/channels/taxonomy/term/9608/all en /channels/channels/news/55m-support-new-canadian-ecosystem-service-network-300245 <p>Protecting Canada鈥檚 vast wealth of natural resources, which contribute significantly to our national economy, will depend on our ability to manage ecosystems and all the services they provide for human well-being now and in the future. Leading sustainability scientist, Elena Bennett, a professor in the School of the Environment and Department of Natural Resource Sciences at 平特五不中, has assembled a network of researchers to ensure that Canada鈥檚 working landscapes鈥攍and actively used for production of resources such as food鈥攔emain biologically diverse, resilient, and adaptive.</p> Wed, 04 Sep 2019 18:36:02 +0000 webfull 152611 at /channels /channels/news/predicting-arrhythmias-so-prevent-them-254934 <p>Researchers have discovered how to predict some cardiac arrhythmias several steps before they even occur. It鈥檚 a finding that could lead to an improved cardiac device, with equipment designed to detect when arrhythmias are about to occur and then act to prevent them. Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:47:06 +0000 webfull 112825 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-gets-165-m-nserc-training-project-260408 <p><a href="/newsroom"><strong><em>平特五不中 Newsroom</em></strong></a></p> <p><em>CREATE project to prepare graduates for high-skills work in surgical-devices industry</em></p> <p>A team led by 平特五不中 professor Jake Barralet will receive $1.65 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to provide nearly 90 students with cross-disciplinary training to prepare them for high-skill jobs in the surgical devices industry.</p> Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:26:42 +0000 webfull 118212 at /channels /channels/news/our-head-movements-convey-emotions-256366 <p>Head movements play an important role in conveying emotions through speech and music. Let your head do the talking. Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:44:51 +0000 webfull 113564 at /channels /channels/news/fight-tumors-and-infections-targeted-drugs-257962 <p><i>By Cynthia Lee</i></p> <p>Some drug regimens, such as those designed to eliminate tumors, are notorious for nasty side effects. Unwanted symptoms are often the result of medicine going where it鈥檚 not needed and harming healthy cells. To minimize this risk, researchers in Quebec have developed nanoparticles that only release a drug when exposed to near-infrared light, which doctors could beam onto a specific site. Their report appears in the <em>Journal of the American Chemical Society</em>.</p> Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:35:58 +0000 webfull 115366 at /channels /channels/news/study-reveals-challenge-chip-designers-future-218872 <p>To build the computer chips of the future, designers will need to understand how an electrical charge behaves when it is confined to metal wires only a few atom-widths in diameter.</p> <p> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:39:45 +0000 webfull 88392 at /channels /channels/news/astrophysicist-vicky-kaspi-wins-top-cdn-science-prize-258612 <p><strong><em>By Chris Chipello,聽</em></strong><em><a href="/newsroom"><strong>平特五不中 Newsroom</strong></a></em></p> <p><em>平特五不中 researchers Elena Bennett and Yasser Gidi also honoured by NSERC</em></p> <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has named 平特五不中 astrophysicist Vicky Kaspi as this year鈥檚 recipient of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, NSERC鈥檚 highest honour, in recognition of the excellence and influence of her research contributions.</p> Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:21:14 +0000 webfull 116106 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-researchers-get-47-mln-nserc-project-grants-241668 <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced 78 Strategic聽Project Grants today at the University of New Brunswick, including 10 for 平特五不中 researchers totaling nearly $4.7 million.聽 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:33:36 +0000 webfull 108108 at /channels /channels/news/mysterious-cosmic-radio-bursts-found-repeat-259440 <p><em><strong>By Chris Chipello,聽</strong><a href="/newsroom"><strong>平特五不中 Newsroom</strong></a></em></p> <p><em>Astronomers for the first time detect repeat 鈥榝ast radio bursts鈥� from same sky location</em></p> <p>Astronomers for the first time have detected repeating short bursts of radio waves from an enigmatic source that is likely located well beyond the edge of our Milky Way galaxy.聽<span>The findings indicate that these 鈥渇ast radio bursts鈥� come from an extremely powerful object which occasionally produces multiple bursts in under a minute.</span></p> Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:00:39 +0000 webfull 117124 at /channels /channels/news/grant-monitor-environmental-change-252131 <p> Wed, 20 May 2015 15:59:49 +0000 webfull 110062 at /channels /channels/news/winds-hide-atlantic-variability-europe%E2%80%99s-winters-259681 <p><em><strong>By Chris Chipello, <a href="/newsroom">平特五不中 Newsroom</a></strong></em></p> <p><em>Study reveals how wind patterns change along with sea-surface temperatures</em></p> <p>Shifting winds may explain why long-term fluctuations in North Atlantic sea surface temperatures have no apparent influence on Europe鈥檚 wintertime temperatures.聽<span>The findings, published in </span><em>Nature Communications</em><span>, could also have implications for how Europe鈥檚 climate will evolve amid global warming.</span></p> Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:13:30 +0000 webfull 117384 at /channels