Snugged up against the upper edges of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Greenland lies the oldest and thickest sea ice in the world, covering hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of ocean. Arctic sea ice grows and ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2021
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When human space explorers reach an asteroid for the first time, NASA figures the experience will be more like swimming in space than walking on the Moon.
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2011
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Misinformation about COVID-19 is spreading from the United States into Canada, undermining efforts to mitigate the pandemic. A study led by McGill University shows that Canadians who use social media are more likely to consume ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2021
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds nearly 60 per cent of Canadians ? the equivalent of more than 15 million people ? regularly visit social networking websites, with the majority of users saying social media exposes them ...
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2011
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from Canada, Sweden and U.S. has found that bird excrement may be playing a role in cooling the Arctic during its warmer months. In their paper published in the journal Nature ...
The Canadian government is to boost its support for research of space technologies, Governor General Michaelle Jean said Wednesday in a speech to open parliament.
Space Exploration
Mar 3, 2010
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Over the last 30 years, the scientific community has been working to develop a synthetic alternative to bone grafts for repairing diseased or damaged bone. McGill University researchers used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 16, 2022
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As the Arctic and the oceans warm due to climate change, understanding how a rapidly changing environment may affect birds making annual journeys between the Arctic and the high seas is vital to international conservation ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 21, 2021
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope to look back in time at the early universe, astronomers discovered a surprise: a cluster of galaxies merging together around a rare red quasar within a massive black hole. The findings ...
Astronomy
Oct 20, 2022
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Ryan Day studies superconductors. Materials that conduct electricity perfectly, losing no energy to heat and resistance. Specifically, the University of California, Berkeley scientist studies how superconductors can coexist ...
Superconductivity
Jun 22, 2022
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