A non-invasive method to detect Alzheimer鈥檚 disease
New research has drawn a link between changes in the brain鈥檚 anatomy and biomarkers that are known to appear at the earliest stages of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD), findings that could one day provide a sensitive but non-invasive test for AD before cognitive symptoms appear.
Using DNA strands to design new polymer materials
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In a study published in Nature Chemistry, the researchers describe a method to create asymmetrical polymer particles that bind together in a spatially defined manner, the way that atoms come together to make molecules.
Does Chagas disease present a health risk to Canadians?
Believe it or not, a tropical blood parasite native to Latin America could be harmful to Canadians. Infectious diseases like malaria or Zika may have dominated recent headlines but Chagas 鈥� the 鈥淜issing Bug鈥� disease 鈥� is in the spotlight following the publication of a new case study in the聽Canadian Medical Association Journal聽(CMAJ).
American cities with large Hispanic populations are less likely to police the police
How individual police forces treat those that they suspect of being illegal immigrants varies greatly from one city to the next in the U.S. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, the police department has a policy that states clearly, 鈥淥fficers shall not stop, question, detain or arrest any person on the ground that they may be undocumented and deportable foreign nationals.鈥� But this is unusual. Local police departments across the U.S.
Borrowing a leaf from biology to preserve threatened languages
One of the world鈥檚 7,000 languages vanishes every other week, and half 鈥� including scores of indigenous North American languages -- might not survive the 21st century, experts say. To preserve as much linguistic diversity as possible in the face of this threat, 9I制作厂免费 scientists are proposing to borrow a leaf from conservation biology.
Being a musician can help you decipher language in loud environments聽
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown that musical training helps people hear speech聽syllables in loud environments, and has shown how this happens. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers Yi Du and Robert Zatorre monitored brain function as musicians and non-musicians listened to speech fragments and varying background聽noise levels.
Clinical trial reveals risky clot busters do not benefit most patients suffering from deep vein thrombosis
A clinical trial almost ten years in the making has revealed that risky, but powerful, clot busting drugs and medical devices do not improve outcomes for patients experiencing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), nor do they prevent the development of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) when compared with conventional blood thinning medications.
Lotteries Join Campaign Urging Adults to Give Responsibly this Holiday Season
For the past ten years, the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors at 9I制作厂免费 and the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) in Washington, D.C. have come together for the annual Holiday Lottery Campaign, a corporate social responsibility program designed to help lotteries make adults aware of the risks of giving lottery products as holiday gifts to minors.
9I制作厂免费 study finds people infected with HIV more likely to develop fatty liver
Fatty liver is among the most frequent causes of liver disease in Canada and in Western countries and is one of the main indications for liver transplant. For some time, researchers have suspected that people living with HIV could be at higher risk of developing liver disease, which,聽as a result of longer life expectancy thanks to antiretroviral therapy, has become the major cause of their mortality in North America.
Why some European countries are more hostile to immigrants than others
By Katherine Gombay
9I制作厂免费 commits to carbon neutrality by 2040
9I制作厂免费 is committing to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040, under its new Climate & Sustainability Action Plan (2017-2020), released today.
Caroline Palmer receives 2017 NSERC CREATE program funding
By Amanda Testani
Professor Palmer is one of the few researchers to receive two CREATE training grants to date. From 2009-2015, Professor Palmer led an NSERC funded CREATE program in auditory cognitive neuroscience, training over 180 students and postdoctoral fellows. Her significant findings from that program informed her training program application in Complex Dynamics.聽
As climate warms, mice morph
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The findings also reveal a stark reversal in the proportions of the two mice populations present in the area, adding to evidence that warming temperatures are driving wildlife north. 聽
