Dr. Sarah Kimmins recipient of 2016 SSR Young Investigator Award
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成人VR视频 Centre for Research in Reproduction听 and Development (CRRD) Associate Director Dr. Sarah Kimmins (Animal Science Department) is recipient of the 2016 SSR Young Investigator Award.
This award recognizes an active Regular Member of the Society for outstanding research completed and published within 12 years after receiving the Ph.D. or other equivalent professional degree.
Mosquitoes: What Works, What is Used.
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Worried about Zika? CTV Montreal talked to the Morgan Arboretum's Christopher Cloutier, mosquito expert from 成人VR视频.
CTV News video
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Rolling whole grains into chewy business success
Businesses start in many ways, and Andrea Courey didn鈥檛 know that she was going to have a business of her own. In 1997, Andrea lost her job and was raising three children as a single mother. In the face of this adversity Andrea asked herself how she was going to provide for her family 鈥� what was she 鈥済ood at and what did she know how to do?鈥�
Mac women chop down the competition at the 56th annual Macdonald College Woodsmen Competition
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The sun was out, the saws were out and our Woodsmen teams performed fabulously over the weekend. Thanks to all on campus and the many alumni who helped make the 56th annual Woodsmen Competition a success.
Antarctic permafrost may not be habitable for microbes 鈥� So is Mars?
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"It doesn't mean there's no life on Mars, but what it does mean is it's going to be harder to find," said Jacqueline Goordial, the 成人VR视频 researcher who led the study, in an interview with Rachelle Solomon on CBC's Breakaway.
Nearing the limits of life on Earth
Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on MarsNatural Resource Sciences professor Lyle Whyte and postdoctoral fellow Jackie Goordial talk about their research which suggests that it is unlikely that it is unlikely that there is any microbial life to be found on Mars.
A New Geological Epoch, The Anthropocene
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Scientists say it's time to declare a new geological epoch, one defined by human activity and the permanent mark it has left on the earth.
成人VR视频 Professor Peter Brown, director of Economics for the Anthropocene, is featured on CBC Radio News.
Refining the Search for Life on Mars
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The results of a recent experiment at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron in Saskatoon could be a key piece in the quest to discover if there was ever life on Mars.
Lyle Whyte, an environmental microbiologist at 成人VR视频 who is originally from Saskatchewan, specializes in organisms that can survive in extreme cold.
Cooking up the Future
Maple syrup that鈥檚 good for you? A frozen dessert that you can store at room temperature? A falafel-type mix made with insects? Salwa Karboune and her students are dreaming up tomorrow鈥檚 foods today.
Researchers Turn Fish Waste Into A Coffee-Scented Biofuel
Before that beautiful salmon filet lands on your plate, a lot of less appetizing stuff gets stripped away: By one estimate, the global seafood industry produces 64 million metric tons of waste each year. A new study suggests a potentially sweeter fate for all those heads and guts: They can be turned into a coal-like substance called hydrochar, which could be used as fuel or added to soil to improve fertility and sequester carbon (Energy Fuels 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01671).
Macdonald Grad behind "Whisky of the Year"
Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye has been selected as the 2016 Whisky of the Year by Jim Murray, author of Whisky Bible. Northern Harvest Rye's inventor turns out to be Joanna Zanin Scandella, a Macdonald graduate who has spent her whole career in blending and production planning at Diageo's lab (formerly Seagram's) in Lasalle, QC.
How to choose the perfect Christmas tree
Christmas is just under two weeks away, so if you haven't picked out a tree yet, the clock is ticking. [CTV News Montreal] asked David Wees from the Plant Science Department of 成人VR视频 for some tips on what to look for.
Read article/watch videoAir Canada Backs Effort to Build Homegrown 鈥楪reen鈥� Jet Fuel Infrasructure
The University of Toronto, 成人VR视频听 [BioFuelNet - Don Smith] and the International Air Transport Association are also part of the project as members of the BioFuelNet Aviation Task Force. Funding is coming from the Green Aviation Research and Development Network, which gets its support from the federal government and Canada鈥檚 aerospace sector.
Le carnage des poussins m芒les pourrait bient么t prendre fin
Chaque ann茅e, des millions de poussins m芒les, jug茅s sans valeur par l'industrie des poules pondeuses, sont euthanasi茅s d猫s leur sortie听de l'oeuf. Une pratique que l'Allemagne veut cesser d'ici 2017, et 脿 laquelle une myst茅rieuse invention de l'Universit茅 成人VR视频 pourrait mettre fin....Au Qu茅bec, l'Universit茅 成人VR视频 planche aussi secr猫tement sur une technologie semblable.