To stop biodiversity loss, Canada recently committed to protecting 30% of its land and sea by 2030. But making conservation decisions about where to locate new protected areas is complicated. It depends on data both about biodiversity and about a range of benefits (e.g. freshwater, climate regulation, recreation) that people get from nature. Surprisingly, despite the size of the country, new mapping suggests that less than 1% of Canada鈥檚 land (0.6% of total area or approximately 56,000 km2) is a hotspot, providing all these benefits in one place.
Published on: 5 Jan 2021
The Living Library: Teaching Strategies from 成人VR视频 Classrooms聽is a new initiative from the Office of Science Education to support faculty with planning and delivering courses.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2020
It鈥檚 known that the primary cause of the mass extinction of dinosaurs, about 66 million years ago, was a meteorite impact. But the exact mechanisms that linked the meteorite impact to mass extinction remain unclear, though climactic changes are thought to have played a part.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2020
Over the past 40,000 years, ice sheets thousands of kilometres apart have influenced one another through sea level changes, according to research published today in . New modelling of ice sheet changes during the most recent glacial cycle by a 成人VR视频-led team offers a clearer idea of the mechanisms that drive change than had previously existed and explains newly available geological records.
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Published on: 25 Nov 2020
Vertebrate populations - from birds and fish to antelope - are not, in general, declining. Despite what has previously been thought and said.
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Published on: 18 Nov 2020
By Meaghan Thurston (Office of Research and Innovation)
Published on: 18 Nov 2020
Five projects led by 成人VR视频 researchers are included among the 79 receiving a total of $28 million in research infrastructure support through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Exceptional Opportunities Fund. The announcement was made today by the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry during a news conference this morning.
Published on: 6 Nov 2020
New data from a Canadian-led team of astronomers, including researchers from the 成人VR视频 and 成人VR视频 strongly suggest that magnetars - a type of neutron star believed to have an extremely powerful magnetic field - could be the source of some fast radio bursts (FRBs). Though much research has been done to explain the mysterious phenomenon, their source has thus far remained elusive and the subject of some debate.
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Published on: 4 Nov 2020
Psychology researchers at 成人VR视频 have used network science 鈥� a mathematical technique for revealing connections and patterns 鈥� to gain novel insights into Montrealers鈥� experience of using French and English.
The unique approach has brought to light subtle differences as to which social settings Montreal bilinguals discuss certain topics and whether they use French, English or both languages to discuss those topics.
Published on: 8 Oct 2020
Four 成人VR视频 researchers are聽among the sixteen eminent Canadian scientists, scholars and researchers that have been by the聽Royal Society of Canada
Read their stories in聽The聽成人VR视频 Reporter:
Alfonso Mucci
Willet G. Miller Medal / M茅daille Willet G. Miller
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Published on: 15 Sep 2020
Researchers from 成人VR视频 have revealed the steps by which two very distinct organisms 鈥� bacteria and carpenter ants 鈥� have come to depend on one another for survival to become a single complex life form. The study, published today in , shows that the two species have collaborated to radically alter the development of the ant embryo to allow this integration to happen. Understanding how such grand unifications originate and evolve is a major puzzle for biologists.
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Published on: 2 Sep 2020
How do people coordinate their actions with the sounds they hear? This basic ability, which allows people to cross the street safely while hearing oncoming traffic, dance to new music or perform team events such as rowing, has puzzled cognitive neuroscientists for years. A new study led by researchers at 成人VR视频 is shining a light on how auditory perception and motor processes work together.
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Published on: 1 Sep 2020
Starting an undergraduate program is a big transition, accompanied by many uncertainties. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has added to the number of unknowns facing incoming students, through the switch from on-campus to online courses.
Recently, the聽Office of Science Education (OSE)聽and聽Teaching and Learning Services (TLS)聽hosted two panels to support U0 and U1 students admitted to the Faculties of Science and Engineering, as they prepare for their first year at 成人VR视频.
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Published on: 1 Sep 2020
Scientists at 成人VR视频 have developed a solvent-free method for making oligonucleotides, short strands of DNA of growing significance in research and the pharmaceutical industry.
Published on: 24 Aug 2020
A 成人VR视频 research team has developed a new technique to detect nano-sized imperfections in materials. They believe this discovery will lead to improvements in the optical detectors used in a wide range of technologies, from cell phones to cameras and fiber optics, as well as in solar cells.
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Published on: 5 Aug 2020
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