‘Diet’ products can make you fat, study shows

High-fat foods are often the primary target when fighting obesity, but sugar-laden 'diet' foods could be…

India’s outsized coal plans would wipe out Paris climate goals

India will not be able to meet its Paris climate agreement commitments in the coming years…

Managing disease spread through accessible modeling

A new computer modeling study is aimed at making epidemiological models more accessible and useful for…

The fast and the crashed: Collisions five times more likely for street racers

Ontarians who have street-raced at least once in the past year are five times more likely…

Fighting infections with a silver sword

Silver has been used to fight infections since ancient times. Today, researchers are using sophisticated techniques…

No biochar benefit for temperate zone crops, says new report

Scientists believe that biochar, the partially burned remains of plants, has been used as fertilizer for…

Chemical causes of battery ‘capacity fade’ identified

One of the major culprits in capacity fade of high-energy lithium-ion batteries has now been identified…

Using 3-D weapons of science to fight infectious diseases

Researchers have achieved a significant milestone in the effort to understand pathogens responsible for some of…

High rate of tumor shrinkage among pancreatic cancer patients

Adding cisplatin to standard gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel drug treatment provided a very high rate of tumor shrinkage for…

Low-sodium diet might not lower blood pressure

A new study that followed more than 2,600 men and women for 16 years found that…