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If you go to a basketball game, it may take you a few minutes to understand the rules, but pretty quickly you will figure out what’s happening. Sure, there might be niche rules here and there that leave you baffled, but you can still follow along. Furthermore, you don’t have to be an expert at basketball in order to enjoy watching others play. Unfortunately, this isn’t the view people take of mathematics and science. Often,…
Centre for Innovation scientist recognized for his contributions to the field of cryobiology
Centre for Innovation scientist recognized for his contributions to the field of cryobiology Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Thursday, September 19, 2019 Dr. Geraldine Walsh Centre for Innovation scientist Dr. Jason Acker was recently inducted as a Fellow of the Society for Cryobiology, a prestigious international award that recognizes individuals who have had an exemplary impact on the field of cryobiology. Congratulations to Dr. Acker, who received this award over the…
Colo(u)r-changing building surfaces thanks to gold nanoparticles
Gold, at the nanoscale, has different properties than it has at the macroscale and research at the University of Cambridge has found a new way to exploit gold’s unique properties at the nanoscale according to a May 13, 2019 news item item on ScienceDaily, The smallest pixels yet created — a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of light under tiny rocks of gold — could be used for new…
UN Mountain Partnership in Science Magazine: Now is the time to accelerate mountain policies, strategies and actions
Science Magazine recently released a special issue on mountains exploring the latest research related to climate change, biodiversity, mountain peoples and alpine rivers. The Canadian Mountain Network is a proud member of the United Nations (UN) Mountain Partnership and the Partnership’s Coordinator Yuka Makino is the lead author of one article in the issue. The Mountain Partnership is a UN voluntary alliance dedicated to improving the lives of mountain peoples and protecting mountain environments around…
The Baby’s Got Her Eyes, Her Nose and Her Stress
Pregnancy is naturally stressful. But too much prenatal stress can change the DNA of a fetus, leading to long-term behavioural impacts. Get the full story The Baby’s Got Her Eyes, Her Nose and Her Stress
Hummingbirds: The forgotten pollinator when it comes to pesticides
From early April through May, rufous hummingbirds arrive in the Fraser Valley, BC, where they briefly court, nest and raise their young before heading back to Mexico. They, like other hummingbirds, are avian pollinators, and they, like many other pollinators, are in serious decline.
Quelques éléments du portrait de la nouvelle société qui se dessine
Je pensais bien que j’allais pouvoir enfin faire une différence. Mon premier objectif en devenant Commissaire au développement durable en 2007 était d’entreprendre des démarches (contacts en Alberta, en Nouvelle Écosse et en Californie) pour m’assurer que j’allais pouvoir calculer l’empreinte écologique du Québec et que j’aurais les ressources nécessaires pour le faire. Finalement, cela a pris neuf mois de travail de deux personnes, une comptable et un économiste spécialement recruté. Le travail par le bureau…
Electronics begone! Enter: the light-based brainlike computing chip
At this point, it’s possible I’m wrong but I think this is the first ‘memristor’ type device (also called a neuromorphic chip) based on light rather than electronics that I’ve featured here on this blog. In other words, it’s not, technically speaking, a memristor but it does have the same properties so it is a neuromorphic chip. Caption: The optical microchips that the researchers are working on developing are about the size of a one-cent…
Congratulations Nic
Congratulations to Nic Durish, MSc Computer Science student, who was recently announced as the recipient of the 2018/2019 School of Computer Science Teaching Assistant Award. Nic was nominated for his continued contributions to teaching, learning, and leadership in the School. I have had the pleasure of working with Nic for many years now – bothContinue reading "Congratulations Nic"
