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Cracking the Mystery of Jupiter’s High-Energy ‘Northern Lights’

In a new study, PhD students Gabriel Bridges and Shifra Mandel help show that both poles of Jupiter are aglow with high-energy light.

Opioid Use Disorder: Flexible Treatment At Home Proves Effective

Did you know that more than 26,500 Canadians died from opioid intoxication between January 2016 and September 2021?

How Does the Brain Learn?

Everyone knows the human brain is extremely complex – but how does it learn, exactly? Well, the answer may be a lot simpler than commonly believed.

Regenerating the Heart After an Attack

Heart attacks are damaging, and the severity depends on how long blood flow has been interrupted; when temporarily deprived of oxygen, heart cells die.

Does Grief Depend on How the Loved One Died?

Is the grief experience different for individuals who have lost a loved one by medical assistance in dying (MAiD) compared to natural death with palliative care (NDPC)?

Open-Source Platform Simulates Wildlife For Soft Robotics Designers

SoftZoo is a soft robot co-design platform that can test optimal shapes and sizes for robotic performance in different environments.

Scientists Discover Anatomical Changes In The Brains Of The Newly Sighted

Following cataract removal, some of the brain’s visual pathways seem to be more malleable than previously thought.

Astronomers Detect The Closest Example Yet Of A Black Hole Devouring A Star

The event was spotted in infrared data — also a first — suggesting further searches in this band could turn up more such bursts.

Cooperative Molecular Networks May Have Been the Spark of Life on Other Planets

Darwin’s theory of evolution probably isn’t the full explanation for the emergence of life.

Unusual Quantum State of Matter Observed for the First Time at Udem

It’s not every day that someone comes across a new state of matter in quantum physics, the scientific field devoted to describing the behaviour of atomic and subatomic particles in order to elucidate their properties.

COVID-19 Affects the Mental Health of Pregnant Women

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected Canadian women’s mental health both during pregnancy and in the postpartum period, confirms the CONCEPTION study led by Anick Bérard, researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine and professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Université de Montréal.

Internet Use During Pandemic Linked to Increased Mental Health Risks for Young and Middle-Aged Men

Using the internet frequently during the height of the pandemic has been linked to poorer mental health for young and middle-aged men - but not for women of the same age, a new study has found.

Immigration Rules Mean Reforms to Give Domestic Workers Access to the Minimum Wage Will Be Hard to Enforce, Study Says

Reforms to remove legal exemptions to give live-in domestic workers access to the minimum wage are an important step against the devaluation of this work but will be difficult to enforce because of Britain’s immigration rules, a new study says.

MIT researches develop new programming language designed for high-performance computing

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a new programming language known as “A Tensor Language” (ATL) designed for high-performance computing that could solve the issue of trade-offs between speed and reliability.

MIT researcher on new brain study: 'We’re working to understand how all of this could fit together'

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have identified two distinct cell populations in the brain that are affected differently by Huntington’s disease, which could help lead to new treatments that target specific cells within the brain.

Historic Graffiti Made by Soldiers Sheds Light on Africa Maritime Heritage, Study Shows

Historic graffiti of ships carved in an African fort were drawn by soldiers on guard duty watching the sea, University of Exeter experts believe.

First Detailed Academic Study of East African Maritime Traditions Shows Changes in Boatbuilding

The first detailed academic study of East African maritime traditions shows changes in boatbuilding techniques but the continuing use of wooden vessels by fishers.

Asking for Ideas Boosts Collective Action

Members of minority groups can boost collective action by seeking the ideas and perspectives of fellow group members, new research shows.

Sea Turtle Success Stories Along African East Coast – but Thousands Still Dying

Conservation of sea turtles along much of Africa's east coast has made good progress in recent decades – but tens of thousands of turtles still die each year due to human activity, researchers say.