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How Space Technology Will Produce the Best Weed Ever
Mike Dixon wants to send plants to Mars. Growing crops in space is the best way to provide proper nutrition to the crew on a long-duration…
This Scientist Is Making Batteries Out of Recycled Crab Shells
Shellfish chitin is a starting material ripe for chemical modification. If you want to work in Mark MacLachlan’s lab, it helps to have a taste for…
‘Ransomware’ cyberattack highlights vulnerability of universities
Staff at Canadian university given little guidance on how to mitigate future problems. The first Patrick Feng knew about a cyberattack on his university was when…
Drugs are going missing, but why?
Dr. Jacalyn Duffin, a hematologist and medical historian at Queen’s University in Kingston, first became aware that certain drugs were sometimes getting hard to find in…
Canadian researchers do more with less
Growing participation in large international research projects may explain the drop in Canada’s index performance. Researchers at Canadian institutions are publishing more papers in top journals,…
Evolution in models of primary care
British Columbia has jettisoned its ambitious 2013 election promise to match everyone in the province with a family doctor. It’s yet another sign that governments are beginning…