http://www.nbif.ca/ en info@nbif.ca Copyright 2010 2010-03-08T18:26:08+00:00 http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/cow-manure-potato-scraps-to-power-farm-homes-telegraph-journal-reports/ http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/cow-manure-potato-scraps-to-power-farm-homes-telegraph-journal-reports/ Once complete, the facility, dubbed Laforge Bioenvironmental Inc., will produce 2.5 million kilowatt-hours of low-carbon electricity each year, enough to power the farm and another 200 homes. 2010-03-08T18:26:08+00:00 http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/ccnbs-kevin-shiell-funded-for-major-biogas-project/ http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/ccnbs-kevin-shiell-funded-for-major-biogas-project/ GRAND FALLS, (NB)—The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation today announced a $400,000 investment to fund part of a major biogas research project being conducted at CCNB Edmundston’s Bio-energy and Bio-products Applied Research Lab in Grand Falls. 2010-03-08T02:19:55+00:00 http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/yahia-djaoued-to-be-honoured-at-r3-gala/ http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/yahia-djaoued-to-be-honoured-at-r3-gala/ SHIPPAGAN (NB) - As some near-shore fishers continue to face financial losses, Yahia Djaoued and his research team are perfecting a new process to extract Astaxanthin from shrimp that will add value to the industry. Astaxanthin, an antioxidant 10 times more powerful than beta-carotene fetches up to $7,000 per kilogram. DJaoued will be honoured at the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation's R3 Gala with Guy Kawasaki on March 18. 2010-03-01T13:58:21+00:00 http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/portfolio-company-atlantic-hydrogen-hires-scientist-to-develop-uses-for-its-solid-carbon-byproduct/ http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/portfolio-company-atlantic-hydrogen-hires-scientist-to-develop-uses-for-its-solid-carbon-byproduct/ Atlantic Hydrogen has named Dr. Rodney Taylor to the newly created position of Director of Carbon Development. Dr. Taylor will lead the company's efforts to evaluate and capitalize on the potential of the carbon produced by the CarbonSaverTM technology. 2010-02-26T15:54:29+00:00 http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/nbif-portfolio-company-radian6-ceo-tells-forbes-why-brands-need-to-listen/ http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/nbif-portfolio-company-radian6-ceo-tells-forbes-why-brands-need-to-listen/ People and organizations engage in sock puppetry when they think of social media as a one-way channel for broadcasting their message. In most marketing channels, lead generation or sales activities, messages are crafted and then sent to evoke a specific response. 2010-02-24T15:38:45+00:00 http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/mullen-ranking-super-bowl-ads-via-twitter-using-radian6-boston-herald-reports/ http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/mullen-ranking-super-bowl-ads-via-twitter-using-radian6-boston-herald-reports/ If you’re wondering what the Twittersphere is saying about this Sunday’s Super Bowl commercials, Boston ad firm Mullen is keeping a running score.Mullen partnered with New Brunswick’s Radian6 to create BrandBowl 2010. The online ad-review site collects and analyzes all worldwide tweets mentioning Super Bowl commercials and translates them into a near-real-time, top-10 ranking of each brand’s popularity. 2010-02-05T13:24:14+00:00 http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/use-of-the-word-innovation-in-state-of-province-address-has-research-community-hopeful-of-the-role-of-rd-in-achieving-self-sufficiency/ http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/use-of-the-word-innovation-in-state-of-province-address-has-research-community-hopeful-of-the-role-of-rd-in-achieving-self-sufficiency/ This prominent reference to innovation pleased Calvin Milbury, chief executive of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, an independent corporation created and funded by the province with a mandate to increase the province's capacity for innovation through investments in applied research and offering equity capital. 2010-02-01T14:17:26+00:00 http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/nbif-portfolio-company-knowcharge-gets-acoa-funding/ http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/nbif-portfolio-company-knowcharge-gets-acoa-funding/ Research and development across Atlantic Canada is benefiting from an important federal investment of $62.4 million under Round VII of the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). In New Brunswick, a total of nine R&D projects, representing both private and public sector research, will benefit from $19.6 million in AIF support in this round. The Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre (LPPC) at UNB, in collaboration with AV Nackawic Inc., NB and KnowCharge Inc., NB will research methods to increase pulp yield and strength as well as develop new technology for the production of conductive packaging materials. The LPPC is the only pulp and paper research centre in Atlantic Canada. This project, with total estimated costs of $1.7 million, will receive approximately $1 million from the Atlantic Innovation Fund over a five-year period. 2010-01-28T15:25:12+00:00 http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/infusion-of-funds-will-complete-atlantic-hydrogens-push-from-its-humble-beginnings-telegraph-journal/ http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/infusion-of-funds-will-complete-atlantic-hydrogens-push-from-its-humble-beginnings-telegraph-journal/ Next to the idea itself, funding is the most essential element to getting ideas off the ground, according to the chairman of Atlantic Hydrogen Inc. A pioneering developer of clean energy technology, Atlantic Hydrogen is one of nine New Brunswick projects to receive a combined $19.6 million from the Atlantic Innovation Fund. 2010-01-28T13:59:44+00:00 http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/lab-to-study-effects-of-pollution-temperature-on-fish-in-controlled-setting-times-transcript-reports/ http://www.nbif.ca//media/releases/lab-to-study-effects-of-pollution-temperature-on-fish-in-controlled-setting-times-transcript-reports/ A Mount Allison University project just got a big boost courtesy of the New Brunswick Innovation Fund. The fund announced yesterday a $150,000 donation toward the building of a new aquatic laboratory at the university. 2010-01-07T13:42:10+00:00