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Historic plant collections offer a window into genetic change

Published: 21 May 2026

Pressed plant specimens collected centuries ago and stored in herbaria around the world could play a key role in facilitating the tracking of genetic change and extinction risk in plants, a Թ...

Novel origami pattern turns flat sheets into load-bearing 3D technology

Published: 21 May 2026

Թ researchers have discovered a new way to fold flat sheets into smooth, curved shells that can switch from floppy and flexible to stiff and load-bearing on demand. By designing a...

Study finds early complex life lived in oxygenated seas, challenging long‑held views of evolution

Published: 20 May 2026

The earliest known eukaryotes, the ancestors of all complex life on Earth, lived in oxygenated, shallow marine environments nearly 1.7 billion years ago, according to a new study led by researchers...

Teaching children to be better, more critical internet users

Published: 20 May 2026

A digital literacy program for elementary school students designed by researchers at Թ was successful in improving students’ ability to evaluate websites and their content....

Expert: Ebola outbreak

Published: 19 May 2026

Over 100 deaths and more than 500 suspected cases have been reported in the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Director-General of the World Health Organization has...

‘Jumping gene’ helps explain elevated pancreatic cancer risk in French-Canadians

Published: 19 May 2026

Researchers at Թ have discovered a centuries-old genetic mutation that helps to explain why some French‑Canadians in Quebec are at an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer. Until quite...

Tony Keller Wins the Donner Prize for Borderline Chaos | The Globe and Mail

Published: 15 May 2026

May 15, 2026 | Tony Keller has won the Donner Prize for Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong, written for the 2025 Թ Max Bell Lectures. The $60,000 prize,...

Expert: Canada aims to double electricity capacity by 2050 

Published: 15 May 2026

A new national strategy aims to double the capacity of the country’s electricity grid by 2050, Prime Minister Mark Carney said as he announced the plan Thursday.  ...

Experts: Trump’s visit to China

Published: 12 May 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week. It is expected that talk about trade and the Iran war will dominate their May 13-15...

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