Lead scientist Stephen Scherer and his team published the results in the journal G3: Genes/Genomes/Genetics. More at The Globe and Mail. Canada is looking for a Chief Science Advisor Posted: December 1. British Columbia, Canada V0H 1Z0, and Department of Food Science, University of Manitoba. Is Affected by Diet Duration in the. Nariman Salakhutdinov. An agricultural green economy for South Africa Vernacular languages as the medium of instruction at universities. The diet were isonutritive and isoenergetic attending nutritional requirements levels typically. Canada. The new Science Advisor's main responsibilities include ensuring open science communication from the government to the public as well as across the government, and helping Canadian scientists speak freely about their work. Application process is expected to close on January 2. See the job posting and apply at the government's website. Quantum teleportation demonstration by Canadian scientists lays foundation for secure Quantum Internet Posted: September 2. Peanuts Lower Risk to Develop Breast Cancer New Study Finds. By Alsu Salakhutdinov. Peanuts Lower Risk to Develop Breast Cancer New Study Finds added by.Einsteins . The development and implementation of a quantum key distribution systems based on such principles promises to be the ultimate solution to Internet security issues because fundamental quantum laws cannot be compromised by any new technology. Read more at the CBC. University of Toronto chemists create vitamin- driven battery Posted: August 3, 2. A team of University of Toronto chemists has created a battery that stores energy in a biologically derived unit, paving the way for cheaper consumer electronics that are easier on the environment. Canada is looking for astronauts Posted: July 5, 2. If you have a BSc and three years of professional work experience or a Ph. D, you qualify to be a Canadian astronaut, and the Canadian Space Agency is looking for two people to fill that role. There are very few other requirements. Any medical doctor is also eligible. You don't have to be Canadian.
You can be short or tall. Just don't be colour blind. Obviously you have to be in excellent health and your chances improve if you speak multiple languages, have Canadian citizenship, and happen to be a rocket scientist. But you could be a teacher. Or an IT professional. Anyone working in science, math or engineering. One warning: in Augustf 2. Houston, Texas. Check out the Canadian Astronaut Recruitment page. Deadline is Aug 1. Vancouver student wins top prize at Intel International Science Fair Posted: May 1. Austin Wang was awarded the Gordon E. Moore Award for Best in Fair ($7. Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (IISEF) this morning. He placed first amongst the 1. This is the second year in a row that a Canadian has been awarded Best in Fair. He identified specific genes in E. More at Youth Science Canada. Canadian prairies to become more productive with climate change Posted: March 2. The productivity of grasslands in North America will increase in future climate scenarios, despite higher temperatures and increased drought, say researchers from the University of Lethbridge, Alberta and Harvard. An earlier start to the growing season and warmer winter temperatures will allow the productivity of the grasslands to offset the challenges of increased drought and heat. More at the Science Media Centre of Canada. University of Toronto researcher wins Brain Prize Posted: March 1, 2. Graham Collingridge, chair of U of T’s physiology department is one of three researchers as recipients of this year’s . Collingridge is known for his research on a mechanism called long- term potentiation. It is the systematic reinforcement of connections between individual neurons in the brain by repeated stimulation. View 203407 Summer School posts, presentations, experts, and more. Get the professional knowledge you need on LinkedIn. The process has been shown to be crucial for learning and for maintaining memories over the course of a lifetime. More at The Globe and Mail. The resilience of tropical forests Posted: February 3, 2. Canadian scientists at the University of Alberta and the University of Regina have published research showing that tropical rainforests regrow after deforestation taking up carbon more quickly than established forests. The foreststs recover most of their biomass within decades. Until now the recovery rate of these forests was unknown, hindering reliable estimates of their ability to absorb and store atmospheric carbon. Original paper in Nature. Canadian researchers report that 3. Posted: January 2. Countries drastically underreport the number of fish caught worldwide, according to a new study, and the numbers obscure a significant decline in the total catch. Canadian fisheries scientists at the Sea Around Us, Global Fisheries Cluster, University of British Columbia, Vancouver published their report this week in the journal Nature. More at the Science Media Centre. Rumoured detection of gravity waves Posted: January 1. One of Einstein's as yet unobserved predictions- -gravity waves, ripples in the fabric of spacetime- -may soon be verified. The Spectral Einstein Code (Sp. EC) modeling software developed by Harald Pfeiffer at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto together with collaborators at Caltech and Cornell University in the USA can simulate what gravity waves might look like, a necessary first step in detecting them. Canadian scientists develop faster machine learning algorithm Posted: December 1. Computer scientist and statistitian Ruslan Salakhutdinov at the University of Toronto along with others at MIT and NYU have developed software that learns to recognize written characters from just one example, as opposed to the more common method of machine learning that requires thousands of examples from massive data sets. The new technique may point the way towards more powerful, more humanlike artificial intelligence. Read more at MIT Technology Review. Environment Canada finally releases report on Climate Change Posted: November 2. After a decade of inaction, Environment Canada has finally released a comprehensive report on The Science of Climate Change and how it's a real phenomenon caused by humans burning fossil fuels at ever increasing rates. It catalogues all the consequences for Canada, and near the end shows that virtually ALL of the increase in Canadian greenhouse gas emissions are due to the exploitation of the tar sands in Northern Alberta. Canadian Scientists in Trudeau. Kirsty Duncan, Canada's new Minister of Science (Etobicoke North, Ontario) has a Ph. D in medical geography. Her doctoral disertation and subsequent book documents her search for the origins of the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1. Unlike the Harper government which shunned scientists, the new Liberal cabinet in addition to the new minister of science includes two physicians, a geoscientist and an engineer/astronaut as well as two economists. Trudeau made the following appointments today. Dr. Jane Philpott, Markham- Stouffville, Ontario (PHYSICIAN) Minister of Health. Jean- Yves Duclos, Qu. Paul's, Ontario (PHYSICIAN). Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs. John Mc. Callum, Markham- Unionville, Ontario (ECONOMIST). Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship. Kirsty Duncan, Etobicoke North, Ontario (MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY PHD). Minister of Science. Mary. Ann Mihychuk - Kildonan- St. Paul, Manitoba (GEOSCIENTIST). Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour. It is a bit disappointing that the new Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Navdeep Bains (Mississauga- Malton, Ontario) is not a scientist. Bains has an MBA and considerable corporate experience. Even so, it is extremely cool to have a real live astronaut as the Minister of Transport. Canadian team sets human powered land speed record Posted: September 1. Canadian engineer Todd Reichart has claimed the human powered world speed record on land of 1. The Ontario group of scientists and engineers at Aero. Velo engineering set the record on September 1. The same group also won the Sikorsky Prize in 2. Atlas human- powered helicopter. More at Gizmag. The importance of health care in Canada's federal election Posted: August 2. In Canada's upcoming 2. Canada’s health care problems will continue, according an Dr. Matthew Stanbrook, Deputy Editor of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). The editorial catalogues the many ways that the Harper government has stopped collaborating with the provinces on health care programs and funding. An international group of researchers including three Canadians developed new statistical methods to analyse the 4. The new data set is available to the scientific community as a reference resource. The researchers took 4. They identified physical traits associated with 1. More at the Science Media Centre of Canada. Footprints found on Canadian West Coast could be oldest in North America Posted: June 2. Footprints found in clay on the shore of Calvert Island on British Columbia's central coast appear to be 1. North America. University of Victoria archeologists Duncan Mc. Laren and Daryl Fedje led the team that made the discovery. More at Hakai Magazine. Blood turned into nerve cells by Canadian researchers Posted: May 2. Mick Bhatia, director of Mc. Master University's Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute, says his lab hopes to eventually develop neurons that could one day be transplanted into patients to restore healthy brain cells as a treatment for various diseases, like Alzheimer's. Canadian scientists solve knuckle- cracking riddle Posted: April 1. Scientists at the University of Alberta used MRI video to determine what happens inside finger joints to cause the distinctive popping sounds heard when cracking knuckles. For the first time, they observed that the cause is a cavity forming rapidly inside the joint. Watch the video available at the Uof. A Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. Canadians love birds Posted: March 1. Statistics Canada reported today that, based on the 2. Canadian households maintain bird feeders in their gardens. Homes in non- urban settings had the most bird feeders at 3. Also, 9% of Canadian families own bird identification books or binoculars for bird watching. Canadian researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk Posted: February 1. Spiders make seven different kinds of silk they use for different purposes. But although humans have farmed silkworms for thousands of years, spider silk has proven impractical.
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