Given the choice, patients will reach for cannabis over prescribed opioids

Chronic pain sufferers and those taking mental health meds would rather turn to cannabis instead of…

Tracking the movement of cyborg cockroaches

New research offers insights into how far and how fast cyborg cockroaches -- or biobots --…

Involuntary urinary incontinence can discourage sufferers from exercise

Urinary incontinence symptoms in middle-aged woman are linked to lower levels of exercise, research shows. Involuntary…

New evidence on the diet of the ‘Homo antecessor’ from Atapuerca

The Homo antecessor, a hominin species that inhabited the Iberian Peninsula around 800,000 years ago, would…

New insights into the mechanisms into how ungulates got bigger in the Neogene

The observed increase of body size in ungulates during the 20 million years before the Pleistocene…

High-performance computation is available by cloud computing

A group of researchers has developed the world's first system for flexibly providing high-performance computation by…

Materials that emit rainbows

Mechanochromic luminescent (MCL) materials change their color in response to a change in their environment, like…

New mech­an­ism un­der­ly­ing epi­lepsy found

Prolonged epileptic seizures may cause serious problems that will continue for the rest of a patient’s…

Let it glow: Researchers design new photoluminescent compounds

Chemical compounds that emit light are used in a variety of different materials, from glow-in-the-dark children’s…

Publicly funding essential medicines for all Canadians could save over $4 billion a year

Universal public coverage of 117 essential medicines could address the needs of most Canadians for pharmaceutical…