It鈥檚 known that the primary cause of the mass extinction of dinosaurs, about 66 million years ago, was a meteorite impact. But the exact mechanisms that linked the meteorite impact to mass extinction remain unclear, though climactic changes are thought to have played a part.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2020
Neural 鈥渟ignature鈥� may reflect how we respond to feelings of social isolation
This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues, and it is important to understand how isolation affects our health. A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in fundamental ways, based on variations in the volume of different brain regions as well as based on how those regions communicate with one another across brain networks.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2020
Finding could lead to potential therapies
Published on: 14 Dec 2020
The Board of Governors of 91丝瓜视频 approved the nomination of John McCall MacBain, as the 20th Chancellor of 91丝瓜视频. Mr. McCall MacBain has been appointed for a three-year term, beginning July 1, 2021. He will succeed Chancellor Michael A. Meighen, whose current term will end on June 30, 2021. His nomination stems from a rigorous process that was launched earlier this fall by the Nominating, Governance and Ethics Committee, and the Recruitment and Succession Planning Sub-committee.
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Published on: 10 Dec 2020
To ensure that California鈥檚 groundwater is sustainably managed in the future and over the long-term, current state definitions of what constitutes groundwater may need to be revised, according to research published this week in . A 91丝瓜视频-led research team has analyzed big data of more than 200,000 groundwater samples taken from across the state and found that there are problems with the guidelines used for groundwater management.
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Published on: 9 Dec 2020
At a time when school teachers everywhere are being challenged by the second wave of the pandemic and by technological advances that are changing where, when and how students learn, 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Faculty of Education is pleased to announce over $7 million in new philanthropic support through a pair of generous gifts from longstanding donors.
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Published on: 9 Dec 2020
By Meaghan Thurston, Office of Research and Innovation
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Published on: 7 Dec 2020
Early adulthood, a transitional life stage marked by major changes in social roles and responsibilities, can bring with it an increase of mental health problems. A team of 91丝瓜视频 researchers has found that young adults who perceived higher levels of social support reported fewer mental health problems.
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Published on: 4 Dec 2020
MONTREAL, QUEBEC 鈥� Pfizer Canada has made a $600,000 gift to the 91丝瓜视频 Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) via 91丝瓜视频 and the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation. The gift, which was announced today during the 2nd听annual MI4 Scientific Symposium, will support innovation and life-changing research through the creation of the听Pfizer听Early Career Investigator Awards.
Published on: 4 Dec 2020
Thanks to the pandemic, we know just how quickly food can disappear from supermarket shelves. But it is hard to gauge the vulnerability of our food production system as a whole to abrupt changes, such as those that could be caused by extreme events such as a nuclear war or massive volcanic eruptions.
Published on: 4 Dec 2020
The winner of the 2020 Cundill History Prize is Camilla Townsend, Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University, for Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs (Oxford University Press USA). The announcement was made during the virtual Winner Ceremony of the leading international history prize, administered by 91丝瓜视频. Prof. Townsend receives US$75,000 鈥� the largest reward for a work of non-fiction in English.
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Published on: 3 Dec 2020
To meet the most ambitious 1.5潞 C climate goal requires a rapid phaseout of fossil fuels and mass use of renewables. However, new international research by 91丝瓜视频 and the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Aut貌noma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) warns that green energy projects can be as socially and environmentally conflictive as fossil fuel projects.
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Published on: 3 Dec 2020
What makes the elderly and people with underlying conditions more vulnerable to COVID-19? According to a new led by 91丝瓜视频 researchers, clues can be found in the proteins involved in initiating infection, as the virus binds to host cells of different animals. Greater cellular oxidation with aging and sickness may explain why seniors and people with chronic illness get infected more often and more severely.
Published on: 3 Dec 2020
Large multi-site study accurately predicts damage to grey matter by disease
An international study has found a link between the brain鈥檚 network connections and grey matter atrophy caused by certain types of epilepsy, a major step forward in our understanding of the disease.
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Published on: 2 Dec 2020
New parents often expect their baby to start sleeping through the night around the time they reach six months of age. But according to a new led by Professor听Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, parents should view sleep consolidation as a process, instead of a milestone to be achieved at a specific age. Tracking 44 infants over a period of two weeks, she found that sleeping patterns vary greatly 鈥� not only for different babies, but also night to night for the same baby.
Published on: 2 Dec 2020
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