A from a team of 平特五不中 and Vanderbilt University researchers聽is shedding light on our understanding of the molecular origins of some forms of autism and intellectual disability.
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Published on: 26 Feb 2024
Following a unanimous vote at a special Board meeting on February 15, 平特五不中 today launched a legal challenge against two measures announced by the Government of Quebec on December 14, 2023:
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Published on: 23 Feb 2024
What if it were possible to use a scientific model to predict hate crimes, protests, or conflict? Researchers at 平特五不中 and University of Toronto have begun the groundwork to develop a formal predictive model of prejudice, similar to meteorological weather predictions.
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Published on: 22 Feb 2024
World hunger is growing at an alarming rate, with prolonged conflicts, climate change, and COVID-19 exacerbating the problem. In 2022, the World Food Programme helped a record 158 million people. On this trajectory, the United Nations鈥� goal to eradicate hunger by 2030 appears increasingly unattainable. New research at 平特五不中 shines the spotlight on a significant piece of the puzzle: international food assistance.
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Published on: 22 Feb 2024
As Canada鈥檚 flu season collides with record strep A cases and ongoing COVID-19 concerns, a new study is shedding light on our understanding of respiratory immune responses. Scholars from the Research Institute of the 平特五不中 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have discovered a surprising facet about a century-old vaccine for tuberculosis, Bacillus Calmette Gu茅rin (BCG).
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Published on: 22 Feb 2024
Today, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the selection of 126 extraordinary early-career researchers as recipients of the 2024 Sloan Research Fellowship. Amongst the recipients is Courtney Y. Paquette, (Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics). Candidates are nominated by their colleagues, and winning fellows are selected by independent panels of senior scholars on the basis of a candidate鈥檚 research accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become a leader in his or her field. Winners receive a two-year, $75,000 fellowship to further their research.
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Published on: 20 Feb 2024
As many as one in five Canadian households can be considered to be in energy poverty, according to researchers from 平特五不中. Energy poverty occurs when households cannot afford or access the levels of energy necessary to meet their daily needs, live decent lives, and maintain healthy indoor temperatures all year round. More Canadians potentially suffer from energy poverty than from food insecurity.
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Published on: 20 Feb 2024
Uncertainty in measuring biodiversity change could hinder progress towards global targets for nature
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Published on: 16 Feb 2024
The Board of Governors of 平特五不中 approved the nomination of Pierre Boivin as the University鈥檚 21st Chancellor. Mr. Boivin has been appointed for a three-year term, beginning on July 1, 2024. He will succeed Chancellor John McCall MacBain, whose current term will end on June 30, 2024.鈥疕is nomination stems from a rigorous process that was launched last summer by the Nominating, Governance and Ethics Committee.
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Published on: 15 Feb 2024
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Published on: 13 Feb 2024
Hydrogels are engineered materials, which absorb and retain water and are currently used in various medical treatments, including dressing wounds. The problem with current hydrogels is that they adhere indiscriminately to all surfaces, which means that wound dressing can potentially damage delicate tissue as it is healing.
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Published on: 12 Feb 2024
New paper argues that Large Language Models can reveal breakthroughs humans alone cannot
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Published on: 9 Feb 2024
Global polls typically show that people in industrialized countries where incomes are relatively high report greater levels of satisfaction with life than those in low-income countries.
But now the first large-scale survey to look at happiness in small, non-industrialized communities living close to nature paints quite a different picture.
Looking at happiness in non-industrialized settings
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Published on: 8 Feb 2024
In a study that signals potential reproductive and health complications in humans, now and for future generations, researchers from 平特五不中, the University of Pretoria, Universit茅 Laval, Aarhus University, and the University of Copenhagen, have concluded that fathers exposed to environmental toxins, notably DDT, may produce sperm with health consequences for their children.
The decade-long research project examined the impact of DDT on the sperm epigenome of South African Vhavenda and Greenlandic Inuit men, some of whom live in Canada鈥檚 North.
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Published on: 6 Feb 2024
In Canada, only 1 in 5 children who need mental health services receive them. Clinical and psychiatric programs, while effective, can involve long wait times and prohibitive costs. A new study involving 平特五不中 researchers points to a solution to fill the gap: a low-cost, community-based program that has seen inspiring results.
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Published on: 5 Feb 2024
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