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July 14, 2015
The powerful allure of cardboard for children is well known to any parent who has witnessed their child’s delight at putting a box on his or her head — rather than playing with the expensive gift...
April 6, 2016
As a young neuropsychologist, Alain Ptito was troubled by the sizeable number of his patients who suffered symptoms of traumatic brain injury after scans pronounced them recovered from their...
March 26, 2010
Canada Research Chairs - News Release
Leaders Opportunity Fund – Funding for infrastructure associated with a Canada Research Chair /
Fonds des leaders – Financement de l’infrastructure liée à une...
November 21, 2014
It’s invisible to most of us, but one of the most prevalent organic groundwater contaminants on Earth is something called trichloroethylene (TCE), a toxic chlorinated solvent that was in wide...
August 12, 2013
When mining giant Vale called upon Robert Pelton at McMaster University to develop an economically feasible way to extract nickel from lower-grade ore in the Thompson, Man., nickel belt, it attracted...
April 15, 2009
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When David Suzuki asked his youngest daughter to travel Europe with him for a special episode of his CBC show The Nature...
May 1, 2007
Pictures may be worth a thousand words. But the pictures taken by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scanner are about one word only—life. The...
July 11, 2013
The University of Victoria (UVic) is now home to the world’s most powerful microscope, thanks to a partnership with Hitachi, the global leader in scanning electron microscopy.
Rodney Herring received...
April 21, 2010
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This Anise swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) was found in a remnant of Garry oak woodland in Victoria. Although the species is not at risk, the habitat where it was spotted certainly is.Jeremy...