New Wave

We've all heard of ultrasound, but what you likely haven't heard of is the mind bending sci-fi future of an established technology that's been in the works for decades. On this episode of New Wave, w…

Standardization reigns supreme in the world of science, but when it comes to drug development, a Nova Scotian company is challenging the status quo. Patient centred outcomes have been identified by t…

Eric Hoffman's academic career began in the artistic arena of music, and ended at the bleeding edge of the genetic revolution. in 1987, he discovered the very first disease causing gene...the gene re…

Our eyes evolved in sunlight, and sunlight is something we are exposed to less and less as our technological world puts us indoors and in front of screens more and more each day. Enter Coloursmith, a…

Every day, 17 people in the United States die while waiting for an organ transplant. We're a great distance away from creating funtioning, complex organs from scratch, but it's a sci-fi future that w…

Do you want to live past 75? If the answer to that question seems obvious, consider that the average human, at this point in time, will face a 16 year decline, beginning in their early 60s, until the…

If you've ever been referred to a medical specialist, you probably waited a very...long...time. Waiting to see specialists is a bottleneck in the Canadian healthcare system that is crippling it from …

Orthopaedic surgery has made leaps and bounds in the 20th and 21st centuries, but the surgical solutions for one of the most common shoulder injuries continues to fall short for patients who rely on …

Are the two most dominate meal replacement drinks in the world...actually good for you? On this week's episode, we're diving into, Sperri, a purpose driven nutrition company from Nova Scotia, their m…

Could a pocket-sized device revolutionize hospital safety? Imagine an IV that communicates with doctors, preventing potentially life-threatening errors. In this captivating episode of New Wave, we di…

What is polymorphism? And what does it have to do with a crucial HIV/AIDS treatment that pulled from the shelves in the late 90s, and a Nova Scotia company, Solid State Pharma, that is empowering pha…

Aruna revolution is a company that is changing the face of menstrual products across the globe. Every year in North America alone, 20 billion menstrual products end up in landfills, where they breakd…

Get ready for an exciting new season of New Wave, where we continue to explore the groundbreaking innovations emerging from Nova Scotia’s thriving life sciences sector. This season, we'll take you ev…

At the heart of every industry sector is a very important thread. Where is the money?

In the season finale of New Wave, we’re peeling back the curtain on an essential thread that weaves its way throug…

We've been wearing rings for over 5,000 years. We wear them for all sorts of reasons. They are signals and symbols of some of the most important things in human culture, and we've imbued them with an…

There's an unsung hero in the world of pharmaceuticals who helps bring world-changing drugs to market. One such hero is right here in our own backyard. Biovectra is a CDMO, or a Contract Development …

Half of all people on earth, given enough time, will be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of those people will receive radiation therapy, and part of that therapy will entail getting a bolus fitted.

A bolu…

One billion people on Earth live with a respiratory illness. Pretty much all of them need an inhaler. And almost all of those inhalers need to be used with an attachment called an aero chamber. But h…

The world is staring down the barrel of a crisis that poses a multitude of monumental problems. By 2050, the UN predicts that there will be 10 Billion people inhabiting our planet. One of the biggest…