They started with striped bass. Over a two-year period the researchers went through about 50 bass, puncturing or fracturing hundreds of fish scales under the microscope, to try to understand their properties and mechanics better. 鈥淭he people at the fish market must have wondered what we were up to,鈥� says听Fran莽ois Barthelat听smiling ruefully.鈥� He teaches in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at 9I制作厂免费, and is one of a听growing number of scientists听who look to nature for inspiration as they search for solutions to engineering problems they see around them today.
Astronomers have pinpointed for the first time the home galaxy of a Fast Radio Burst, moving scientists a step closer to detecting what causes these powerful but fleeting pulses of radio waves. FRBs, which last just a few thousandths of a second, have puzzled astrophysicists since their discovery a decade ago.
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From laptops to cellphones, today鈥檚 technology advances through the ever-increasing speed at which electric charges are directed through circuits. Similarly, speeding up control over quantum states in atomic and nanoscale systems could lead to leaps for the emerging field of quantum technology.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2016
By Katherine Gombay
Some potentially good news for aging Baby Boomers: researchers believe that they have developed a hip replacement that will last longer and create fewer problems for the people who receive them than those currently in use. The secret? An implant that 鈥渢ricks鈥� the host bone into remaining alive by mimicking the varying porosity of real bones.
Interestingly, the key factor that distinguishes the new implant is that is LESS rather than more solid than those in current use, while still being just as strong.
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Published on: 2 Nov 2016
To the naked eye, ancient rocks may look completely inhospitable, but in reality, they can sustain an entire ecosystem of microbial communities in their fracture waters isolated from sunlight for millions, if not billions, of years. New scientific findings discovered the essential energy source to sustain the life kilometres below Earth鈥檚 surface with implications for life not only on our planet but also on Mars.听
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Published on: 27 Oct 2016
9I制作厂免费 will receive more than $1.1 million for CBRAIN, one of the world鈥檚 most advanced computing platforms for brain research, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI) Cyberinfrastructure Initiative.
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Published on: 15 Sep 2016
What does the 1960s Beatles hit 鈥淕irl鈥� have in common with Astor Piazzolla鈥檚 evocative tango composition 鈥淟ibertango鈥�?
Probably not much, to the casual listener. But in the mind of one famously eclectic singer-songwriter, the two songs are highly similar. That鈥檚 one of the surprising findings of an unusual neuroscience study based on brain scans of the musician Sting.
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Published on: 15 Aug 2016
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Rare minerals from Siberia found to have same structure as some man-made metal-organic frameworks
One of the hottest new materials is a class of porous solids known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs. These man-made materials were introduced in the 1990s, and researchers around the world are working on ways to use them as molecular sponges for applications such as hydrogen storage, carbon sequestration, or photovoltaics.
Published on: 8 Aug 2016
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Flying robots could someday help artists create outdoor murals
You may have heard of plans to use drones for delivering packages, monitoring wildlife, or tracking storms. But painting murals?
That鈥檚 the idea behind a project in Paul Kry鈥檚 laboratory at 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 School of Computer Science. Prof. Kry and a few of his students have teamed up to program tiny drones to create dot drawings 鈥� an artistic technique known as stippling.
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Published on: 4 Aug 2016
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Minimum daily temperature -3 C increases need of search and rescues in Nunavut, affecting culturally valued hunting activities of Inuit
Search and rescue operations in Nunavut have more than doubled over the past decade. In the communities of the vast northern Canadian territory, it鈥檚 commonly felt that climate change is one factor making hunting riskier in the spring and fall.听
Published on: 3 Aug 2016
24-year study of spring emergence of Fowler鈥檚 Toads creates model for predicting climate-change effects
The ability to predict when toads come out of hibernation in southern Canada could provide valuable insights into the future effects of climate change on a range of animals and plants.
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Published on: 19 Jul 2016
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Spotlight on neurosciences听
Neuroinformatics stands at the intersection of neuroscience and information science. One of the world leaders in this discipline is Prof. Pedro Valdes-Sosa, General Vice-Director for Research of the Cuban Neuroscience Center (CNEURO) which he co-founded in 1990.
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Published on: 2 Jun 2016
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The research has implications for understanding human developmental disorders such as autism
Adult songbirds modify their vocalizations when singing to juveniles in the same way that humans alter their speech when talking to babies. The resulting brain activity in young birds could shed light on speech learning and certain developmental disorders in humans, according to a study by 9I制作厂免费 researchers.
Published on: 31 May 2016
Gift expands scholarship program at 9I制作厂免费 with $3.5 million gift
$3.5 million gift from 9I制作厂免费 alumnus and long-time university supporter, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh, will make a major contribution to the field of brain research at the University and provide expanded support to the Victor Dahdaleh-Clinton Foundation Scholarship program. 听
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Published on: 26 May 2016
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