Fourteen of the 156 new 2012 Vanier Scholars will be attending 成人VR视频, coming from countries as diverse as Australia, Belgium, Peru and the United States, as well as from Canada.
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Published on: 3 Jul 2012
Two projects led by 成人VR视频 professors are among the 17 that will receive a total of $28 million over six years to help science and engineering graduates add job skills to their academic achievements, thanks to the.Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada鈥檚 (NSERC) CREATE program. The two projects are the CREATE program in green chemistry led by Prof. Chao-Jun Li, and the CREATE
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Published on: 26 Jun 2012
A new study published in the journal Arthritis Care & Research, led by Dr. Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, a rheumatologist at the 成人VR视频 Health Centre, reveals that 13 per cent of FM patients use cannabinoids for relief from symptoms such as widespread pain, fatigue, and insomnia.
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Published on: 22 Jun 2012
成人VR视频 scientists, led by Ajjamada Kushalappa of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, have teamed up with researchers from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia to develop nutritious, high-yielding, and more disease-resistant potatoes for food-insecure indigenous communities in Colombia.
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Published on: 20 Jun 2012
Cachexia, a syndrome characterized by rapid weight loss and muscle deterioration, is a major cause of death among patients suffering from diseases like cancer, AIDS and chronic infection. Now, a newly published study by 成人VR视频 researchers shows that a low dose of Pateamine A is effective at preventing cancer-induced muscle wasting, which may lead to cachexia-fighting drugs.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2012
Two 成人VR视频 researchers were recently awarded large partnership grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). These grants are designed to foster research partnerships among the academic, private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
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Published on: 7 Jun 2012
Whether it is for research into clean energy sources, the future of wireless communication or a better understanding of the processes involved in language learning, over 160 established 成人VR视频 researchers and more than 80 graduate students will benefit from support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) over the next five years.
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Published on: 6 Jun 2012
Thanks to the Cole Foundation, pediatric leukemia research has again this year received support to recruit some of the best and brightest researchers in the field.
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Published on: 11 May 2012
According to a new study led by the Research Institute of the 成人VR视频 Health Centre (RI MUHC), older women who have been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat are at higher risk of stroke than men.
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Published on: 9 May 2012
Prof. Ehab Abouheif, Dept. of Biology and a research team investigated which genes were being expressed during the development of antennae in male water striders. The antennae are used to grasp the females during mating. They then modified gene expression to see how this would be expressed in antennae development and success in mating. By doing so they were able to watch evolution in action.
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Published on: 3 May 2012
Current research ethics focuses on protecting study participants, but according to bioethicists from 成人VR视频 and Carnegie Mellon University, these efforts fail to prevent harms that undermine the social value of research.
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Published on: 3 May 2012
成人VR视频 is building on longstanding research collaborations with Brazil by announcing four partnership agreements with Brazilian universities. These agreements are being signed this week by Prof. Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of 成人VR视频.
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Published on: 27 Apr 2012
In a paper published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from 成人VR视频 have demonstrated for the first time that there are specific neurons that respond selectively to first and second order sensory attributes.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2012
A new study by Carsten Wrosch of Concordia University and Catherine Sabiston of 成人VR视频鈥檚 Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education found that breast cancer survivors who were able to let go of old exercise goals and set new ones increased their level of physical activity and showed an improved well-being overall.
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Published on: 23 Apr 2012
Published on: 23 Apr 2012
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