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Space Exploration Apr 25, 2022

Crew-4 astronauts head to space station to conduct microgravity science

NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 mission, originally scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Saturday, April 23, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, has been rescheduled to Wednesday, April 27. This launch carries ...

Archaeology Apr 14, 2022

Mystery sarcophagus found in Notre-Dame to be opened

A mysterious leaden sarcophagus discovered in the bowels of Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral after it was devastated by a fire will soon be opened and its secrets revealed, French archaeologists said Thursday.

Archaeology Mar 15, 2022

Ancient tombs unearthed at Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral

Several tombs and a leaden sarcophagus likely dating from the 14th century have been uncovered by archaeologists at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris following its devastating 2019 fire.

Social Sciences Feb 16, 2022

Decades-long study in Bangladesh shows how access to family planning shapes lives

On a sweltering July day in 1984, Jane Menken stepped off a plane in the teeming capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, boarded a van for a dusty, four-hour journey to the remote villages to the south and embarked on a decades-long ...

Materials Science Feb 10, 2022

Futuristic coating for hospital fabrics and activewear kills COVID and E. coli

UBC researchers have developed an inexpensive, non-toxic coating for almost any fabric that decreases the infectivity of the virus that causes COVID-19 by up to 90 percent.

Environment Nov 29, 2021

Milk jugs, cartons or plastic bags: Which one is best for the environment?

If you are a typical Canadian milk consumer, you probably drink more than 60 liters of milk a year. It adds up to about two billion milk containers purchased in Canada annually.

Veterinary medicine Oct 14, 2021

A more comfortable goodbye? Vets bring pet euthanasia home

Clarence the giant schnauzer came into Penny Wagner's life as a puppy nearly eight years ago, at a traumatic time for her family.

Space Exploration Sep 24, 2021

All-female crew in water-tank spaceflight study

This week 20 women are tucking themselves in a waterbed for five days as part of a dry immersion study to recreate some of the effects of spaceflight on the body. The campaign kicked off yesterday with the first two subjects ...

Social Sciences Aug 16, 2021

Why we missed hugs

Rose Gagnon could not hug her grandchildren for several months.

Polymers Aug 13, 2021

Polymer enables tougher recyclable thermoplastics

To synthesize plastic, small monomer molecules need to be strung together like beads in a necklace, creating long polymer chains.

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