Digitally assembled map offers insights into the Battle of Vimy Ridge
On April 9, 1917, after months of careful preparation, the Canadian Corps was ordered to seize Vimy Ridge.
On April 9, 1917, after months of careful preparation, the Canadian Corps was ordered to seize Vimy Ridge.
Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2017
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What started as a final year engineering class project at McMaster University is now an internationally recognized improved solution for the early detection of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer.
Engineering
Nov 9, 2017
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Human teeth hold vital information about Vitamin D deficiency, a serious but often hidden condition that can now be identified by a simple dental X-ray, McMaster anthropologists Lori D'Ortenzio and Megan Brickley have found.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 7, 2017
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Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new drug screening technique that could lead to the rapid and accurate identification of fentanyl, as well as a vast number of other drugs of abuse, which up until now have ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 2, 2017
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Life on Earth began somewhere between 3.7 and 4.5 billion years ago, after meteorites splashed down and leached essential elements into warm little ponds, say scientists at McMaster University and the Max Planck Institute ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 2, 2017
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New biological information gleaned from the red vizcacha rat, a native species of Argentina, demonstrates how genomes can rapidly change in size.
Biotechnology
Jul 12, 2017
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McMaster and Ryerson universities today announced the Smart Robots for Health Communication project, a joint research initiative designed to introduce social robotics and artificial intelligence into clinical health care.
Robotics
Jun 23, 2017
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The story of humanity's vital—and fragile—relationship with the sun has been locked inside our teeth for hundreds of thousands of years. A new method is starting to tease out answers to major questions of evolution and ...
Other
May 18, 2017
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For the past 70 years, scientists have agreed unanimously that Streptomyces, the bacteria that gives dirt its earthy smell and is found in many antibiotics, grow like plants in a stationary manner.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 10, 2017
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It's a problem of galactic complexity, but researchers are getting closer to accurately measuring the mass of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Astronomy
Jan 9, 2017
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