Jun 09, 2011
End native versus alien wars: Expert
It is time to drop the alien versus native species dichotomy in conservation, according to a group of eminent scientists concerned with the restoratio...
Jun 09, 2011
Adjustable valves gave ancient plants the edge
Controlling water loss is an important ability for modern land plants as it helps them thrive in changing environments. New research from the Universi...
Jun 09, 2011
Keeping score helps asthma sufferers breathe a sigh of relief
Seven per cent of adults and 14 per cent of Canadian children have a hard time breathing because of asthma. Brian Rowe, in the Faculty of Medicine &am...
Jun 09, 2011
Physicists hit on mathematical description of superfluid dynamics
It has been 100 years since the discovery of superconductivity, a state achieved when mercury was cooled, with the help of liquid helium, to nearly th...
Jun 09, 2011
Postpartum depression study shows gene behavior differs by environment
A recently released paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), "The Role of Mother's Genes and Environment in Postpartum Dep...
Jun 07, 2011
Pioneering research sheds light on controversial heart condition treatment
Research from the University of Sheffield has found that a common treatment for a life-threatening heart condition has little significant impact on pa...
Jun 07, 2011
New research provides breakthrough in understanding common cancer
Researchers from the University of Sheffield have discovered valuable insight into how people develop B-cell lymphoma, one of the most common cancers ...
Jun 06, 2011
Carbon release to atmosphere 10 times faster than in the past
The rate of release of carbon into the atmosphere today is nearly 10 times as fast as during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), 55.9 million...
Jun 02, 2011
Research aimed at slowing spread of forest pests in wood packaging
As invasive forest pests such as emerald ash borer and Asian long-horned beetle decimate forests they never should have seen, scientists are investiga...