It's sunny in downtown Montreal and pouring rain at the airport. Such events will be more…
Month: August 2017
Method speeds up time to analyze complex microscopic images
Researchers who typically required a week of effort to dissect cryo-electron tomography images of the 3-D…
Coming soon to Montreal: The infrastructure cost of climate change
The climate of Montreal is changing and will continue to do so at a rapidly increasing…
New boarding procedures, smaller cabin size may limit infection on planes
During major epidemics, cramped airplane cabins are fertile ground for the spread of infection, but new…
Insect eyes inspire new solar cell design
Packing tiny solar cells together, like micro-lenses in the compound eye of an insect, could help…
Discovery may be key to obesity, Diabetes Rx
Research has demonstrated the potential of a protein to treat or prevent metabolic diseases including obesity…
Measuring the cost of quality measurement
Less than 2 decades after publication of the National Academy of Medicine's (formerly the Institute of…
More research needed on effects of maternal stress in wild animals
If a human mother is stressed while pregnant, research shows her child is much more likely…
Baby monkeys swing into view at Los Angeles Zoo
Two baby monkeys swung into view for the first time at the Los Angeles Zoo.
Professors get $300,000 grant for digital fake-news detector
Two Penn State professors have received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that…