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Tiny ruler takes measure of single protein molecules
Experiment identifies proteins from their mechanical fingerprints. Researchers have invented nano-sized calipers to identify individual protein molecules, which could make it easier to find trace proteins…
Farm Protection: Ontario invests in projects to help farms improve Great Lakes water quality
The Ontario government is funding projects aimed at helping farmers and landowners preserve water quality of the Great Lakes watershed. More than $2.5 million was awarded…
Kids Should Get the Flu Shot This Season
With the potential for a big outbreak of flu this winter, it is more important than ever to make sure that children get the flu vaccine…
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the transmission of flu?
Public health measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 have also reduced transmission of flu — but this is not the year to blow off…
There’s So Much More To Explain About How Bodies Sense Pain
The medicine Nobel Prize recognized researchers studying how our bodies sense temperature and touch. Pain is much more complicated. This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or…
Chief Medical Officer Was Silenced in Canada’s Residential Schools
The discovery in recent months of more than 1,300 unmarked graves at the sites of former indigenous residential schools in Canada has brought an ugly chapter…