Alberta Research Council
We are in the business of developing and helping our partners deploy leading edge technology in our province, across the country, and around the world. Our history of success demonstrates that by putting technology to work, ARC helps build a prosperous province, secures a sustainable future and maintains a high quality of life for Albertans.
2008-09 Annual Report Now Available
ARC's 2008-09 Annual Report is now available online. Presented as the Alberta Research Digest 2008-09 Annual Report Edition, this year's publication is a dynamic report that users will find visually appealing and interesting to read.
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The Power of Information
Powering Alberta’s economy into the future is going to take some smart thinking and clear information on all the energy technology options.
The Alberta Research Council has collaborated with a top American nuclear power organization, Idaho National Laboratory, to provide information on the potential role and implications of nuclear power in Alberta. The initial phase of this collaboration has generated a paper, commissioned by Alberta’s Nuclear Power Expert Panel which provides background scientific and engineering information that will help inform industry, public and policy-makers.
Click here to review the paper, THe Nuclear Option in Alberta.
Click here to view ARC/INL Memorandum of Understanding Release
Click here to view news release by Alberta Nuclear Power Expert Panel
What's Happening at ARC
Technology test succeeds against mountain pine beetle
As an Alberta business celebrates a win in the war gainst the mountain pine beetle's economic impact upon communities, word comes of new government funding for further offences against the beetle.
+ read moreARC celebrates OSSB "wheatboard" in China
A Chinese school that collapsed in a 2008 earthquake will be among the buildings to be constructed using so-called wheatboard technology created in Alberta and now being manufactured in China.
+ read moreUnconventional crop could sprout new industry
As combines mowed farmers’ fields across Canadian prairies this fall, there was a scene near Edmonton right out of a time warp: a crew of workers using their hands to harvest plants. They were taking down three-metre-tall hemp plants at a breeding nursery outside of Vegreville. The plants, which dwarfed the workers, were bundled, numbered, bagged and transported to researchers, who see a high-tech future for the ancient plant.
+ read moreWater efficient test crops performing well
Farmers are suffering from the current drought conditions across the prairies, but one researcher is finding the tough agricultural times a good test for drought-tolerant crop research. And that, in turn, will benefit farmers in future years of drought.
+ read morePilot program trains Aboriginal interns to link First Nations with industry
A new program is stepping up to fill the void between Aboriginal communities and industry. Bigstone is one of four communities to participate in an Alberta Research Council (ARC) pilot program developed to address a need for Aboriginal community participation in sustainable land resource management.
+ read moreCrop made famous in Star Trek enters new frontier in Alberta’s bio-economy
A crop which first gained fame in Star Trek is travelling to new frontiers in Alberta’s bio-economy. Triticale, which can thrive on land where water and nutrients are scarce, is expected to become a high-yield superstar for industrial agriculture.
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