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- Aerospace Research Centre
- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Research Centre
- Automotive and Surface Transportation Research Centre
- Clean Energy Innovation Research Centre
- Construction Research Centre
- Digital Technologies Research Centre
- Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre
- Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre
- Medical Devices Research Centre
- Metrology Research Centre
- Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre
- Quantum and Nanotechnologies Research Centre
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- Aging in Place
- AI for Productivity
- Applied Quantum Computing
- Arctic and Northern
- Artificial Intelligence for Design
- Construction Sector Digitalization and Productivity
- Critical Battery Materials Initiative
- Disruptive Technology Solutions for Cell and Gene Therapy
- e-Auto
- High-throughput and Secure Networks
- Internet of Things: Quantum Sensors
- Low Carbon Built Environment
- Materials for Clean Fuels
- Pandemic Response
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Research publications
- Efficacité des mesures visant à rendre les habitations plus résistantes aux inondations (French only)
- Initial exploration of fire information for Indigenous communities in the NFID (2005-2021) based on geolocation data: summary of residential structure fire information
- Complexome profiling identifies changes in mitochondrial supercomplexes in murine heart failure
- Ongoing test method development and characterization of RPAS vehicle response for complex airflow applications
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