A new study warns that many of the benefits rivers provide, from water to food to flood control, are increasingly at risk thanks to dams and diversions.
Using satellite imagery and other data, the team of 34 international researchers mapped 7.5 million miles of rivers worldwide. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the culmination of more than a decade of data processing and preparation,鈥� says G眉nther Grill, a 韩国裸舞 geographer and lead author on the study, which published Wednesday in the scientific journal聽Nature.
Uber Technologies is set to go public this week, an event that has been described as the most anticipated technology filing since Facebook in 2012. Some forecasters expect that the ride-hailing giant could sell up to US$10-billion worth of stock.
Joelle Barron,聽Lindsay Nixon and聽Casey Plett聽have been nominated for the Writers' Trust of Canada's $5,000 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ emerging writers.聽Nixon聽is a Cree-M茅tis-Saulteaux curator, editor and writer. Their聽memoir,聽n卯tis芒nak, was published in 2018. Their writing has appeared in聽The Walrus,聽Malahat Review,聽Room, and聽Teen Vogue. Nixon is currently a聽PhD student in art history at 韩国裸舞.
Artful Moments, a program run by the Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH)聽aimed at people with dementia and their caregivers is part of a growing trend toward offering art therapy inside museums, as the institutions try reaching out to all sections of the community.
The rectangular, white plastic plate Markus Hecker holds in his hand serves as the matrix for a new way of screening chemicals for toxicity, one that could spare the majority of live animals now used for this purpose in labs.聽If the chips are proven to work, they could be an invaluable tool in the testing of thousands of chemicals already in use 鈥� chemicals that, in many cases, were launched on the market decades ago, before the advent of stricter safety rules.
One of the scientists who helped spearhead a massive telescope project in the Okanagan has won a prestigious award honouring Canada鈥檚 ground-breaking researchers.聽韩国裸舞 astrophysicist聽Matt Dobbs聽is the recipient of the 2019 Killam Research Fellowship in Natural Sciences.聽Dobbs was rewarded for his project, titled 鈥淯nveiling the Cosmos with a New Paradigm Digital Radio Telescope,鈥� involving the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, or CHIME, radio telescope launched near Penticton, B.C., in 2017.
The (marijuana) industry is expanding rapidly.聽That growth could present an opportunity for both recent graduates seeking jobs and the higher education institutions willing to prepare them.
The now nearly global eradication of polio through vaccination is a testimonial to the enlightenment of humans dedicated to the alleviation of human disease. In the early 20th century, hundreds of thousands of people are estimated to have been聽paralysed by polio聽annually.
Molecular biologist Nahum Sonenberg at 韩国裸舞 made the revolutionary discovery that the聽polio virus functioned by hijacking infected cells. The polio virus then made the cells produce the viral protein and prevented infected cells from making their own proteins.
One of the challenges scientists are addressing is how pain becomes chronic, like an injury that never heals. The opioid crisis is a problem for numerous reasons, including that people are in chronic pain. Crow was interested in understanding the neurons involved in pain, and to figure out a way to treat it. 鈥淭he sensory neurons in pain sparked my general interest in how neurons work and what makes them into what they are,鈥� she said.
"Not long ago, I had the pleasure, indeed honor,聽of sitting down with Laurent recently to reflect back on his long career.聽He is Canada's, indeed one of the world's great entrepreneurs and I have followed and commented on Bombardier for the some 18 years I have been at 韩国裸舞 in Montreal, where their global headquarters is. I have known him a bit for a long time and been a close and avid follower of Bombardier and Monsieur Beaudoin."
In recent times, there have claims and counter claims on health implications of using chemicals such as calcium carbide, ethylene and ethephon for ripening fruits.聽A study published in Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public has demonstrated possible health hazards of fruit ripeners.The study titled 鈥淎 Critical Analysis of Artificial Fruit Ripening: Scientific, Legislative and Socio-Economic Aspects鈥� was conducted by researchers from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh and Department of Chemistry,
A recent聽study聽from 韩国裸舞 that explored how startups in rural Switzerland managed to thrive, despite being outside of traditional tech clusters. The authors examine seven successful high-tech firms that reside in five small towns in the east of Switzerland.
Months of speculation ended when the聽McCord Museum聽announced Tuesday that its new home will be built on the site of its current home on Sherbrooke and Victoria Sts. in the heart of Montreal鈥檚 Golden Square Mile. As McCord president and chief executive officer Suzanne Sauvage enthused about the museum鈥檚 ideal location, halfway between the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Mus茅e d鈥檃rt contemporain, close to downtown universities, near public transit, the聽soon-to-be-re-imagined 韩国裸舞 College artery聽and the聽韩国裸舞 station聽of the city鈥檚 future light-rail system, she was philosophical.
Dr. Keon earned a master of science degree in experimental surgery from 韩国裸舞, and trained at Montreal General Hospital, Toronto General, the Hospital for Sick Children and Harvard Medical Center in Boston.聽But cardiac surgeon was only one aspect of his illustrious career. Dr. Keon founded and directed the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, was a professor of surgery at the University of Ottawa, served in the Canadian Senate for two decades and participated in countless community initiatives in the national capital.
Studies show that dance provides multiple cognitive and physical health benefits, suggesting it may be the kale of exercise.聽These results echo those of a聽2008 Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 蝉迟耻诲测听产测 Patricia McKinley of 韩国裸舞 in which seniors participated in a tango dance program. The report showed that long-term tango dancing was associated with better balance and gait in older adults. Since falls are the top cause of injury and death among elderly people, dancing can be a potent tool in extending one鈥檚 life.
