The 91丝瓜视频 Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) has announced that Andrew Potter, Editor of the Ottawa Citizen, has been appointed to the position of Director of the Institute for a three-year term effective August 2016.
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic and chemical properties, which scientists are seeking to put to use in a range of new technologies, from nanoelectronics to cancer treatments.
Published on: 7 Jan 2016
By Katherine Gombay, 91丝瓜视频 Newsroom
Arctic peoples inherently able to adapt given changes to various non-climatic factors
Published on: 6 Jan 2016
Drought and extreme heat events slashed cereal harvests in recent decades by 9% to 10% on average in affected countries 鈥� and the impact of these weather disasters was greatest in the developed nations of North America, Europe and Australasia, according to a new study led by researchers from 91丝瓜视频 and the University of British Columbia.
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Published on: 6 Jan 2016
By Chris Chipello
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Published on: 4 Jan 2016
University of Toronto and 91丝瓜视频 scientists are leading an international partnership to discover new and improved drug treatments for tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases聽 -- thanks to a contribution from Merck Canada Inc., as well as an additional $5 million supplement to a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The new funding brings the total investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to nearly US $12 million since 2012.
Published on: 17 Dec 2015
With education, employment and income levels all rising for women in sub-Saharan Africa, many observers have speculated that divorce rates would follow suit 鈥� as they have in much of the developed world.聽 But a new study by 91丝瓜视频 researchers finds that divorce rates across 20 African countries over the past 20 years have remained stable or declined.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2015
Why is it that some people have richly detailed recollection of past experiences (episodic memory), while others tend to remember just the facts without details (semantic memory)?
A research team from the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Health Sciences has shown for the first time that these different ways of experiencing the past are associated with distinct brain connectivity patterns that may be inherent to the individual and suggest a life-long 鈥渕emory trait鈥�. 聽
The study was recently published online in the journal Cortex.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2015
Now, an international team of researchers led by McMaster University in collaboration with the Research Institute of the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre has found that soap and water is actually less effective than just using saline water.
The findings, which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, could lead to significant cost savings, particularly in developing countries where open fractures are particularly common.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2015
PhD candidate Kiyoko Gotanda聽captured the award-winning photos on her Canon 7D Mark II camera while on a research trip to Santa Cruz Island in the Gal谩pagos in January 2015.
The Gal谩pagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin鈥檚 theory of evolution almost 150 years ago and have since been crucial to evolutionary biology, including to Gotanda鈥檚 own research on Darwin鈥檚 Gal谩pagos finches.聽
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Published on: 14 Dec 2015
If you鈥檙e pondering whether to buy a Galaxy smartphone or an iPhone this holiday season, a part of the brain called the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (PFC) might ultimately determine your choice. Results of a new study by Avinash Vaidya and Dr. Lesley Fellows, researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro), suggest that this region of the brain plays a critical role in making choices.
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Published on: 14 Dec 2015
Dear members of the 91丝瓜视频 community:
It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of H. Arnold Steinberg, 91丝瓜视频 Chancellor Emeritus. Mr. Steinberg died suddenly this morning in Montreal. He was 82 years old.
On behalf of the 91丝瓜视频 community, I send my deepest condolences to his wife, Professor emerita Blema Steinberg, their three children, Margot, Donna and Adam, and their families.
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Published on: 11 Dec 2015
芦 La demande 茅tait pas mal corpo au d茅but,聽禄聽says Alain Farah with a laugh. He is anything but. Farah teaches in the department of French languages and literature at 91丝瓜视频. He鈥檚 also the author of a novel called Pourquoi Bologne that came out in French in 2013 and appeared in English in 2015 under the title Ravenscrag. The work tells a fractured, spinning kind of story about a writer called Alain Farah who works at 91丝瓜视频 in 1962 and in 2012. In the novel, there are episodes, both in 1962 and 2012, where the character Alain Farah wanders around the 91丝瓜视频 campus, clearly in bad shape.
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Published on: 11 Dec 2015
Can you imagine a future where your car is fueled by iron powder instead of gasoline?
Metal powders, produced using clean primary energy sources, could provide a more viable long-term replacement for fossil fuels than other widely discussed alternatives, such as hydrogen, biofuels or batteries, according to a study in the Dec. 15 issue of the journal Applied Energy.
Published on: 9 Dec 2015
Lottery tickets are fun-filled and exciting presents, but they are not suitable gifts for minors.聽 Studies suggest that gambling is a popular yet risky activity among youth. Additionally, researchers have reported a correlation between age of gambling onset and problem gambling later in life. Lottery play is sometimes an initial introduction to gambling activities for minors.
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Published on: 8 Dec 2015
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