Research has focused on the amount of global warming resulting from increased greenhouse gas concentrations….
Month: September 2013
Traces of immense prehistoric ice sheets discovered
Geologists and geophysicists have discovered traces of large ice sheets from the Pleistocene on a…
Optical sensors improve railway safety
A string of fiber-optic sensors running along a 36-km stretch of high-speed commuter railroad lines…
Cancer biggest killer of Hispanic Texans
More Hispanic Texans die from cancer than any other cause, according to a new report….
Biochar quiets microbes, including some plant pathogens
In the first study of its kind, scientists have used synthetic biology to study how…
Depression and mental health services usage
More than half the people in Ontario who reported they had major depression did not…
Biological link between diabetes and heart disease discovered
Researchers have identified for the first time a biological pathway that is activated when blood…
National screening strategy for hepatitis C urged for Canada
Canada should begin screening ‘Baby Boomers’ for the hepatitis C virus infection, since this age…
Engineers invent programming language to build synthetic DNA
Scientists have developed a programming language for chemistry that they hope will streamline efforts to…
Researchers ferret out function of autism gene
Researchers say it’s clear that some cases of autism are hereditary, but have struggled to…