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Using sunlight to turn two greenhouse gases into valuable chemicals

webfull — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:08:31 +0000

��ֱ�� researchers have harnessed the power of sunlight to transform two of the most harmful greenhouse gases into valuable chemicals. The discovery could help combat climate change and provide a more sustainable way to produce certain industrial products.

Published: 16 September 2024

Research finds sex-based differences in how brains handle threats

webfull — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:47:06 +0000

A new study has uncovered significant differences in how male and female mice process threats, even as they exhibit similar behavioural responses.

The discovery suggests that including both male and female subjects in neuroscience research will lead to more accurate conclusions and ultimately better health outcomes.

Understanding the influence of sex on brain function can help explain why males and females develop certain psychiatric disorders at different rates or with different symptoms, the researchers said.

Published: 12 September 2024

Six students at ��ֱ�� receive Canada’s largest Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) scholarship

webfull — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:15:51 +0000

Six students have been named ��ֱ��’s recipients of Schulich Leader Scholarships, the most generous student award for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) studies in Canada.

��ֱ�� alumnus Seymour Schulich, BSc’61, MBA’65, DLitt’04, established the Schulich Leader Scholarships for entrepreneurial-minded students who excel academically and display leadership, charisma and creativity.

Published: 12 September 2024

New insights could help prevent psychosis relapses in youth and young adults

webfull — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:03:40 +0000

New findings from ��ֱ�� researchers could help clinicians understand the course of delusions in youth and young adults that signal the need for a timely intervention to prevent a full relapse of psychosis.

Delusions — strong beliefs that don't align with commonly accepted reality— are a defining symptom of psychosis but are not sufficiently understood.

Published: 11 September 2024

Digitally cataloguing archived plant specimens can transform conservation efforts

webfull — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:47:33 +0000

Digitally cataloguing the more than 300 million plant specimens preserved in museums worldwide could yield crucial insights into how to preserve biodiversity amid climate change, a study by ��ֱ�� researchers has found.

Digitally cataloguing, or digitizing, a herbarium specimen involves recording the species name and original location and uploading that record to a digital repository that is publicly accessible.

Published: 9 September 2024

A better way to assess bridges’ earthquake safety

webfull — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:13:16 +0000

Researchers from ��ֱ�� have developed a more efficient way to assess how likely a bridge is to be damaged in an earthquake. The information could help authorities prioritize infrastructure for upgrading and improve emergency response plans.

Published: 9 September 2024

Microbes in orbit: Understanding spaceflight’s impact on gut health

webfull — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:45:37 +0000

Scientists have uncovered how space travel profoundly alters the gut microbiome, yielding insights that could shape future space missions.

The groundbreaking study, led by a ��ֱ�� researcher in collaboration with University College Dublin (UCD), NASA’s GeneLab and an international consortium, offers the most detailed profile to date of how space travel affects gut microbes.

Published: 29 August 2024

The brain’s balancing system

webfull — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:09:31 +0000

A finding by a ��ֱ��-led team of neuroscientists could open doors to new treatments for a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders attributed to dysfunctions in specific dopamine pathways.

Published: 27 August 2024

The power of face time: Insights from zebra finch courtship

webfull — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:50:07 +0000

A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially apply to human development.

��ֱ�� researchers discovered that zebra finches deprived of early social experiences could still form strong bonds with a partner later in life. Once placed into cohabitation with a male, females that had never heard a mating song before could quickly develop a preference for his melody.

Published: 21 August 2024

What time the malaria-bearing mosquito bites you might make a difference

webfull — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:52:23 +0000

A discovery by ��ֱ��-affiliated researchers could lead to more effective treatment of malaria and other parasitic diseases.

When mice are infected in the middle of the night with the parasites causing cerebral malaria, the symptoms of the disease are less severe than for those inflected during the day, and the spread of the parasites within the hosts is more limited, research teams from ��ֱ��, the Douglas Research Centre and the Research Institute of the ��ֱ�� Health Centre have discovered.

Published: 19 August 2024

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