Metamaterials are materials engineered to have a property not found in nature. They are composites, usually involving metals or plastics, plus super-small or super-thin materials derived by nanoengineering. They derive their properties not from the properties of the base materials from which they are made but from their newly designed structures. Read more

This Ottawa Construction Association article provides a great summary of the user-facing changes, internal process changes, as well as the portability, fingerprinting and sponsorship-related improvements that the Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Industrial Security Sector is taking. Read more