Canada Science News
Currently showing last 100 links of 3,696
Scientists find new evidence of water in the moon
New satellite data has found numerous volcanic deposits across the moon that add to the growing weight of evidence that there's a surprising amount of water beneath its barren-looking surface. Can we create life from scratch' Scientists start with yeast
The research may reveal basic, hidden rules that govern the structure and functioning of genomes. But it could also open the door to life with new and useful characteristics. Google enters race for nuclear fusion technology | Environment | The Guardian
The tech giant and a leading US fusion company have developed a new computer algorithm that has significantly speeded up progress towards the goal of unlimited energyCommon genetic trait links human and doggy friendliness
Scientists studying the genetic basis for dog friendliness have found it comes from a portion of their genome that is similar to the area in the human genome that relates to sociability.
Scientists studying the genetic basis for dog friendliness have found it comes from a portion of their genome that is similar to the area in the human genome that relates to sociability.Surprise! The proton is lighter than we thought | Science | AAAS
New measurement could help explain a mystery of the universe
New measurement could help explain a mystery of the universe Smarter than the average 4-year-old' Raven intelligence at heart of new study
More than 170 years after Edgar Allan Poe's fictional raven croaked, 'Nevermore,' scientists are reporting that real-life ravens think about the future. Northern lights forecast across Canada this weekend
Sunspot activity suggests there will be a good display July 16-17 Look up at the night sky this weekend for a chance to see the northern lights.Ravens ignore a treat in favor of a useful tool for the future
If humans, chimps, gorillas, and orangutans can all do something, but monkeys can�t, that tells a certain evolutionary story: it suggests that the ability emerged sometime after the apes split off from the monkeys on our evolutionary tree. But if a bird c
If humans, chimps, gorillas, and orangutans can all do something, but monkeys can�t, that tells a certain evolutionary story: it suggests that the ability emerged sometime after the apes split off from the monkeys on our evolutionary tree. But if a bird cJupiter's Great Red Spot ready for close-up as Juno spacecraft goes 'screaming' past
On Monday, NASA's Juno spacecraft will peer into a storm on Jupiter that's at least 350 years old.
On Monday, NASA's Juno spacecraft will peer into a storm on Jupiter that's at least 350 years old. Scientists lose contact with rescued beluga whale, fear the worst
Scientists fear the worst but are holding out hope after losing contact with a young beluga whale that was rescued from a river in northern New Brunswick and released into the St. Lawrence Estuary in Quebec last month. LHC pops out a new particle that could test the strong force | New Scientist
Researchers on the LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider have found a new particle, unlike any other seen yet, which could help study one of the universe's four fundamental forces Satellite temperature record update closes gap with surface records 
Satellites seem like an obvious technological solution to the considerable challenge of tracking changes in Earth�s climate. But Earth-observing ain�t easy. A single instrument can zoom over the locations of thousands of stationary thermometers�but that pDNA of early Neanderthal gives timeline for new modern human-related dispersal from Africa
Ancient mitochondrial DNA from the femur of an archaic European hominin is helping to resolve the complicated relationship between modern humans and Neanderthals. The genetic data recovered by the research team, led by scientists ...
Ancient mitochondrial DNA from the femur of an archaic European hominin is helping to resolve the complicated relationship between modern humans and Neanderthals. The genetic data recovered by the research team, led by scientists ... Rare 'bright nights' mystery solved by Canadian scientists
It's a phenomenon that's been noted throughout history: bright nights when you could read even though there was no illumination from the moon, candles or any other form of light. Now, Canadian scientists believe they've unravelled the mystery. Engineered algae puts half of its carbon into fats for biofuels 
There's an inherent tension in convincing organisms to produce fuel for us. To grow and thrive, the organism has to direct its energy into a variety of chemicals�proteins, fats, DNA, and more. But for biofuels, we're mostly interested in fatsYellowstone Supervolcano Hit by a Swarm of More Than 400 Earthquakes in One Week
The eruption risk at Yellowstone remains low, but one of the recent earthquakes was the biggest to have hit since 2014.
Science | 207907 hits | 12:12 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The eruption risk at Yellowstone remains low, but one of the recent earthquakes was the biggest to have hit since 2014.Wibbly-wobbly magnetic fusion stuff: The return of the stellarator
Fusion powers the Sun, where hydrogen ions are forced together by the high pressure and temperature. The nuclei join to create helium and release a lot of energy in the process. Doing the same thing on Earth means creating the same conditions that drive h
Fusion powers the Sun, where hydrogen ions are forced together by the high pressure and temperature. The nuclei join to create helium and release a lot of energy in the process. Doing the same thing on Earth means creating the same conditions that drive hThese trees always lean toward the equator
The Cook pine tilts northward in the southern hemisphere and southward in the northern hemisphere � something that has "never been seen" in any other plant.
The Cook pine tilts northward in the southern hemisphere and southward in the northern hemisphere � something that has "never been seen" in any other plant.Einstein still annoyingly right as researchers weigh white dwarf
MA key feature of scientific theories is that they make successful predictions, which we can use to determine whether they're likely to be right. For general relativity, one of its key predictions had to wait for an eclipse of the Sun. Relativity predicte
MA key feature of scientific theories is that they make successful predictions, which we can use to determine whether they're likely to be right. For general relativity, one of its key predictions had to wait for an eclipse of the Sun. Relativity predicte The oldest Homo sapiens: Fossils found in Morocco date back 300,000 yearsScience | 207413 hits | 4:11 PM on Wednesday | posted by ShepherdsDog
A recent finding of human bones dating back 300,000 years calls into question the belief that modern humans evolved in east Africa, researchers say. 3rd gravitational wave detected, opening 'new window on the universe'
Scientists from LIGO have detected a third gravitational wave after two black holes merged in a far off galaxy. LIGO spots a third black hole merger, tightens mass limits on gravitons
Today, the team behind the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is announcing the detection of a third black hole merger, the first from its second operational run. The merger shares some features with the previous ones: the black ho Common acne medicine reduces risk of multiple sclerosis, Calgary researchers find
Millions of people already take minocycline to treat acne, but University of Calgary researchers have found the inexpensive antibiotic also helps to control multiple sclerosis. This Dog Sits on Seven Editorial Boards
An associate editor for the Global Journal of Addiction & Rehabilitation Medicine, Olivia Doll, lists some very unusual research interests, such as �avian propinquity to canines in metropolitan suburbs� and �the benefits of abdominal massage for medium-si The LHC is starting another year of high-energy physics | Ars Technica
Believe it or not, particle physics has a season, just like baseball. Running a massive particle collider takes a lot of energy, so operators schedule downtime for periods when local energy demand tends to be high. For Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion CERN hopes new particle accelerator will bring new discoveries
There were celebrations on Tuesday at CERN, the European physics research centre in Geneva, as it inaugurated its new particle accelerator which will continue the work examining the universe and it�s hoped could help cancer research. World's best-preserved armoured dinosaur revealed in all its bumpy glory
An accidental fossil discovery by a Suncor shovel worker led to six years of painstaking preparation, culminating in the public debut of a 112-million-year-old nodosaur.
HIV has no cure. But it�s not quite the implacable scourge it was throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Education, prophylactics, and drugs like PrEP have cut down its transmission. Anti-retroviral treatments keep HIV-positive people�s immune systems from colla University of Toronto researchers discover 507-million-year old sea creature
A new fossil has been discovered by Canadian researchers that is shedding light on the evolution of insects, millipedes and centipedes. Researchers at the University of Toronto collected the tiny fossil during a 2014 expedition to Marble Canyon in the Bur Boreal Shield lakes resemble prehistoric oceans, researchers say
Lakes that dot Canada's Boreal Shield region offer important information about greenhouse gases and early life forms, their numbers potentially revolutionizing studies into Earth's early life forms.The mystery of Blood Falls: Scientists unlock century-old secret in Antarctica
In a mystery that has baffled scientists for more than a century, U.S. researchers have now discovered how blood-red water travels from an ancient lake trapped beneath Antarctica�s Taylor Glacier out towards a waterfall fittingly known as Blood Falls.
In a mystery that has baffled scientists for more than a century, U.S. researchers have now discovered how blood-red water travels from an ancient lake trapped beneath Antarctica�s Taylor Glacier out towards a waterfall fittingly known as Blood Falls. Study suggests humans were in North America 100,000 years earlier than believed
A team of scientists believe they have found evidence of human activity in North America that dates back 130,000 years ago � more than 100,000 years earlier than believed. Incredible discovery places humans in California 130,000 years ago
In 1992, a group of archaeologists found something extraordinary buried below a sound berm next to the San Diego freeway in Southern California. They had been called in during a freeway renovation to do some excavation because the fossil-laced earth of thHe Was Searching For Intersexual Pigs And Ended Up Finding The World's Rarest Dog | The Huffington Post
The unlikely story of how Mac McIntyre found the "extinct" New Guinea highland wild dog, after 20 years of searching.
The unlikely story of how Mac McIntyre found the "extinct" New Guinea highland wild dog, after 20 years of searching.South Indian frog oozes molecule that inexplicably decimates flu viruses | Ars Technica
From the slimy backs of a South Indian frog comes a new way to blast influenza viruses. A compound in the frog�s mucus�long known to have germ-killing properties�can latch onto flu virus particles and cause them to burst apart, researchers report in Immun
From the slimy backs of a South Indian frog comes a new way to blast influenza viruses. A compound in the frog�s mucus�long known to have germ-killing properties�can latch onto flu virus particles and cause them to burst apart, researchers report in Immun It is rocket science: New details revealed about proposed space port in Nova Scotia
Documents obtained by CBC News reveal new details about a proposed rocket launch facility near Canso, N.S., including plans for a control centre and launch pad, separated by a 2.5-kilometre custom rail track. Sessions orders Justice Dept. to end forensic science commission, suspend review policy
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will end a Justice Department partnership with independent scientists to raise forensic science standards and has suspended an expanded review of FBI testimony across several techniques that have come under question, saying Ice core samples used for climate change research melted after freezer failureScience | 207212 hits | 9:20 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A freezer malfunction at the University of Alberta has melted some of the world's largest collection of Canadian Arctic ice core samples. Researchers discover active fault line under Victoria, B.C.
A University of Victoria geologist has led the discovery of an active fault line under Greater Victoria. A study published by Kristen Morell and her team says the Leech River fault, which was previously believed to be inactive, has caused at least two maj Spinach leaf transforms into sheet of beating human heart cells
With seeded cells, tissue engineers hope to harvest flesh from plants. 'Dr. Fraud' gets a lot of job offers, and songs to save a life to
This week a medical sting operation unmasks predatory scientific journals and the problem of scientific bias is put under the microscope.
Traces of Earth's original crust found in Canadian Shield
The oldest crust that exists today is about 2.7 billion years old, and remnants have long been known to be in the Canadian Shield. Researchers have found traces of Earth's crust in the Canadian Shield dating back 4.2 billion years, when our planet was in LHCb observes an exceptionally large group of particles | CERN
The LHCb experiment at CERN is a hotbed of new and outstanding physics results. In just the last few months, the collaboration has announced the measurement of a very rare particle decay and evidence of a new manifestation of matter-antimatter asymmetry, A dangerous dance: Alberta astronomers spot star orbiting closest to black hole
On the edge of the milky way, a star circles an all-consuming black hole in the tightest orbit known to man. 'The stage was set': Arrival of first North American bison changed ecosystem, study finds
Scientists finally have been able to pin down when bison first arrived in North America and helped set the stage for the Great Plains that eventually supported the continent's first humans.Scientists create baker's yeast from scratch
Scientists have taken a big step toward designing complex forms of life from scratch by constructing five new artificial chromosomes of baker's yeast, representing a third of the micro-organism's genome, or genetic blueprint.
Scientists have taken a big step toward designing complex forms of life from scratch by constructing five new artificial chromosomes of baker's yeast, representing a third of the micro-organism's genome, or genetic blueprint. Underwater robots map grey whale habitat off Vancouver Island
Three underwater robots spent weeks listening to grey whales off the west coast of Vancouver Island last month, so scientists can learn more about what the whales are doing in northern waters.Back to Canada News
News Topics
Last 5 Articles
- Canadian Forces college graduate ceremony truly global
"Wednesday, July 07 at 00:44" - Ontario Tory leader introduces Newcomers Employment Opportunities Act
"Monday, June 07 at 13:27" - Toronto Concert sets World Record at 30 Hours as the longest show on Earth
"Friday, October 23 at 02:38"
Recent Reviews
- War Horse 2012-01-02
- Legion 2010-01-23
- Zombieland 2009-10-02
- The Martyr's Oath: The Apprenticeship of a Homegrown Terrorist 2009-08-20
- Bachman Cummings 2009-06-22
- Star Trek 2009-05-03
- X-Me Origins: Wolverine 2009-05-01
- Soloist 2009-04-24
Dalton McGuinty Libe
LIBERAL GAS
Gas Pricing in Thund
Gas Pricing
Dalton McGuinty Gree
Dalton McGuinty Gree
Dalton McGuinty Heal
Mobile