http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Canada's energy regulator rolled out new rules on Thursday allowing for alternative ways to deal quickly with blowouts in the Arctic other than drilling relief wells. http://phys.org/news243189087.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:50:03 EST news243189087 Canada became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, saying the pact on cutting carbon emissions was preventing the world from effectively tackling climate change. http://phys.org/news242933211.html Space & Earth Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:26:58 EST news242933211 (AP) -- Police say a senior executive of Canada's Research In Motion is a suspect in last month's stampede at a BlackBerry promotion in Indonesia. http://phys.org/news242274171.html Technology Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:22:57 EST news242274171 A heavy equipment operator unearthed what appears to be a nearly complete plesiosaur while digging in Canada's oil sands, Syncrude announced Thursday. http://phys.org/news241375277.html Other Sciences Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:41:34 EST news241375277 Research In Motion said Wednesday it is investigating reports of Blackberry users still experiencing email woes, after a service outage affected millions of people worldwide last month. http://phys.org/news240084071.html Technology Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:01:23 EST news240084071 The economic costs for women who leave an abusive partner do not end once they walk out the door. In fact, the ongoing costs in Canada equal a staggering $6.9 billion annually. http://phys.org/news239950496.html Other Sciences Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:03:55 EST news239950496 (AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research in Motion says its music-sharing application for its popular messaging service will be available for downloading in the U.S., Canada and Australia within a day. http://phys.org/news239460036.html Technology Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:40:46 EST news239460036 Google expanded its online bookstore to Canada on Tuesday, offering hundreds of thousands of electronic books for sale and millions of others for free. http://phys.org/news239383737.html Technology Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:29:02 EST news239383737 Traffic to US newspaper websites rose over the past year despite the introduction of paywalls by a number of outlets, the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) said Thursday. http://phys.org/news238389102.html Technology Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:11:50 EST news238389102 A higher than usual phone bill can leave anyone stunned. And when Celina Aarons got a jaw-dropper for more than $200,000, it was no mistake. http://phys.org/news238177700.html Technology Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:28:34 EST news238177700 BlackBerrys across the world buzzed back to life Thursday, leaving customers outraged and threatening to cost the granddaddy of all smartphones more business when it's already struggling to keep up in a crowded marketplace. http://phys.org/news237713023.html Technology Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:23:53 EST news237713023 The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone said Monday that all services had been restored to users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa after widespread service outages. http://phys.org/news237463377.html Technology Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:03:04 EST news237463377 YouTube on Friday began letting people in Britain rent movies for viewing online at the Google-owned video-sharing website. http://phys.org/news237223453.html Technology Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:24:37 EST news237223453 Half of Canada's ancient ice shelves have disappeared in the last six years, researchers have said, with new data showing significant portions melted in the last year alone. http://phys.org/news236512978.html Space & Earth Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:04:15 EST news236512978 US video giant Netflix on Monday announced the launch of its television and movie streaming service to Latin America and the Caribbean. http://phys.org/news234461595.html Technology Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:13:24 EST news234461595 Canada's Research in Motion (RIM) is developing a new service that would allow subscribers to play music on their BlackBerry smartphones, the Wall Street Journal has reported. http://phys.org/news232944699.html Technology Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:51:56 EST news232944699 A Colorado State University atmospheric scientist is helping the physically isolated Inuit people on Canada’s Baffin Island with a groundbreaking weather model that quickly identifies and predicts dangerous snow and wind conditions. http://phys.org/news231760394.html Space & Earth Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:10:05 EST news231760394 Canada's Research in Motion on Wednesday announced plans for five new BlackBerry smartphones, the largest global product launch in the company's history. http://phys.org/news231595022.html Electronics Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:00:02 EST news231595022 The death toll from a killer E. coli outbreak centred in Germany has risen to 50 with another death in Germany and one in the United States, health authorities said Thursday. http://phys.org/news228666230.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:24:07 EST news228666230 Heavy rains in Canada caused historic flooding in Minot, N.D. Landsat satellite images taken before and during the flooding reveal the water's extent. http://phys.org/news228412533.html Space & Earth Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:56:13 EST news228412533 A joint research project of the University of Waterloo in Canada and the Universidad Mayor in Chile has been investigating ways to accurately identify rock glaciers. http://phys.org/news227781269.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:34:42 EST news227781269 Facebook is approaching 700 million members but its growth is slowing and it lost users in the United States and Canada last month, the Inside Facebook website said. http://phys.org/news227245482.html Technology Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:44:59 EST news227245482 Johnson's research has taken her to Kanngiqtugaapik (Clyde River) on Baffin Island, Nunavut. There, she has been finding out how Inuit communities are adapting to climate change, and what contributions they are able to make to the development of policies and programs that affect them. http://phys.org/news226060351.html Space & Earth Tue, 31 May 2011 11:32:46 EST news226060351 An oil spill near the native village of Little Buffalo in Canada's Alberta province was partly contained by a beaver dam, a provincial environment official said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news223787138.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 May 2011 04:05:55 EST news223787138 Significant differences were observed between the overall survival curves for the two countries; compared with the Swiss curve, the Canadian curve showed a quicker drop at the early stages of burial and poorer survival associated with prolonged burial," writes Dr. Pascal Haegeli, Simon Fraser University, with coauthors. "Poorer survival probabilities in the Canadian sample were offset by significantly quicker extrication (median duration of burial 18 minutes v. 35 minutes in the Swiss sample)." http://phys.org/news219929895.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:38:57 EST news219929895 Canadians living in deprived neighbourhoods are twice as likely to have poor health if they live on the Atlantic or Pacific Coast, according to a new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital. http://phys.org/news216561099.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:52:34 EST news216561099 Could making child pornography legal lead to lower rates of child sex abuse? It could well do, according to a new study by Milton Diamond, from the University of Hawaii, and colleagues. http://phys.org/news210344890.html Other Sciences Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:20:02 EST news210344890 Europe on Thursday banned baby bottles containing the chemical Bisphenol-A as of early next year over fears it may harm the health of children throughout the EU's half a billion population. http://phys.org/news209914318.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:32:21 EST news209914318 Environmentalists on Monday accused Canada of attempting to kill proposed US and EU clean energy policies in order to protect its oil exports. http://phys.org/news209664286.html Space & Earth Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:20:01 EST news209664286 (AP) -- Skygazers got a treat Saturday when a portion of the moon crossed into the Earth's shadow during a partial lunar eclipse visible in the western United States and Canada, the Pacific and eastern Asia. http://phys.org/news196854364.html Space & Earth Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:46:18 EST news196854364