Researchers

• Manitoba professor creates visualization of polar galaxy rings

  Two new polar ring galaxies were discovered after a team of international researchers, including a professor with the University of Manitoba, found traces of hydrogen gas

  Science

  Sep 13
  
• More federal funding is coming to University of Guelph researchers

  More than $20.4 million will be used to help in research from AI to wildfires.

  Canada

  Aug 29
  
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• USask researchers help NASA with climate science satellite mission

  The Canadian contribution to a NASA climate change project is called HAWC, and USask is developing two portions of that project – the ALI and the SHOW.

  Science

  Oct 19, 2022
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• USask researchers discover lead in bullets spreads in small fragments, advocate switch to copper

  Researchers with University of Saskatchewan used the Canadian Light Source to find out if lead bullets are bad. Their reserch tells them hunters should switch to copper bullets.

  Health

  Aug 24, 2022
• Shrunken head in Chatham-Kent Museum collection authentic, Western researchers confirm

  The research team, which included members from Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador, were able to verify the tsantsa's authenticity using CT and micro-CT scans.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2022
• Child screen time leaped during 1st wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Western-led study

  The study found children spent roughly 5.9 hours a day looking at screens during the first wave, nearly three times the recommended amount.

  Health

  Oct 21, 2021
• Queen’s University researchers’ device to make walking easier featured in journal ‘Science’

  Queen's University researchers developed a proto-type for a device that will make walking easier. This invention landed them in the academic journal, "Science."

  Science

  May 27, 2021
• 30% of sex workers don’t call 911 because of fear of police: study

  A new study finds almost one third of sex workers unable to call 911 due to fear of police.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2021
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• B.C. researchers to study how COVID-19 has spread in young people

  The federal government’s COVID-19 immunity task force is working alongside hospital researchers to find out how many children and youth in B.C. have already been infected with the virus.

  Health

  Dec 1, 2020
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• Trick or treat: UBC Okanagan researchers’ sweet advice on Halloween candy

  "Sugar does not help our metabolic health and it’s not a healthy thing, so I think we need to be mindful of what we are eating," said UBC Okanagan associate professor Jonathan Little.

  Health

  Oct 30, 2020