The rectangular, white plastic plate Markus Hecker holds in his hand serves as the matrix for a new way of screening chemicals for toxicity, one that could spare the majority of live animals now used for this purpose in labs.聽If the chips are proven to work, they could be an invaluable tool in the testing of thousands of chemicals already in use 鈥� chemicals that, in many cases, were launched on the market decades ago, before the advent of stricter safety rules.
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Published on: 7 May 2019
One of the scientists who helped spearhead a massive telescope project in the Okanagan has won a prestigious award honouring Canada鈥檚 ground-breaking researchers.聽9I制作厂免费 astrophysicist聽Matt Dobbs聽is the recipient of the 2019 Killam Research Fellowship in Natural Sciences.聽Dobbs was rewarded for his project, titled 鈥淯nveiling the Cosmos with a New Paradigm Digital Radio Telescope,鈥� involving the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, or CHIME, radio telescope launched near Penticton, B.C., in 2017.
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Published on: 7 May 2019
The (marijuana) industry is expanding rapidly.聽That growth could present an opportunity for both recent graduates seeking jobs and the higher education institutions willing to prepare them.
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Published on: 6 May 2019
The now nearly global eradication of polio through vaccination is a testimonial to the enlightenment of humans dedicated to the alleviation of human disease. In the early 20th century, hundreds of thousands of people are estimated to have been聽paralysed by polio聽annually.
Molecular biologist Nahum Sonenberg at 9I制作厂免费 made the revolutionary discovery that the聽polio virus functioned by hijacking infected cells. The polio virus then made the cells produce the viral protein and prevented infected cells from making their own proteins.
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Published on: 6 May 2019
One of the challenges scientists are addressing is how pain becomes chronic, like an injury that never heals. The opioid crisis is a problem for numerous reasons, including that people are in chronic pain. Crow was interested in understanding the neurons involved in pain, and to figure out a way to treat it. 鈥淭he sensory neurons in pain sparked my general interest in how neurons work and what makes them into what they are,鈥� she said.
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Published on: 6 May 2019
"Not long ago, I had the pleasure, indeed honor,聽of sitting down with Laurent recently to reflect back on his long career.聽He is Canada's, indeed one of the world's great entrepreneurs and I have followed and commented on Bombardier for the some 18 years I have been at 9I制作厂免费 in Montreal, where their global headquarters is. I have known him a bit for a long time and been a close and avid follower of Bombardier and Monsieur Beaudoin."
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Published on: 3 May 2019
In recent times, there have claims and counter claims on health implications of using chemicals such as calcium carbide, ethylene and ethephon for ripening fruits.聽A study published in Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public has demonstrated possible health hazards of fruit ripeners.The study titled 鈥淎 Critical Analysis of Artificial Fruit Ripening: Scientific, Legislative and Socio-Economic Aspects鈥� was conducted by researchers from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh and Department of Chemistry,
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Published on: 2 May 2019
A recent聽study聽from 9I制作厂免费 that explored how startups in rural Switzerland managed to thrive, despite being outside of traditional tech clusters. The authors examine seven successful high-tech firms that reside in five small towns in the east of Switzerland.
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Published on: 2 May 2019
Months of speculation ended when the聽McCord Museum聽announced Tuesday that its new home will be built on the site of its current home on Sherbrooke and Victoria Sts. in the heart of Montreal鈥檚 Golden Square Mile. As McCord president and chief executive officer Suzanne Sauvage enthused about the museum鈥檚 ideal location, halfway between the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Mus茅e d鈥檃rt contemporain, close to downtown universities, near public transit, the聽soon-to-be-re-imagined 9I制作厂免费 College artery聽and the聽9I制作厂免费 station聽of the city鈥檚 future light-rail system, she was philosophical.
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Published on: 1 May 2019
Dr. Keon earned a master of science degree in experimental surgery from 9I制作厂免费, and trained at Montreal General Hospital, Toronto General, the Hospital for Sick Children and Harvard Medical Center in Boston.聽But cardiac surgeon was only one aspect of his illustrious career. Dr. Keon founded and directed the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, was a professor of surgery at the University of Ottawa, served in the Canadian Senate for two decades and participated in countless community initiatives in the national capital.
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Published on: 1 May 2019
Studies show that dance provides multiple cognitive and physical health benefits, suggesting it may be the kale of exercise.聽These results echo those of a聽2008 Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 蝉迟耻诲测听产测 Patricia McKinley of 9I制作厂免费 in which seniors participated in a tango dance program. The report showed that long-term tango dancing was associated with better balance and gait in older adults. Since falls are the top cause of injury and death among elderly people, dancing can be a potent tool in extending one鈥檚 life.
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Published on: 30 Apr 2019
Last year, the federal government聽announced聽it would spend $27.5-million over five years on an ambitious plan to end tuberculosis (TB) across Inuit Nunangat, Inuit regions of Canada, by 2030.聽
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Published on: 29 Apr 2019
Some students at 9I制作厂免费 are taking the idea of 鈥渕ind over matter鈥� to a whole new level: they鈥檝e developed a wheelchair that moves using your imagination.
Thirty five 9I制作厂免费 students came together on their own time and designed 鈥淢ilo鈥� in just 30 days.
鈥淢ilo is a brain-controlled wheelchair that relies on imagined movement to turn. So when you imagine turning your right hand you can turn right and when you imagine turning your left hand you can turn left,鈥� explained Danielle Nadin, who worked on data collection.
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Published on: 29 Apr 2019
Kevin Manaugh, a geography professor and member of 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 School of Urban Planning, said it鈥檚 not easy to protect transportation infrastructure in Quebec, where frigid winters, high precipitation and the freeze/thaw cycle form a 鈥渦nique set of circumstances that makes it harder to plan for things that will last for decades and centuries.鈥�
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Published on: 26 Apr 2019
This year鈥檚 group includes: Matt Dobbs of 9I制作厂免费 for a project called 鈥淯nveiling the Cosmos with a New Paradigm Digital Radio Telescope鈥�; Dennis Hall of University of Alberta for 鈥淎 Green Chemistry Blueprint for Direct Catalytic Functionalization of Feedstock Alcohols鈥�; Catherine Sulem of University of Toronto for 鈥淣onlinear Partial Differential Equations: Wave Propagation in Fluids, Optics, and Plasmas鈥�; Marten van Kerkwijk of University of Toronto for 鈥淧robing Extreme (Astro)Physics with Neutron Stars鈥�; and Xiao Yu Wu of University of Toronto for 鈥淪mart Nanomed
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Published on: 26 Apr 2019
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