/newsroom/taxonomy/term/11394/all en /newsroom/article/ambitious-local-company-partners-mcgill-tackle-global-competition <p>By many measures, the Quebec economy has never had it so good. Unemployment is at its lowest level in over 40 years, while GDP is at its highest. The province is repaying its debt, and on the business side, more and more new companies are launched each day. But even if the numbers are looking rosy, it is no time to be complacent.</p> Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:18:55 +0000 Junji Nishiata 199500 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-university-project-zero-carbon-metal-fuels-launches-space-303085 <p>Recently, a project testing metal combustion led by the Alternative Fuels Laboratory at 黑料不打烊 University launched on a European Space Agency rocket.</p> <p>The project, an international collaboration between the Alternative Fuels Laboratory at 黑料不打烊, the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, and Airbus Defence and Space, aims to improve scientific understanding of metal flames, laying the groundwork for a new type of green engine that burns iron powder, with only rust as a by-product.</p> Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:28:22 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 189922 at /newsroom