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Nature Outlook: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disease with poorly understood causes and no known cure. But research is slowly beginning to bring hope to those…
Automated software saves researchers valuable hours
Online tools are lightening the load for authors and journal editors. An international partnership is developing online tools that could save authors and journal editors hours…
Canada names new chief science adviser
Mona Nemer, a cardiology researcher and vice president of research at the University of Ottawa, has been named Canada’s new chief science adviser by Prime Minister…
A budding cannabis research cluster in Fredericton
The city’s two universities create new research chairs related to cannabis. A new research cluster will soon be sparking to life in Fredericton as the city’s…
Ivy Asks… How do they get fossils out of the rocks?
Ivy Asks, episode 3! This time Ivy went all the way to the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa to learn about fossils, and got to do…
Canada’s New Arctic Research Facility Prepares to Open
The Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Cambridge Bay will serve as a base for scientists studying everything from the region’s changing cryosphere to how to…