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More sour than sweet: the truth behind citrus waste

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A ‘Transformative’ Approach to Training New Doctors

May 26, 2023 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

It's no secret that Canada needs more family doctors, especially in smaller communities. Could more decentralized education help fill that void? Get the full story A ‘Transformative’ Approach to Training New Doctors

New Mobile Ad Hoc Papers

May 25, 2023 Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

As part of her PhD research, Fatemeh Safari (PhD candidate in the Computational Sciences PhD program) has been investigating and developing new routing algorithms for mobile ad hoc networks. Her most recent work “A Novel Cross-layer Adaptive Fuzzy-based Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing Protocol for MANETs” has been accepted for publication in IEEEAccess, andContinue...

Our Devices Are Environmental Vices

May 25, 2023 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

It's no surprise that Canadians' production of electronic waste has gone up, but we now have an idea of the worrying scope of this problem. Get the full story Our Devices Are Environmental Vices

One pioneer’s dogged pursuit of personalized cell therapy

May 25, 2023 Various bloggers Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

Dompaminergic neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells. These cells degenerate in Parkinson’s disease. This photo was taken by Jeannie Liu in the lab of Jan Nolta at the University of California, Davis. CIRM on Flickr A recent Wall Street Journal article reminded me of the work of someone I came to know well while...

Why Does Art Make You Feel How You Feel?

May 24, 2023 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Sure, it can be tough to define what is and isn't "art", but research seems to show some universality in the link between colours and emotions. Get the full story Why Does Art Make You Feel How You Feel?

Order of Operations

May 23, 2023 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

The fun part is when a change here implies a rewrite there, there, and there.

ChatGPT: author, acknowledgement, method, or tool?

May 23, 2023 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

Like everybody else, I’m fascinating by the fast-moving world of ChatGPT and its kin. Today: what do these tools mean for authorship, in a world where scientists are already using them to help them write their papers? Tools like ChatGPT are often referred to as “artificial intelligence”, but that’s a terrible label for them –...

Cluster Queue

May 21, 2023 jeremy Communication, Education and Outreach, Multimedia, Physics and Astronomy

If you’re not always computing something, what are you really doing?

Hard Work Always Pays Off… or So We’ve Convinced Ourselves

May 19, 2023 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

Our society attaches moral value to hard work for its own sake, but in an age of increasing automation, is that creating backwards incentives? Get the full story Hard Work Always Pays Off… or So We’ve Convinced Ourselves

Spotting the spotted wintergreen: Research on rare woodland plants in Ontario

May 19, 2023 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

How does a scientist study rare plants? First, you might want to know whether individual patches are growing or shrinking, and how the environment affects them.

More than just directions: maps and society throughout Canadian history

Tick talk: tick-borne pathogens in Canada

The Flu Shot: all about the what, why, and when

From masala to medicine

Have you met your digital twin?

Scientists look billions of years into the past to learn about our future