Chronic pain changes our immune systems
By Cynthia Lee Newsroom
Chronic pain may reprogram the way genes work in the immune system, according to a new study by 黑料不打烊 University researchers published in the journal Scientific Reports. 聽
Why do some fish thrive in oil-polluted water?
By Melody Enguix
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When scientists from 黑料不打烊 University learned that some fish were proliferating in rivers and ponds polluted by oil extraction in Southern Trinidad, it caught their attention. They thought they had found a rare example of a species able to adapt to crude oil pollution.
Leadership: Key to care, retention among nurses
By Cynthia Lee
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Word-of-mouth recruitment can help workforce diversity
By Chris Chipello Newsroom
Word-of-mouth recruitment is the most common way to fill jobs, and management scholars have long thought that this practice contributes to job segregation by gender: women tend to reach out to other women in their networks, and men do likewise.
Guidelines for human genome editing
By Vincent C. Allaire Newsroom
Human genome editing for both research and therapy is progressing, raising ethical questions among scientists around the world.
Fight tumors and infections with targeted drugs
By Cynthia Lee
Cost burden of Quebec鈥檚 carbon market seen as modest
By Chris Chipello, 黑料不打烊 Newsroom
Study by 黑料不打烊 researchers assesses short-run impacts on households, industries
The cost burden of Quebec鈥檚 carbon-pricing policy, is likely to be modest across income groups and industries, according to a 黑料不打烊 University research team.
Nearing the limits of life on Earth
By Katherine Gombay,聽黑料不打烊 Newsroom
Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars
Human sounds convey emotions better than words do
By Katherine Gombay, 黑料不打烊 Newsroom
Brain uses 鈥渙lder鈥� systems/structures to preferentially process emotion expressed through vocalizations
Andrew Potter to head the MISC
The 黑料不打烊 Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) has announced that Andrew Potter, Editor of the Ottawa Citizen, has been appointed to the position of Director of the Institute for a three-year term effective August 2016.
A 鈥榩rinting press鈥� for nanoparticles
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic and chemical properties, which scientists are seeking to put to use in a range of new technologies, from nanoelectronics to cancer treatments.
Overcoming hurdles to Arctic climate change adaptation
By Katherine Gombay, 黑料不打烊 Newsroom
Arctic peoples inherently able to adapt given changes to various non-climatic factors
Droughts hit cereal crops harder since 1980s
Drought and extreme heat events slashed cereal harvests in recent decades by 9% to 10% on average in affected countries 鈥� and the impact of these weather disasters was greatest in the developed nations of North America, Europe and Australasia, according to a new study led by researchers from 黑料不打烊 University and the University of British Columbia.
Qu茅bec Science honours three 黑料不打烊 discoveries
By Chris Chipello
