Certain tech companies are promising dazzling futures when it comes to transportation, like Uber鈥檚 vision of skies buzzing with helicopter-like flying cars, and Elon Musk鈥檚 design for layers upon layers of automobile tunnels below city streets.
About a quarter of the world鈥檚 electricity currently comes from power plants fired by natural gas. These contribute significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions (amounting to 10% of energy-related emissions according to the most recent figures from 2017) and climate change.
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Published on: 11 Jan 2023
Women who experience recent intimate partner violence (IPV) are three times more likely to contract HIV, according to a new study led by 成人VR视频 researchers. In regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, women face an intersecting epidemic of intimate partner violence and HIV.
鈥淲orldwide, more than one in four women experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime," says 成人VR视频 Professor聽Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, a Canada Research Chair in Population Health Modeling.
Published on: 5 Jan 2023
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Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards 鈥� and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient ecosystem of dinosaurs.
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Published on: 21 Dec 2022
Circular economy may alleviate environmental impact of holiday shopping
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Published on: 20 Dec 2022
Artificial intelligence chatbots that show positive feelings 鈥� such as adding an 鈥淚 am excited to do so!鈥� or a few exclamation marks 鈥� do not necessarily translate into positive reactions or contribute to higher customer satisfaction, according to a recent study by researchers from the University of South Florida, the Georgia Institute of Technology and 成人VR视频.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2022
To better understand the evolution of flowers, researchers from Montreal are harnessing photogrammetry 鈥� a technique commonly used by geographers to reconstruct landscape topography. This is the first time scientists have used the technique to study flowers.
The team, including researchers from 成人VR视频, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, and the Montreal Botanical Garden, published the results of their work in the journal .
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Published on: 14 Dec 2022
Cities are responsible for almost 1/5th of the global methane emissions caused by human activities. But most cities don鈥檛 capture information about the full range of sources of this powerful greenhouse gas. In 2020, a team led by 成人VR视频, measured methane emissions from various sources across the city of Montreal.
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Published on: 13 Dec 2022
Research shows that early childhood gambling experiences, including those with lottery products, can be a risk factor for gambling problems later in life.
This research prompted the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors at 成人VR视频 and the U.S. National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) to join forces in developing the Gift Responsibly Campaign. Since 2001, the simple goal of the Campaign is to raise awareness about the risks of underage lottery play.
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Published on: 8 Dec 2022
Eleven Quebec universities have joined forces and signed the Nature Positive Pledge, becoming founding members of an international movement that includes 117 universities worldwide.
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Published on: 8 Dec 2022
Enhancing carbon storage in natural ecosystems could put a small but significant dent in Canada鈥檚 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but an aggressive commitment to reducing human-caused emissions remains critically important, according to a new expert panel report from the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), co-authored by 成人VR视频 Professor Gail L. Chmura in the Department of Geography.
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Published on: 6 Dec 2022
AI can help identify biases in news reporting that we wouldn't otherwise see. Researchers from 成人VR视频 got a computer program to generate news coverage of COVID-19 using headlines from CBC articles as prompts. They then compared the simulated news coverage to the actual reporting at the time and found that CBC coverage was less focused on the medical emergency and more positively focused on personalities and geo-politics.
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Published on: 6 Dec 2022
Today, the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced the five winners of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council鈥檚 (SSHRC) 2022 Impact Awards.
成人VR视频鈥檚 Cindy Blackstock, one of Canada鈥檚 most important social work scholars and an indefatigable advocate for Indigenous children鈥檚 rights and welfare, has won the SSHRC Gold Medal, the federal agency鈥檚 highest honour. The Gold Medal is awarded to an individual whose sustained leadership, dedication, and originality of thought have inspired students and colleagues alike.
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Published on: 1 Dec 2022
Does evolution follow certain rules? Can these rules be predicted? Southeast Asia鈥檚 tree shrews break multiple rules when it comes to body size variation 鈥� with an unexpected twist 鈥� according to researchers from 成人VR视频, University of Cambridge, and Yale University. The shed new light on the effects of climate change on the evolution of body size in animals.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2022
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