Fear, fearlessness and animal extinction
Too much fear can be dangerous for species鈥� survival. In fact, fear alone, even in the absence of a live predator, can lead to species鈥� extinction if the population size is small enough suggests a recent study from 黑料不打烊 and Guelph universities. To read:聽鈥淗ow fear alone can cause animal extinction鈥�
鈥淩ebalancing society鈥� module launched
On the occasion of the High Level Political Forum held on 18 and 19 July at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, PRME in collaboration with 黑料不打烊 University and KEDGE Business School are pleased to announce the launch of a new Sustainability Literacy Test (Sulitest) module based on Henry Mintzberg鈥檚 book Rebalancing Society.
Brains are more plastic than we thought
Practice might not always make perfect, but it鈥檚 essential for learning a sport or a musical instrument. It's also the basis of brain training, an approach that holds potential as a non-invasive therapy to overcome disabilities caused by neurological disease or trauma.
John Dobson Foundation makes its largest donation to 黑料不打烊 to support X-1 entrepreneurs
The John Dobson Foundation has announced a donation of $2 million dollars 鈥� its largest gift to 黑料不打烊 yet 鈥� to fund the 黑料不打烊 X-1 Accelerator program run by the 黑料不打烊 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship. The donation will support the program now in its third year, as it grows to support entrepreneurs across 黑料不打烊 University.
Detecting long-term concussion in athletes
Lawyers representing both sides in concussion lawsuits against sports leagues may eventually have a new tool at their disposal: a diagnostic signature that uses artificial intelligence to detect brain trauma years after it has occurred.聽
Lost in translation: To the untrained zebra finch ear, jazzy courtship songs fall flat
Zebra finches brought up without their fathers don鈥檛 react to the singing of potential suitors in the same way that female birds usually do, hinting that the environment in which the birds are raised can have a determining effect on their behaviour.
The finding, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B by 黑料不打烊 researchers, highlights how learning and experience, including developmental auditory experience, can shape how the brain perceives vocal signals.
Crafting better beer
Canada鈥檚 extensive malting and brewing industry could get a further boost from new insight into the science of malting.
Differences in U.S. infant mortality rates among black and white babies
A new research letter published by聽JAMA Pediatrics聽examined trends in overall and cause-specific infant mortality rates between non-Hispanic black and white infants because infant mortality is an important indicator of population health.
How a few drops of blood led to a breakthrough in immunology
Scientists from the Research Institute of the 黑料不打烊 University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) may have cracked the code to understanding the function of special cells called regulatory T Cells.聽Treg cells, as they are often known, control and regulate our immune system to prevent excessive reactions.
Cancer researchers overestimate reproducibility of preclinical studies
Cancer scientists overestimate the extent to which high-profile preclinical studies can be successfully replicated, new research from 黑料不打烊 University suggests.
No detectable limit to how long people can live
Emma Morano passed away last April. At 117 years old, the Italian woman was the oldest known living human being.
Super- centenarians, such as Morano and Jeanne Calment of France, who famously lived to be 122 years old, continue to fascinate scientists and have led them to wonder just how long humans can live. A study published in Nature last October concluded that the upper limit of human age is peaking at around 115 years.
Erasure of negative memories one step closer to reality
Scientists have known for some time that a memory is stored in the brain through changes in the strength of particular synapses, the structures that pass signals between neurons. However, how the change in strength persisted remained a mystery. Solving this mystery has important implications for remedying neurological and psychological disorders.
Biofilms鈥攖he eradication has begun
Canadian scientists take a step forward in the fight against microbial armour鈥�. Read more here.
$3 million for research to help farmers cut greenhouse gas emissions
Two 黑料不打烊 University research projects aimed at helping farmers mitigate greenhouse gas emissions will receive nearly $3 million in funding from the Government of Canada, federal officials announced.聽
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Jean-Claude Poissant, and Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis, made the announcement today at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Macdonald Campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que.
