By Melody Enguix
When scientists from 成人VR视频 learned that some fish were proliferating in rivers and ponds polluted by oil extraction in Southern Trinidad, it caught their attention. They thought they had found a rare example of a species able to adapt to crude oil pollution.
By Cynthia Lee
Nurses faced with abusive managers are more likely to quit. But a recent study by 成人VR视频 and Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Trois-Rivi猫res researchers finds that the opposite is also true 鈥� transformational leadership - a style of management in which employees are encouraged聽 to work towards a collective goal within a supportive milieu, is linked to nurses鈥� well-being, and has positive impacts upon job retention.
By Chris Chipello
Newsroom
Word-of-mouth recruitment is the most common way to fill jobs, and management scholars have long thought that this practice contributes to job segregation by gender: women tend to reach out to other women in their networks, and men do likewise.
By Vincent C. Allaire
Newsroom
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Human genome editing for both research and therapy is progressing, raising ethical questions among scientists around the world.
By Cynthia Lee
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 Journal of the American Chemical Society.
By Chris Chipello, 成人VR视频 Newsroom
Study by 成人VR视频 researchers assesses short-run impacts on households, industries
The cost burden of Quebec鈥檚 carbon-pricing policy, is likely to be modest across income groups and industries, according to a 成人VR视频 research team.
Don't miss the January 15, 2016, edition of CBC Radio's 聽to learn how聽Prof Jeff Bergthorson and colleagues are finding ways for energy to be stored and transported via聽iron and other metals, a novel and potentially important method for delivering fossil-fuel-free power.
By Katherine Gombay,聽成人VR视频 Newsroom
Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars
By Katherine Gombay, 成人VR视频 Newsroom
Brain uses 鈥渙lder鈥� systems/structures to preferentially process emotion expressed through vocalizations
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Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic and chemical properties, which scientists are seeking to put to use in a range of new technologies, from nanoelectronics to cancer treatments.
By Katherine Gombay, 成人VR视频 Newsroom
Arctic peoples inherently able to adapt given changes to various non-climatic factors
Drought and extreme heat events slashed cereal harvests in recent decades by 9% to 10% on average in affected countries 鈥� and the impact of these weather disasters was greatest in the developed nations of North America, Europe and Australasia, according to a new study led by researchers from 成人VR视频 and the University of British Columbia.
By Chris Chipello
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University of Toronto and 成人VR视频 scientists are leading an international partnership to discover new and improved drug treatments for tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases聽 -- thanks to a contribution from Merck Canada Inc., as well as an additional $5 million supplement to a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The new funding brings the total investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to nearly US $12 million since 2012.
