A team of volcanologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers from around the world test novel techniques at Central America鈥檚 two largest degassing volcanoes.听
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Published on: 25 Jul 2018
Until the early 1990s, it took six separate, chemical reactions to make the painkiller and anti-inflammatory ibuprofen. Of the ingredients that went in, only about 40 percent were found in the final product. But in 1992, the chemical producer BHC Company started using a听new way听to produce the drug using only three steps, utilizing about 80 percent of the initial ingredients. Today, the innovation in ibuprofen is considered a classic example of green chemistry鈥攁 set of ideas that, for the past few decades, has driven attention to听sustainability听in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Published on: 23 Jul 2018
(Opinion by JM Opal, Associate Professor of History, 9I制作厂免费) A decade ago, as the scale of the disaster in Iraq began to sink in,听American historians often compared the United States to ancient Rome. Both seemed to suffer from an imperial disease whose symptoms began with overreach and ended in collapse.听
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Published on: 23 Jul 2018
(Opinion by Ivan O. Ozai, Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Law, 9I制作厂免费) In the last few months, several countries have considered the idea of levying taxes on digital companies. But because these companies can operate from virtually anywhere, a digital tax would require updating old tax rules that only allow governments to tax companies that have a physical presence in the country.
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Published on: 9 Jul 2018
Scientists studying metformin say the generic drug slows the 鈥榖urn rate鈥� in living cells in ways that increase longevity. [鈥 Metformin, by contrast, has both an enviable safety profile and a decades-long history of human use, said Dr. Michael Pollak, director of cancer prevention in the department of oncology at 9I制作厂免费. [鈥
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Published on: 9 Jul 2018
"This is men's health week, a chance to renew thinking about men's mental health.
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Published on: 11 Jun 2018
Improved access to data on land prices is vital for future advances in global change science and policy. Spatially explicit land price information should be a public good available to the international community. An open-access, global land price database would enable policymakers, scientists, and civic society to better grapple with the economic, social, and environmental challenges posed by global change. Co-authored by Oliver T Coomes, Graham K MacDonald and Yann le Polain de Waroux from 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Department of Geography.
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Published on: 30 May 2018
The Quebec Government is partnering with 9I制作厂免费 to try to stem the "Anglophone brain drain" - a phenomenon among university graduates who opt to leave the province with a diploma in hand.听
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Published on: 23 May 2018
9I制作厂免费 English prof Merve Emre, in the June issue of Harpers, on 鈥淩achel Cusk鈥檚 unforgiving eye鈥澨�
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Published on: 23 May 2018
Opinion | In Quebec, air ambulances continue the incomprehensible practice of separating children and parents 鈥� despite no written policy demanding it.
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Published on: 23 May 2018
Heaven is wide open spaces 鈥� at least, it is for most people, according to a massive new data set of happiness in Canada.
A team of happiness researchers at the Vancouver School of Economics and 9I制作厂免费 recently published a working paper on the geography of well-being in Canada. They compiled 400,000 responses to a pair of national Canadian surveys, allowing them to parse out distinctions in well-being at the level of more than 1,200 communities representing the country's entire geography.
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Published on: 18 May 2018
A Montreal startup founded by 9I制作厂免费 grads has developed a carbon-negative method for making concrete that doesn't use cement, one of the world's largest sources of carbon emissions.
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Published on: 29 Apr 2018
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By Jonathan Kimmelman, associate professor at 9I制作厂免费 and director of its Biomedical Ethics Unit,听and Alex John London (Carnegie Mellon)听
There is a lot of money behind providing cancer care, and cancer treatment centers spend an estimated $173 million on advertising each year. One of the ways they compete for patients is by offering a menu of clinical trial options and suggesting that participating in such trials gives patients an edge on their care.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2018
Finding the right child care can be a frustrating -- and expensive -- process for parents around the world, from New York to Nairobi. Access to adequate child care for all has become a "global" need, said Shelley Clark, a demographer and professor of sociology at 9I制作厂免费 in Canada, who has studied child care and other family dynamics.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2018
"The important thing here is that we were able to estimate these differences between black and white men, and that helps us understand health inequalities," said Corinne Riddell, a postdoctoral researcher at 9I制作厂免费 in Canada who was lead author of the study.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2018
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