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When a city feels good, people take more risks

What makes people take risks? Not stunt women or formula 1 drivers. Just ordinary people like you and me. Research published this week in PLOS ONE suggests that unexpected improvements in everyday life (sunshine after many days of rain or a win by a local sports team) are correlated with a change in a city鈥檚 mood and an increased likelihood that it鈥檚 citizens will do risky things like gamble.

Social media and city mood

Cities seem to have moods that fluctuate from day to day. Now, thanks to social media, these city moods are also measurable.

Classified as: science, Research, psychology, gambling, Faculty of Science
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Published on: 28 Nov 2018

Alfonso Mucci awarded Prix Acfas Michel-Jurdant

By Fergus Grieve, Communications Strategist, Faculty of Science

Alfonso presented with the Prix Acfas Michel-Jurdant in recognition of his outstanding work on the health of the St. Lawrence Estuary and the world鈥檚 oceans Hombeline Dumas
Alfonso Mucci, professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, was among nine of Quebec鈥檚 leading academics honoured by the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) for their exceptional contribution to research at the Acfas Gala held in Montreal on November 13.

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Published on: 20 Nov 2018

9I制作厂免费 Chemistry researchers find cleaner, easier way to make biaryls

Researchers from 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Department of Chemistry have found a cleaner, easier way to make biaryls, an important ingredient in synthetic chemistry with applications across a wide range of fields including pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, pigments, natural products and polymers. Conventional processes for making biaryls rely on stoichiometric metal reagents, resulting in large amounts of metal waste. In their paper published in Nature Communications in November 2018, the 9I制作厂免费 scientists describe a new method for synthesizing biaryls using hydrazine (N2H4) as a metal surrogate.

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Published on: 16 Nov 2018

Hairy nanotechnology provides green anti-scaling solution

A new type of cellulose nanoparticle, invented by 9I制作厂免费 researchers, is at the heart of a more effective and less environmentally damaging solution to one of the biggest challenges facing water-based industries: preventing the buildup of scale.

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Published on: 31 Oct 2018

Alterations to seabed raise fears for future

The ocean floor as we know it is dissolving rapidly as a result of human activity.

Classified as: oceans, ocean acidification, NSERC, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, science, Research, environment, environmental change, Faculty of Science
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Published on: 29 Oct 2018

Using DNA technology to track marine life

9I制作厂免费 marine ecologist is bringing cutting-edge DNA analysis to the formidable task of tracking ocean species along Canada鈥檚 Pacific coast.

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Published on: 24 Oct 2018

Quantifying evolutionary impacts of humans on the biosphere is harder than it seems

Are human disturbances to the environment driving evolutionary changes in animals and plants? A new study conducted by 9I制作厂免费 researchers finds that, on average, human disturbances don鈥檛 appear to accelerate the process of natural selection. While the finding may seem reassuring, this unexpected pattern could reflect the limited number of species for which data were available.

Classified as: evolution, natural selection, Vincent Fug猫re, Andrew Hendry
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Published on: 12 Oct 2018

Seemingly 'useless' organ makes huge soldier ants

Classified as: science, Research, evolution, ants, Biology Department, Ehab Abouheif, NSERC, Guggeinheim Fellowship, Konrad Lorez Institute
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Published on: 10 Oct 2018

9I制作厂免费 researchers share in largest investment in discovery science in Canadian history

Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, announced more than $558 million in discovery research funding across Canada, including the largest investment in research from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) this year. Through the 2018 Discovery Grants, Scholarships and Fellowships competition, 130 9I制作厂免费 researchers received funding totaling more than $30 million.

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Classified as: funding, engineering, science, grants
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Published on: 9 Oct 2018

Sibling rivalry: When the fighting crosses the line

Sibling rivalry. Every parent and every sibling understands what this means. Siblings fight. A lot. And sometimes those fights escalate to involve physical, verbal, and psychological aggression. Aggression between siblings is so common that people often believe that these behaviors are part of the normal process of growing up, but recent research shows us that sibling aggression can cross the line and parents need to know when to seek help.

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Published on: 9 Oct 2018

Identifying pathophysiological cellular changes in ataxia

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Published on: 26 Sep 2018

Parasites: A boon or bane to the host population?

New work from the听Gregor Fussmann听Lab in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: One of the basic tenets of ecological theory is that connectivity among small populations over a larger landscape (metapopulations) promote species persistence. In this experiment we investigate to what degree and under what conditions this theory holds true when parasites are added to the equation, using lab-based populations of guppies and their ectoparasite听Gyrodactylus turnbulli.

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Published on: 26 Sep 2018

9I制作厂免费 receives $5-million gift from noted Canadian geologist Bob Wares

As an entrepreneurial geologist, Bob Wares, (BSc鈥�79, DSc鈥�12), became a mining rock star when he discovered one of Canada鈥檚 largest gold deposits in the Abitibi region of Quebec. Now, he is bringing that Midas touch to his alma mater in the form of a landmark $5-million gift that will support research programs, fellowships, innovative research, a lecture series and outreach efforts in 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Faculty of Science, with a particular focus on his home department, Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS).

Classified as: Faculty of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Bob Wares, geology, mining
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Published on: 26 Sep 2018

New cities may make millions more vulnerable to climate change

A forthcoming study of over a hundred new cities being built around the world suggests developers and planning authorities are doing very little to make their projects resilient to climate change. On the contrary, a boom in new city projects in coastal areas 鈥� including some on reclaimed land in the sea 鈥� appears to fly in the face of the danger of rising sea levels and more frequent extreme weather events.

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Published on: 10 Sep 2018

Better plastic recycling with enzymes

9I制作厂免费 chemistry professors Karine Auclair and Tomislav Fri拧膷i膰听are following a promising lead on using听enzymes to recycle polyethylene terephthalate (PET), one of the world鈥檚 most widely used plastics.

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Published on: 4 Sep 2018

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