Unlocking Lithium: Pairing Technology and Expertise to Increase Project Value

December 3, 2024 Saskatchewan Research Council Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science, Technology and Engineering

SRC is supporting advanced technologies, particularly green energy and electric vehicles (EVs), as the demand for critical minerals such as lithium and lithium batteries increases.

What does good writing advice look like?

December 3, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

“Writing Advice is a Lie”, opines Henry Oliver on Substack, with an argument that writers (of fiction mostly, I think?) should ignore all the writing advice that surrounds them on the grounds that “Almost all of it is wrong. Flat wrong. Plain wrong. Waste-of-time wrong”. As you can imagine, this took me a little bit...

Supporting Science With a Simple Side Quest

December 3, 2024 Research2Reality Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science

If you've played Borderlands 3 in the last four years, you may have unknowingly been helping researchers map the human microbiome. Get the full story Supporting Science With a Simple Side Quest

Tracker Trouble: A Tale of Turkey Vulture Tenacity

December 2, 2024 Science Borealis General Science

Over the next few weeks, Science Borealis is excited to feature a series of stories developed for a story-telling event held at the joint conference of the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Association of Field Ornithology, and Wilson Ornithological Society in July 2024. These stories were prepared with the help of Borealis Blog editors and polished...

New impact report: Supporting research and education for the Canadian blood system

November 28, 2024 Jenny Ryan Biology and Life Sciences, General Science, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

New impact report: Supporting research and education for the Canadian blood system Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Thursday, November 28, 2024 Abby Wolfe Showcasing impact Canadian Blood Services’ innovation and portfolio management team supports research and education initiatives for the Canadian blood system. These align closely with three key strategic priorities for the organization: Match...

Trolley problems in scientific writing

November 26, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

Last week I wrote about the impossibility of deciding on the single best way to write anything – because readers differ, and what works well for one reader will work poorly for another. (Don’t panic, this isn’t a completely nihilistic position. There’s definitely bad, good, and better writing; there just isn’t best.) There’s an interesting...

Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Research ensures innovation and safety go hand in hand for stem cell transplantation

November 21, 2024 Jenny Ryan Biology and Life Sciences, General Science, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science

Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Research ensures innovation and safety go hand in hand for stem cell transplantation Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Thursday, November 21, 2024 Drs. Chaahat Singh & Giorgia Caspani Our partnership with the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia is helping to...

How genomics could help protect B.C.’s redcedars

November 19, 2024 UBC Faculty of Science General Science

Western redcedar (Thuja plicata) is found from northern California to Haida Gwaii. The trees can live more than 1,000 years, but are increasingly under threat from climate change. Photo: istock/Dave Hutchison Photography.A collaboration among UBC, the B.C. Ministry of Forests and industry uses targeted genome sequencing to produce resilient western redcedar seedlingsBy Geoff GilliardThere is a...

There’s no best way to write something

November 19, 2024 Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science

What’s the best way to write your next paper – or, to ask a simpler question, the best way to construct your title, write the opening sentence of your Introduction, or plot the pivotal data set? The bad news is that there isn’t a best way. The good news is exactly the same. When I...

How to bridge the natural sciences research-to-action gap

November 14, 2024 UBC Faculty of Science General Science

Drs. Fiona Beaty (left) and Alex Moore (right) are conducting their conservation research in collaboration with the people in the ecosystems they’re studying to develop findings in a more meaningful way.Less emphasis on publishing, more relationship building with Indigenous communities neededBy Geoff GilliardFrom the humid mangrove forests of American Samoa to the cold waters of Canada’s...

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Unlocking Lithium: Pairing Technology and Expertise to Increase Project Value

What does good writing advice look like?

Supporting Science With a Simple Side Quest

Tracker Trouble: A Tale of Turkey Vulture Tenacity

New impact report: Supporting research and education for the Canadian blood system

Trolley problems in scientific writing

Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Research ensures innovation and safety go hand in hand for stem cell transplantation

How genomics could help protect B.C.’s redcedars

There’s no best way to write something

How to bridge the natural sciences research-to-action gap

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