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Montréal’s Urban Agriculture Continues to Grow

By Jesse Correll, guest editor Urban agriculture in Montréal has a rich history of growing from the ground up. From […]

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11th century Arab-Muslim optical scientist laid groundwork for modern-day physics

An April 15, 2024 news item on phys.org announces research into how an Arab scientist’s studies into optics established the basis for modern day physics, Scientists from the University of Sharjah [United Arab Emirates] and the Warburg Institute [University of London, UK] are poring over the writings of an 11th-century Arab-Muslim polymath to demonstrate their...

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Improving implantable technology with borophene

Scientists can be just as competitive as anybody else, from a May 6, 2024 news item on phys.org, Move over, graphene. There’s a new, improved two-dimensional material in the lab. Borophene, the atomically thin version of boron first synthesized in 2015, is more conductive, thinner, lighter, stronger and more flexible than graphene, the 2D version...

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Shopping cart returns and a philosophy of collaboration

I used to be extremely diligent about returning shopping carts to cart-return corrals. But recently, at the supermarket where I usually shop, I’ve found myself being sloppier, and I’m having trouble being bothered by that. Why? A few months ago, the supermarket started installing fences and plexiglass barriers everywhere, tightly controlling entry and exit, and...

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Perimeter Institute and CBC’s Ideas: In conversation with Claudia de Rham, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 [2024] at 7:00 pm ET

Since tickets for the Perimeter Institute’s free event go quickly, I’m prefacing this post with the information that there are still tickets available for the August 1, 2024 in person event. Onto more details For those unfamiliar with Canadian institutions, Perimeter Institute (PI) is also known as the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics located in...

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Programmable living materials made with 3D printing methods and synthetic biology

There’s more than one ‘living’ material story here on this blog; it’s the plant cells that make this latest story different from the others. From a May 1, 2024 news item on phys.org, Note: A link has been removed, Scientists are harnessing cells to make new types of materials that can grow, repair themselves and...

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