called zero-g? | Aerospace | Duff Gowanlock, Research Test Flight Engineer at the NRC, explains the misnomer of zero gravity. | Cool science |
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| How's microgravity copied on earth? | Aerospace | Duff Gowanlock, Research Test Flight Engineer, explains how the Falcon 20 aircraft mimics the sensation of microgravity by flying parabolic arches. | Cool science |
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| Why do we do microgravity research? | Aerospace | Research builds our understanding of how equipment will work in space. | Cool science |
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| What kind of microgravity research has the NRC done? (Part 1) | Aerospace | The NRC works with partners on a wide variety of microgravity applications. | Cool science |
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| What kind of microgravity research has the NRC done? (Part 2) | Aerospace | Earth can help prepare for longer space missions that make use of resources on the moon or other planets. | Cool science |
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| What kind of microgravity research has the NRC done? (Part 3) | Aerospace | Dr. Heather Wright-Beatty researches motion sickness in microgravity environments. | Cool science |
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| 360° video: Battery Prototyping Laboratory | Automotive and Surface Transportation | The NRC's battery prototyping laboratory in Boucherville, Quebec, develops innovative industry-grade manufacturing processes for lithium-ion batteries. | Cool science |
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| Dominion Astrophysical Observatory research facility | Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics | On May 6, 1918, the Plaskett telescope captured its first light, thus inaugurating the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. | Facilities and equipment |
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| A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Canada's timekeepers | Metrology | Curious about the relationship between cesium atoms and time keeping? Dr. Louis Marmet explains how cesium atoms are used to record Canada's official time. | Cool science |
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| The NRC's 50-year history supporting Canada's Olympic athletes | Aerospace | For the past 50 years, NRC researchers have been helping Canadian athletes reach their full potential. | Cool science |
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| Annick D'Auteuil, the NRC's sports aerodynamics expert | Aerospace | Meet Annick D'Auteuil, the NRC's sports aerodynamics expert who helps Canadian athletes win Olympic medals. | Who we are |
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| The importance of aerodynamics for sports | Aerospace | NRC Researcher in aerodynamics Annick D'Auteuil studies drag force with Canadian athletes. | Cool science |
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| Simulation and digital health | Medical Devices | Medical task simulation and digital health at the NRC's Medical Devices Research Centre. | Facilities and equipment |
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| Cold spray of a permanent magnet to the inside surface of a cylinder | Automotive and Surface Transportation | Demonstration: Cold spray of a permanent magnet to the inside surface of a cylinder. | Cool science |
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| Harsh environment sensing | Security and Disruptive Technologies | Demonstration: Use of fibre Bragg gratings in harsh environments. | Cool science |
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| High sensitivity trace gas sensing | Security and Disruptive Technologies | Demonstration: High sensitivity trace gas sensing with mid-infrared lasers for absorption spectroscopy. | Facilities and equipment |
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| Global Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental Research (GLACIER) | Aerospace | The NRC's GLACIER facility enables icing testing of full size jet engines at ground-level. | Facilities and equipment |
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| Altitude icing wind tunnel | Aerospace | The Altitude Icing Wind Tunnel recreates atmospheric icing conditions. | Facilities and equipment |
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| The Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre | Advanced Electronics and Photonics | Services and expertise provided by the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre. | Facilities and equipment |
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| NRC facilities and expertise in bioanalytical micro-nano devices | Medical Devices | Demonstration: NRC facilities and expertise in bioanalytical micro-nano devices. | Facilities and equipment |
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| Blueprint to data | Aerospace | The NRC's capabilities in design, fabrication, and testing to help you with all your design needs. | Facilities and equipment |
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| Metrology is the science of measurement | Metrology | Metrology is part of everyday life. Just look around you to see it. | Cool science |
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| Bioenergy technology innovation | Aerospace | Facilities and equipment |
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| Nafiseh Ebrahimi - Employee profile | Construction | Who we are |
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| 360o video: Hydrogen Laboratory | Energy, Mining and Environment | Where we perform leading-edge R&D into fuel cells, electrolysis and other hydrogen technologies. | Facilities and equipment |
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| 360o video: Cell culture pilot plant | Human Health Therapeutics | The NRC's cell culture facility provides expertise and capacity in process development and scale-up for biologics and vaccines. | Facilities and equipment |
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| 360o video: Microbial Fermentation Pilot Plant | Human Health Therapeutics | The NRC's microbial fermentation facility offers a range of expertise and capacity in microbial physiology, bioprocess development, purification and optimization. | Facilities and equipment |
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| 360o video: Battery performance and safety evaluation research facility | Energy, Mining and Environment | The NRC's Battery performance and safety evaluation research facility in Ottawa, Ontario, tests energy storage devices under a variety of situations and operational conditions to evaluate safety and performance. | Facilities and equipment |
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