This research into an analogue memristor comes from The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) according to a September 20, 2022 news item on Nanowerk, Note: A link has been removed, Neuromorphic computing system technology mimicking the human brain has emerged and overcome the limitation of excessive power consumption regarding the existing von Neumann...

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It seems to be GLUBS time again (GLUBS being the Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds). In fact it’s an altogether acoustical time for the ocean. First, a mystery fish, That sounds a bit like a trumpet to me. (I last wrote about GLUBS in a March 4, 2022 posting where it was included under...

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It seems chimeras are of more interest these days. In all likelihood that has something to do with the fellow who received a transplant of a pig’s heart in January 2022 (he died in March 2022). For those who aren’t familiar with the term, a chimera is an entity with two different DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)...

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It’s hard to tell how many students and staff participated in yesterday’s (May 1, 2023) Canada-wide walkout. The University of British Columbia (UBC) counted 300 in their walkout (from a May 1, 2023 article by Amir Ali for The Daily Hive). The total number is not available but there is a Nationwide Walkout page on...

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Bill C-27 (Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022) is what I believe is called an omnibus bill as it includes three different pieces of proposed legislation (the Consumer Privacy Protection Act [CPPA], the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act [AIDA], and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act [PIDPTA]). You can read the Innovation, Science and...

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So far in part 1, the budget continues its focus on life sciences especially biomanufacturing, climate (clean energy, clean (?) manufacturing, mining, space, the forest economy, agriculture, and water. The budget also mentioned funding for the research councils (it’s been a while since I’ve seen them in a budget document). Now, it’s time to focus...

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The Canadian federal government released its 2023 budget on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. There were no flashy science research announcements in the budget. Trudeau and his team like to trumpet science initiatives and grand plans (even if they’re reannouncing something from a previous budget) but like last year—this year—not so much. Consequently, this posting about...

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I associate the idea of ‘creative destruction’ with economics and Joseph Schumpeter but it is more widespread and has a much longer history (see more at the end of this posting). Here we have Université de Montréal researchers being inspired by the idea from (what was to me) an unexpected source, from a February 9,...

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Reassuringly, you won’t be waking up in the hospital to see your sutures glowing in the dark. On that note, here’s more about the innovation in a February 1, 2023 news item on ScienceDaily, A new antimicrobial suture material that glows in medical imaging could provide a promising alternative for mesh implants and internal stitches.Surgical...

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Courtesy: Wallpaperstopick [downloaded from https://wallpaperstopick.blogspot.com/2012/05/keanu-reeves.html] The Keanu Reeves molecule is produced by bacteria.according to a February 6, 2023 news item on phys.org, Bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas produce a strong antimicrobial natural product, as researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) have discovered. They proved that the substance is...

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