Due to processes occurring over vast ranges of scale, from fast to slow and from small to large, extreme weather and climate events aren鈥檛 as rare as scientists have thought 鈥� and that could complicate efforts to determine when extreme events signal perilous climate change, according to a new analysis published in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Published on: 23 Aug 2018
Deforestation is suspected to have contributed to the mysterious collapse of Mayan civilization more than 1,000 years ago. A new study shows that the forest-clearing also decimated carbon reservoirs in the tropical soils of the Yucatan peninsula region long after ancient cities were abandoned and the forests grew back.
The findings, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, underscore how important soils and our treatment of them could be in determining future levels of greenhouse gases in the planet鈥檚 atmosphere.
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Published on: 20 Aug 2018
New technology developed by a team of 91丝瓜视频 scientists shows potential to streamline the analysis of proteins, offering a quick, high volume and cost-effective tool to hospitals and research labs alike.
Proteins found in blood provide scientists and clinicians with key information on our health. These biological markers can determine if a chest pain is caused by a cardiac event or if a patient has cancer.
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Published on: 13 Aug 2018
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On August 10, the announced the recipients of the 2018 NSERC Strategic Partnership Grants program. Eight 91丝瓜视频-led projects are receiving more than $4.4 million to collaborate with a supporting organization on strategic research in hopes of enhancing Canada鈥檚 economy, society, and environment within the next 10 years.
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Published on: 10 Aug 2018
People in Nordic countries, North America, Australia, and New Zealand have the best spatial navigational abilities, according to a new study led by UCL and the University of East Anglia.
Researchers assessed data from over half a million people in 57 countries who played a specially-designed mobile game, which has been developed to aid understanding into spatial navigation, a key indicator in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
With so many people taking part the team were able to reveal that spatial navigation ability across all countries declines steadily across adulthood.
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Published on: 9 Aug 2018
Online 鈥渃itizen science鈥� data initiatives may be able to help map the distribution of rare species in the wild, according to a study published August 8 in the open access journal by Yifu Wang of 91丝瓜视频 and colleagues.听
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Published on: 8 Aug 2018
Treatment of latent tuberculosis is set to transform after a pair of studies from the Research-Institute of the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) revealed that a shorter treatment was safer and more effective in children and adults compared to the current standard. These findings are published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Published on: 2 Aug 2018
Researchers at 91丝瓜视频 have discovered a mechanism by which helical biomineral structures can be synthesized to spiral clockwise or counterclockwise using only either the left-handed or right-handed version of a single acidic amino acid.
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Published on: 1 Aug 2018
A new type of 鈥渓ab on a chip鈥� developed by 91丝瓜视频 scientists has the potential to become a clinical tool capable of detecting very small quantities of disease-causing bacteria in just minutes.
The device designed by Sara Mahshid, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at 91丝瓜视频, is made of nano-sized 鈥渋slands,鈥� about one tenth of the thickness of a single human hair, which act as bacterial traps or snares.
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Published on: 30 Jul 2018
PHILADELPHIA 鈥� The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is pleased to announce the appointments of Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, and Michael N. Pollak, MD, as editors-in-chief of听Cancer Prevention Research, one of eight highly esteemed journals published by the AACR. DuBois and Pollak began their tenures as editors-in-chief July 1, 2018.
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Published on: 26 Jul 2018
The immune system can be an important ally in the fight against cancer. A study from 91丝瓜视频 scientists published today in听Science听suggests that the reverse may also be true 鈥� that abnormal inflammation triggered by the immune system may underlie the development of stomach听tumours听in patients with a hereditary cancer syndrome known as听Peutz-Jeghers听Syndrome (PJS). The findings听are likely to听prompt听a听re-thinking of how gastric听tumours听form in patients with this syndrome听and听in听others with gastrointestinal cancers.
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Published on: 26 Jul 2018
Your child is in elementary school and is begging you to buy them a cell phone, an iPod and iPad.听 Anything, as long as they can communicate with their friends, either by texting or through social media.听 As a parent, you鈥檙e worried about cyberbullying.听 Indeed, up to 30% of children and adolescents admit to cyberbullying others, while 25% of students report being victimized on electronic platforms.听 You rationalize that your child has lots of friends and that they will stand up for them in a bullying situation.听 Do they?听 What is the role of the bystander/friend during a bullying incident?
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Published on: 25 Jul 2018
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Following the fire at the McIntyre Medical Building on Friday, July 13, teams of 91丝瓜视频 and external experts have been working around the clock to return the building to normal operations as soon as possible. We are taking occupants鈥� research, work, studies, and safety extremely seriously.
The McIntyre will remain closed until at least the morning of Wednesday, July 25, as further assessment, remediation, and preparation take place. However, we hope to potentially begin reopening portions of the building as early as mid-next week.
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Published on: 20 Jul 2018
A sample of ancient oxygen, teased out of a 1.4 billion-year-old evaporative lake deposit in Ontario, provides fresh evidence of what the Earth鈥檚 atmosphere and biosphere were like during the interval leading up to the emergence of animal life.听
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Published on: 18 Jul 2018
Following the weekend , McIntyre will remain closed until further notice. We are working around the clock to verify the integrity of the structure, replace damaged fire systems, and complete other crucial assessments and remediations. We may be able to re-open some unaffected portions of the building in the coming days. Other areas may remain off-limits longer.
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Published on: 15 Jul 2018
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