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• By Julia Zarankin, Canadian Geographic, May 01, 2024

  

  Researchers at �山ǿ��’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research explore how much songbirds’ bodies can change to fly higher when migrating

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• By Megan Stacey, �山ǿ�� News, April 30, 2024

  

  Master’s student in biology expands snack wrapper recycling across �山ǿ��’s campus

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• By Colin Butler, CBC News, April 30, 2024

  

  Studies show morels pick up what's in their environment, like heavy metals and toxins

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• By Avery Orrall, Slate.com, April 27, 2024

  

  A new kind of geological object is washing up on beaches. Geologists can’t agree on what to call it.

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• By Benjamin Shingler, CBC News, April 24, 2024

  

  New study documents companies behind plastic waste across 5-year period, featuring Patricia Corcoran from the Department of Earth sciences

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, April 18, 2024

  

  Seven individuals and two groups recognized for contributions that enhance, support learning. Two recipients are from �山ǿ�� Science

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, April 17, 2024

  

  When stretched in one direction, nanomaterial expands perpendicular to applied force

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• By Rebecca Milec, �山ǿ�� News, April 16, 2024

  

  Students work with City of London to seek data, solutions for flushable wipes

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• By Greg Basky from UWO, Phys.org, April 15, 2024

  

  Researchers from �山ǿ�� developed techniques for creating images from old, badly tarnished photographs. These techniques could also be used to study other historic artifacts and fossils and prevent corrosion in modern materials.

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• By Maclean's Staff, Maclean's Magazine, April 10, 2024

  

  The Canadians training, regulating, pondering and monetizing the machines. Featuring Dr. Mark Daley for putting AI to work in the classroom

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• By Maya Soukup, �山ǿ�� News, April 03, 2024

  

  Professor Jan Cami on what to look for (and how to be safe) on April 8

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• By Jack Sinclair, The Gazette, April 02, 2024

  

  �山ǿ�� astrophysicists working in an international team have found evidence of an ocean’s worth of water formed and destroyed in the Orion Nebula each month.

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• By Kevin Jiang, Toronto Star, April 02, 2024

  

  The solar eclipse experience between Toronto and Niagara will "literally (be) the difference between night and day," experts say.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, April 02, 2024

  

  The Environmental Science and Biology student is one of three campus community members recognized for their sustainability efforts

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• By Patricia Boal, Ottawa at Work-iHeart Podcast, April 01, 2024

  

  Alessandro Filazzola, Data Scientist and Adjunct Professor in Biology at �山ǿ��, joins Patricia Boal to follow up on his latest study showing Ottawa-Gatineau could stand to see significant changes to wildlife as a warming climate takes hold.

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• By CBC News Network, Weekend Business Panel, March 30, 2024

  

  This panel takes a look at the top stories of the week. Featuring �山ǿ�� professor and Canada Research Chair in Banking and Insurance Analytics Cristián Bravo Roman

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• By Harry Guinness, LeadDev, March 28, 2024

  

  As AI usage proliferates, more and more companies are putting a chief AI Officer in place. Here’s what you need to know about the emerging role. This article features Professor Mark Daley

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• By Joshua Rapp Learn, New Scientist, March 26, 2024

  

  The Luna structure, a 1.8-kilometre-wide depression in north-west India, may have been caused by the largest meteorite to strike Earth in the past 50,000 years

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• By USask Media Relations, SaskToday.ca, March 25, 2024

  

  Dr. Christy Morrissey of USask’s Department of Biology and Dr. Chris Guglielmo at �山ǿ�� are co-principal investigators leading the expansion of Motus further west and strengthen research collaborations across the country.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, March 04, 2024

  

  �山ǿ�� astronomer calculates paths of all known asteroids to rule out planetary impact

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• By Arfa Rana, CBC News London, February 29, 2024

  

  Rodent boxes use poison that travels up food chain and harms ecosystem, students say

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• By Robert Lea, Space.com, February 26, 2024

  

  "It is well known that some white dwarfs — slowly cooling embers of stars like our sun — are cannibalizing pieces of their planetary systems."

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• By Ashley Hyshka, CTV News London, February 25, 2024

  

  An international team of astrophysicists, including from London, Ont.’s �山ǿ��, are using the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal the destruction of one oceans’ worth of water every month in a planetary nursery in the Orion Nebula.

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• By Kathleen Saylors , CBC News Windsor, February 23, 2024

  

  The project is a collaboration between �山ǿ�� and Proto Manufacturing in LaSalle

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• By Kathleen A. Hill, �山ǿ��, and Lila Kari, University of Waterloo, �山ǿ�� News, February 23, 2024

  

  Genome of organisms living in extreme conditions reveal information about type of environment they thrive in

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• By Ivan Semeniuk, Globe and Mail, February 22, 2024

  

  The landing of Odysseus “is incredibly exciting, as it opens the door to an entirely new way of doing lunar science,” Dr. Osinski told The Globe

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• By Colin Butler, CBC Afternoon Drive, February 16, 2024

  

  A new study at �山ǿ�� is looking into the production and storage of fuel for small modular nuclear reactors. Host Colin Butler speaks to Samantha Gateman, an assistant professor of chemistry.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, February 14, 2024

  

  Astrobiologist Catherine Neish finds Titan may not have enough amino acids for life to emerge

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• By Ara Garan, CBC The National, February 12, 2024

  

  A new United Nations report says that almost half of the world's migratory animals are in decline and that many birds and fish are at risk of extinction.

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• By Benjamin Shingler, CBC News Network, February 12, 2024

  

  New report highlights challenges facing migratory species, and what can be done to save them

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• By Colin Butler, CBC Afternoon Drive, February 09, 2024

  

  Springtime temperatures in February might feel nice for us, but it could leave plants and insects confused. Graham Thompson, a professor of biology at �山ǿ��, joins host Colin Butler to share more.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, February 08, 2024

  

  Sarah Gallagher and international researchers examine Hubble Space Telescope images of galactic encounters

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• By Travis Dolynny, CBC News Network, February 04, 2024

  

  Moonquakes caused by the shrinkage are unlikely to be a deterrent for lunar-bound astronauts, says Dr. Gordon Osinski

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• By Sarwat Nasir, National UAE, February 02, 2024

  

  Spacefaring nations are racing to its surface to secure untapped mineral wealth

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• By Robert Lea, Space.com, January 31, 2024

  

  Meteorite hunters have successfully recovered fragments of an asteroid that impacted Earth over Berlin, Germany, on Sunday (Jan. 21).

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• By Kevin Jiang, Toronto Star, January 31, 2024

  

  Toronto falls just outside the zone where the total solar eclipse will be visible. Consider a trip to Hamilton to see the full event, experts suggest.

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• By Dan Haves, �山ǿ�� News, January 29, 2024

  

  GDip in Climate Risk Assessment and Opportunity will prepare students to understand, mitigate climate uncertainties

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• By Yiwen Lu, The New York Times, January 29, 2024

  

  Many feared that artificial intelligence would kill jobs. But hospitals, insurance companies and others are creating roles to navigate and harness the disruptive technology. Article features comments from �山ǿ�� computer scientist Dr. Mark Daley.

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• By Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, January 21, 2024

  

  A small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up early Sunday morning as it hurled through the skies above eastern Germany. Denis Vida, a Ph.D. associate in meteor physics at �山ǿ�� comments.

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• By Sarwat Nasir, National UAE, January 21, 2024

  

  Dr. Gordon Osiniski is quoted in this story about how the new age of space exploration is upon us

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• By Alex Wilkins, New Scientist, January 19, 2024

  

  A tiny molecular chain of gold, carbon and phosphorus has tied itself up into the smallest and tightest knot ever seen

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• By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, January 19, 2024

  

  Japan’s SLIM precision-landing spacecraft—a potential game-changer for upcoming lunar exploration—may expire on the moon before fulfilling its mission. Dr, Gord Osinski is quoted in this article

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• By Megan Stacey, �山ǿ�� News, January 18, 2024

  

  Fallona Family Interdisciplinary Science Award and Lecture supports research across disciplines

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• By Aarti Pole, CBC News, January 17, 2024

  

  In a discussion about deepfake technology, Aarti Pole talks to Dr. Mark Daley about how AI tools could influence the next federal election

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• By Sakchi Khandelwal, BNN, January 15, 2024

  

  A recent study led by Tara Hayden, a postdoctoral fellow at �山ǿ��,reveals that the Moon’s crust, over four billion years ago, had a higher water content than previously assumed, putting the theory of a ‘bone dry’ Moon under scrutiny.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, January 15, 2024

  

  �山ǿ�� cosmochemist finds early lunar crust had more water than previously estimated

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• By Ed Ricciuti, Entomology Today, January 12, 2024

  

  Beekeepers are turning to probiotics for their honey bees to increase defenses against diseases and promote the overall health of their colonies, but which probiotics show any impact?

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• By Gordon Osinski, The Conversation, January 12, 2024

  

  On Jan. 9, NASA announced it would be shifting the launch of Artemis II to September 2025. Artemis III — the first mission to land humans on the surface of the moon since 1972 — was moved to September 2026.

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• By Colin Butler, CBC Afternoon Drive, January 11, 2024

  

  CBC Afternoon Drive interviewed Earth Sciences professor Patricia Corcoran about a new study that found the average bottle of water has nearly a quarter million pieces of nanoplastics and microplastics in it. Corcoran was not involved in the study.

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• By Mackenzie Gray, Global National, January 10, 2024

  

  Global National reported the Artemis II lunar mission has been delayed until September 2025 and included comments from Earth Sciences professor Gordon Osinski.

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• The Limit Does Not Exist: Exploring Mathematical Interests with the Directed Reading Program

  By Rebecca Milec, �山ǿ�� Science, January 09, 2024

  

  If mathematics is part of your program and you want to take a deep dive into mathematical concepts outside of the classroom setting, you can take advantage of the Directed Reading Program which offers mentor-guided independent research projects.

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• January 01, 2024

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• By Marek Sutherland, CTV News London, December 11, 2023

  

  “The change this year that's different is they're adding a second tier to the pension plan,” explained Matt Davison, professor of mathematics and statistical sciences at �山ǿ��.

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• By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, December 11, 2023

  

  CASTOR's team is looking for funding soon, to prep for a planned 2029 launch.

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• By Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News Network, December 11, 2023

  

  Annual Geminid meteor shower could produce more than 100 to 150 meteors per hour

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• By Briefs, Science, December 07, 2023

  

  A multidisciplinary study has reconstructed the genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the first millennium of the common era, a time and place of profound demographic, cultural and linguistic change.

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• By Brendan Le Grange, How to Lend Money to Strangers podcast, December 07, 2023

  

  Cristian Bravo Roman is featured on "How to Lend Money to Strangers" talking about Sherly Alfonso-Sánchez's research into "Causal Learning for Credit Limit Adjustment in Revolving Lending Under Adversarial Goals"

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, December 07, 2023

  

  Ancient genomes help trace demographic shifts, shared ancestry of modern communities

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• By Maggie MacLellan, �山ǿ�� News, December 05, 2023

  

  �山ǿ�� neuroscientists analyze timing of brain activity patterns in new study

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• By Marek Sutherland , CTV News London, December 01, 2023

  

  �山ǿ�� students team up with the City of London for awareness campaign about the hazards of 'flushable' wipes.

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• By Abigail Beall, New Scientist, December 01, 2023

  

  The Andromedid meteor shower is normally a quiet affair, but very occasionally it puts on an intense show - which may happen on 2 December

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• By Amber Jackson, AI Magazine, November 30, 2023

  

  Amber Jackson highlights the latest executive appointments and departures that are set to drive innovation and business success within the AI sector

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• By Will Kinchlea, �山ǿ�� News, November 30, 2023

  

  Six scholars recognized for pioneering work in their fields, community advocacy

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• By Ray Schroeder, Inside higher education, November 27, 2023

  

  Generative AI (GenAI) has emerged and is developing far more rapidly than expected. How should universities prepare for the impact that may not be anticipated?

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• By Neeraja Chinchalkar, The Conversation, November 14, 2023

  

  The OSIRIS-REx mission is NASA’s first mission to collect samples from an asteroid — in this case 101955 Bennu — and return to Earth. OSIRIS-REx is an acronym for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security - Regolith Explorer. The sealed capsule landed on Sept. 24 near Salt Lake City, Utah, a feat that was broadcast live by NASA.

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• By �山ǿ�� Communications, �山ǿ�� News, November 07, 2023

  

  Grants from Parr Centre for Thriving to also support new students’ mental health, wellness

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, November 07, 2023

  

  Research upends traditional theory that ground hinders animal communications

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• By T.K. Sham and Ali Feizabadi, The Conversation, November 05, 2023

  

  While platinum makes an efficient catalyst for furl cells, the cost of the precious metal is prohibitive. �山ǿ�� researchers are exploring alternatives and cobalt nanoparticles look promising.

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• By Reshmi Nair, CBC News Network, November 04, 2023

  

  On a panel discussion about Alberta leaving the Canada Pension Plan featuring Jennifer Barton, Dr. Christian Bravo and Mark Warbner

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• By Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News, November 04, 2023

  

  'This is a future industry that we could own as Canadians,' says one space mining expert

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• By Alex Mifflin, TVO Today Docs - YouTube, November 03, 2023

  

  Dr. Brian Branfireun is featured in this episode of Water Brothers discussing his research in the wetlands of northern Ontario and their role is sequestering carbon.

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• By Crystal Goomansingh, Global News, November 01, 2023

  

  AI has the potential to aid or harm our lives. �山ǿ�� professor Mark Daley shares his insights on the AI Summit and the Bletchley Accord.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, October 31, 2023

  

  DNA of extremophiles living in comparably harsh conditions are similar despite being biologically unrelated

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• By Erin Anderssen, Globe and Mail, October 30, 2023

  

  The first bird that Brendon Samuels found was a young northern flicker on the sidewalk by the gym at the University of �山ǿ�� Ontario in September, 2018.

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• By Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, October 27, 2023

  

  A new study shows that animals from impalas to elephants are more likely to flee from a talking human

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• By Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, October 27, 2023

  

  Thousands of people flocked to Banner Elk, North Carolina, this year to watch the nation’s biggest woolly worm caterpillar race

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, October 27, 2023

  

  As part of �山ǿ��'s 'Campus as a Living Lab' project, master of environment and sustainability students mapped and removed the shrub along the Thames River

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• By Crystal Lamb, �山ǿ�� News, October 25, 2023

  

  Lance Javier, an earth & environmental sciences student among winners with paper entitled Growing Concerns: The Interactive Effects of Soil Copper and Microplastics on Soybeans

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• By Paul Adepoju, Nature, October 24, 2023

  

  Findings could affect ecology and conservation efforts in tourism-dependent regions of Africa.

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• By Sonia Persaud, The Gazette, October 24, 2023

  

  Brendon Samuels never thought he would be known as the “dead bird guy” on campus.

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• By CBC London Morning, CBC News London, October 24, 2023

  

  CBC London Morning interviewed Earth Sciences professor Patricia Corcoran about the European Union’s ban on glitter to reduce microplastics.

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• By Mike Stubbs, CFPL London Live, October 24, 2023

  

  Dr. Gallagher joined London Live with Mike Stubbs on AM980 (Part 1) to discuss her project measuring methane emissions from London’s landfill.

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• By Mike Stubbs, CFPL London Live, October 24, 2023

  

  Dr. Gallagher joined London Live with Mike Stubbs on AM980 (Part 2) to discuss her project measuring methane emissions from London’s landfill.

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• By Elizabeth Pennisi, Science, October 23, 2023

  

  Survey turns up several mouse species living on Andes peaks, breaking records for the highest dwelling mammals. Comment by �山ǿ�� grad student Catherine Ivy

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• By Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth, October 20, 2023

  

  A new study finds that giraffes, zebras, warthogs and impalas are far more afraid of human conversation than even the growls of lions.

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• By Lauren Coffey, Inside higher education, October 19, 2023

  

  Mark Daley, CAIO of �山ǿ�� in Canada, answers questions about his groundbreaking new role.

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• By Alice Taylor, �山ǿ�� News, October 18, 2023

  

  �山ǿ�� announces chair in ethics and technology with new $1.5M gift from alum Tim Duncanson

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• By CBC London Morning, CBC News London, September 19, 2023

  

  First-year science student Yogya Kalra was interviewed by CBC London about a website he founded that provides data-driven insights through dashboards to help the public better understand the impact of COVID-19.

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• By �山ǿ��, �山ǿ�� Alumni, September 18, 2023

  

  Recipient of the �山ǿ�� Science Alumni Award of Achievement

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• By Ivan Semeniuk, Globe and Mail, September 17, 2023

  

  When Lauchie Scott was a teenager growing up in rural Nova Scotia, a satellite was something you might expect to see crossing the night sky once or twice an hour. Fast forward about three decades to a summer vacation he recently spent under similarly dark skies when he found himself counting satellites at the rate of one per minute.

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• By Ben O'Hara-Byrne, A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne on CHQR Radio, September 12, 2023

  

  A Little More Conversation host Ben O'Hara-Byrne discusses quake challenges in Morocco and building more quake-resistant structures with Prof. Katsu Goda

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• By Sharon Lurye, PhysOrg via Associated Press, September 12, 2023

  

  For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the lessons never stuck.

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• By John Vennavally-Rao, CTV News via YouTube, September 12, 2023

  

  Prof. Mark Daley is featured in a story reported by John Vennavally-Rao on the growing online ad scams using voice, face cloning to get media personality endorsements.

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• By Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News, September 12, 2023

  

  Comet Nishimura, discovered last month, will be competing with the sun as it rises and sets

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• By Megan Stacey, �山ǿ�� News, September 08, 2023

  

  Asghar Ghorbanpour awarded for outreach work with local students, teachers

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, September 06, 2023

  

  Groundbreaking study reveals how avian species are pushing physiological limits to escape climate change effects

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• By Michael Lacasse, CBC News London, September 06, 2023

  

  The queens have left the colony and worker wasps are looking for food to keep themselves busy

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• By Josefa Cameron, CBC News Nova Scotia, September 04, 2023

  

  'There are possibly more chanterelles than I have ever seen'

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• By Kristy Cameron, 580 CFRA AM, September 01, 2023

  

  A new Leger poll suggests that nearly half of Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque. This comes as the cost-of-living crisis continues to squeeze household budgets.

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• By William Eltherington (CP), The Globe and Mail, September 01, 2023

  

  Gordon Osinski has spent the last two decades studying craters left behind by meteorites. The analysis of planetary geology has taken the Ontario university professor around the world and will now see him work on the NASA team that will develop the lunar surface science plan for the first people to walk on the moon in more than 50 years.

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• By Megan Stacey, �山ǿ�� News, September 01, 2023

  

  Weekend biology program at provincial park builds new skills, relationships

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• By Jack Landau, blogTO, August 31, 2023

  

  Masses of flying ants are congregating in mating swarms across Ontario, just the latest disgusting fact to think about as you try to squeeze those last few days out of patio season.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, August 31, 2023

  

  Emma Harmos is one of six incoming �山ǿ�� students to earn prestigious national award

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, August 30, 2023

  

  Gordon “Oz” Osinski will work with NASA to determine the mission’s geological science objectives

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• By Alex Pierson, CFMJ Talk Radio, August 30, 2023

  

  We're going to see a very big, very, very, very big moon rising the biggest all move Moon of the year and the second this month that expected to light up the skies this week. And if you like to if you're into astronomy and I like to look to the heavens to cease impressive sites well we're going to tell you exactly how and when you can't do that.

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• By Rozina Sabur, The Telegraph, August 29, 2023

  

  Professor Avi Loeb says unusual meteoroid, named IM1, left interstellar metals in the Pacific Ocean

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• By Isabelle Gerretsen, BBC Future Planet, August 29, 2023

  

  With global greenhouse gas emissions reaching an all-time high last year, many scientists and world leaders are now arguing that new technologies which can capture carbon and store it underground are needed to help the world meet its climate goals.

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• By Jenn Basa, CTV News London, August 28, 2023

  

  Measuring a 4.3 on the Richter Scale, a small earthquake rattled residents in southwestern Ontario on Sunday night. According to Earthquakes Canada, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake was felt in St. Thomas, Ont. just after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday.

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• By Megan Stacey, �山ǿ�� News, August 17, 2023

  

  �山ǿ�� students are exploring Algonquin Park, the Adirondack Mountains and even destinations as far as Belize and Taiwan through field research courses this summer.

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• By Simon Lewsen, Toronto Life, August 16, 2023

  

  AI has made it easy for post-secondary students to fake their way to a degree. They argue that ChatGPT is just another study tool. Schools say it spells the end of university education as we know it. Maybe that’s not a bad thing

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• By Matt Galloway, CBC Radio - The Current, August 16, 2023

  

  Cassandra Marion, science advisor for the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, mentioned Earth Sciences professor Gordon Osinski trained Canadian astronauts at an impact crater in Labrador.

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• By �山ǿ�� Communications, �山ǿ�� News, August 16, 2023

  

  �山ǿ�� has signed a partnership agreement to facilitate collaboration in areas related to nuclear research, with energy and environmental consultants Kinectrics Inc

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, August 14, 2023

  

  The �山ǿ�� student chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) has won the community outreach award in the seventh annual AWM student chapter competition.

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• By Ivan Semeniuk, Globe and Mail, August 11, 2023

  

  The Perseid meteor shower, one of summer’s most pleasing celestial rituals, reaches its annual peak on Saturday night. If the weather co-operates, those who can escape the glare of street lights have an excellent chance of spotting meteors as they dart across the night sky.

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• By Isabelle Docto, Daily Hive Canada, August 10, 2023

  

  Canadians can look to the sky this weekend to see the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. The Perseid meteor shower is active from July 17 to August 24, 2023, according to the Royal Museums Greenwich. The best time to watch it will be this weekend, between August 12 and 13.

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• By Denis Vida, CBC Radio London, August 10, 2023

  

  We are in for a real treat this weekend. The annual Perseid meteor shower's going to light up the night sky on Saturday and the new moon means that conditions will be dark and optimal

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• By Ted Henly, CHQR Radio, August 10, 2023

  

  A question mark seen from an image from the James Webb Space Telescope has been the source of numerous memes, but what is it really? Dr. Viraja Khatu from �山ǿ��'s Physics and Astronomy discusses the phenomenon with Ted Henly.

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• By Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News Toronto, August 10, 2023

  

  Over the coming nights, be sure to look to the sky, as the peak of one of the most active and impressive meteor showers is taking place: the Perseids.

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• By Shaye Ganam, CHED Edmonton and CHQR Calgary radio podcast, August 10, 2023

  

  In this podcast, Shaye Ganam discusses new findings of the James Webb Space Telescope with Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Viraja Khatu.

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• By Ben O'Hara-Byrne, A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne on CHQR Radio, August 10, 2023

  

  The Perseid meteor shower is one of the big ones every year and so the question is, is it worth staying awake for this weekend?

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• By Fiona MacDonald, Science Alert, August 10, 2023

  

  Make sure to head outside this weekend to witness one of the most spectacular cosmic events of the year – the Perseid meteor shower. The peak will occur on Sunday night, August 13, but the viewing is predicted to be excellent in the preceding nights. In fact, researchers say this will be one of the best years for spotting the Perseids.

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• By Shawn Knight, Techspot, August 09, 2023

  

  An international team of astronomers recently published new images of Messier 57, more commonly known as the Ring Nebula, captured using the James Webb Space Telescope. Nebulae like Messier 57 are formed when a star, in its final stages of life, expels its outer layers out into space.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, August 09, 2023

  

  The Perseid meteor shower is set to peak on the night of Saturday, August 12 and continue into the early hours of August 13, and conditions are shaping up for a stunning display, said �山ǿ�� meteor investigator Denis Vida. The new Moon, which occurs only three days after the peak, will help ensure a dark sky for optimal viewing on Saturday night.

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• By Scott Sutherland, The Weather network, August 09, 2023

  

  Already one of the best meteor showers of the year, the Perseids are expected to put on an exceptionally good show during its peak in the days ahead.

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• By Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, August 08, 2023

  

  The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured exquisite new images of the Ring Nebula, a glowing orb of material strewn about the cosmos by a dying star some 4,000 years ago. Humans have been imaging the expelled remnants of the star for nearly 150 years. But the new views from Webb show the Ring Nebula in greater detail, revealing structures that no other telescope has been able to detect.

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• By Tommy Hunter, Great Lakes Ledger, August 06, 2023

  

  The Ring Nebula, which is located in the Lyra constellation, qualifies as a planetary nebula. This type of nebula forms when a star reaches its final stages before becoming a white dwarf and expels a luminous envelope of ionized gas into interstellar space.

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• By Ashley Strickland, CNN, August 04, 2023

  

  Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope for a fresh perspective of an iconic celestial favorite called the Ring Nebula. The new image captures never-before-seen details within the colorful nebula, located in the Lyra constellation about 2,600 light-years from Earth.

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• By Julia Musto, Fox News, August 04, 2023

  

  The James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of the Ring Nebula. The images were released Thursday by an international team of astronomers, including three from the Canadian �山ǿ��'s Institute for Earth and Space Exploration.

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• By Bill Chappell, NPR, August 04, 2023

  

  Gone are the days when the Ring Nebula looked sort of like a bagel, or a jelly doughnut, a massive astronomical blob holding the secrets of a dying star.

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• By Laura Baisas, Popular Science, August 04, 2023

  

  The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just headed into its second year in service, and recently recorded new images of the Ring Nebula named Messier 57. This nebula is about 2,600 light-years away from Earth, located in the Lyra constellation. The images were released by an international team of astronomers who are part of the JWST Ring Nebula Project.

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• By Ted Henly, CHED Radio Edmonton, August 04, 2023

  

  The images gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope has Dr. Jan Cami of �山ǿ��'s Physics and Astronomy Department feeling "like a kid in a very big candy store."

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• By Brett Tingley, Space.com, August 04, 2023

  

  In the early morning hours of Wednesday (Aug. 2), a fireball streaked across southeastern United States skies. And thanks to stargazers in the area, the event was captured on film.

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• By Lindsay Kalter, Salon, July 29, 2023

  

  Imagine going to the orchestra and instead of a symphony, each musician plays solo, one movement at a time – a violinist during one piece, a cellist during the next, perhaps a clarinetist after that.

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• By Justin Zadorsky, �山ǿ�� News, July 27, 2023

  

  Biology graduate student William Van Hemessen is spending his summer hunting in the wilds of southern Ontario, on the lookout for macrofungi. Perhaps the most recognizable form of fungi to humans, macrofungi, such as mushrooms, toadstools and puffballs are distinguishable by their visible fruiting bodies.

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• By Will Shanklin, Engadget, July 24, 2023

  

  Last month, theoretical physicist Avi Loeb made headlines with the sensational claim that tiny spherules recovered from the bottom of the ocean were probably of alien origin. “It’s most likely a technological gadget with artificial intelligence,” he said to The New York Times, which published a story today about the Harvard professor’s contentious claims.

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• By Amandalina Letterio, CTV News, July 23, 2023

  

  A University of �山ǿ�� Ontario graduate student is breaking barriers in the field of math by using her skills to better her community, and contribute to scientific research.

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• By Clare Wilson, News Scientist, July 18, 2023

  

  A proposed way to measure consciousness called integrated information theory has been tested using data from human brain scans, and seems to work

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• By Andrew Lupton, CBC News London, July 17, 2023

  

  Graham Thompson is a �山ǿ�� entomologist and self-described "big-time bug guy." He has no problem getting up close and personal with all sorts of creepy crawlies, including ones known to bite, sting, suck blood or feed off human hosts.

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• By Michael Lacasse, CBC News London, July 15, 2023

  

  If you've been noticing more Canadian geese recently across the city of London, Ont., you're not alone. Park goers are reporting seeing more of the familiar bird this summer, especially compared to this time last year.

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• By Marek Sutherland, CTV News London, July 13, 2023

  

  Many people who purchased homes in 2018 and 2019 are preparing for a big hit, as they approach renewal dates of mortgages that will see a jump of over double what they first signed up for.

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• A year after the first photo from the James Webb space telescope: what impressive images do we owe to him?

  By Kathleen Heylen, VRT, July 12, 2023

  

  One year ago, on July 12, 2022, the first image from the James Webb space telescope was released. It was immediately an image that made us look back in time 13 billion years.

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• By The Afternoon Edition, CBC Saskatchewan, July 12, 2023

  

  Well by now you've probably seen more than a few bees buzzing around outside at summer after all. And they're on the move, helping to pollinate plants, many of which are important to overall food chain for us and other animals well now some Canadian researchers are trying to help honeybees, since they can fall victim to a variety of diseases Graham Thompson joins us this afternoon.

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• By Sarwat Nasir, National News, July 10, 2023

  

  One of the brightest stars in the sky that is visible from Earth will eventually explode and will appear as a full moon during the daytime. Betelgeuse, about 640,000 light years away, is one of the closest and brightest stars to Earth, and its violent death will be visible from our planet.

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• By Sarah Malina, Canadian Geographic, July 10, 2023

  

  The dark side of the moon. An ancient celestial mystery that’s captured imaginations for millennia. Earth’s eternally distracted friend. And a bestselling Pink Floyd album. Now, the moon’s far side is the site of a global hunt for frozen water, with a Canadian-designed lunar rover leading the charge.

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• By Sarwat Nasir, National News, July 07, 2023

  

  Sometimes the Sun appears yellow, in the evenings it seems red, it is white for astronauts in space and billionaire Elon Musk thinks it is green. But what colour is it, really?

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• By Sharon Kirkey, National Post, July 05, 2023

  

  Sunspots can cause powerful bursts of energy, solar flares and solar eruptions which can impact satellites and navigation signals, or even knock out electric power grids

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• By Ian Hanomansing, CBC The National, July 04, 2023

  

  A supermoon is a relatively new term for a full moon that is within 90 per cent of its closest possible orbit to the Earth. The impressive sight thrilled night sky watchers all around the world, including at the Temple of Poseidon near Athens

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• By Elizabeth Howell, Canadian Geographic, July 03, 2023

  

  Mapping the moon is surprisingly difficult. It has mountains, suspected caves and vast lava-painted terrains. Unlike Earth, cartographers are working with only a few satellites and surface missions worth of data.

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• By Ivan Semeniuk, Globe and Mail, June 30, 2023

  

  Humans collectively prey on nearly 15,000 wild vertebrate species, roughly one third of all varieties on the planet

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• By Keith A. Hobson, Open Government, June 29, 2023

  

  In his latest research, Keith A. Hobson explores why stored fuel is critical to migrating animals, such as monarch butterflies. Conserving migratory animals in a rapidly changing world requires we quickly and efficiently determine the most critical or vulnerable points in their annual cycles that typically involve numerous locations spread over hundreds to thousands of kilometers.

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• By Umea University, Phys.org, June 18, 2023

  

  Plants give us oxygen through photosynthesis—this is commonly taught in school. An international research team has now shown that, particularly in early spring when low temperatures coincide with high light, conifer needles consume—not produce—oxygen by using an ancient mechanism. The results were published in Nature Communications.

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• By Marek Sutherland, CTV News London, June 14, 2023

  

  Concern over the health and longevity of bees has grown over the years. “They get exposed to all kinds of things. First of all, monoculture crops. That is not necessarily the most nutritious thing for them,” said �山ǿ�� biology Professor Graham Thompson.

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• By Zayna Zyed, Popular Science, June 14, 2023

  

  Orcas may be one of the ocean’s top predators, but they’ve rarely shown aggression against humans or watercraft in the past. But since 2020, orca pods have increasingly targeted sailboats off the Iberian Peninsula in �山ǿ�� Europe. In one instance, three of the black and white whales destroyed a vessel’s rudder, causing it to sink before it reached port.

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• By Michael Lacasse, CBC, June 12, 2023

  

  If you feel like there are more mosquitoes this year, you might be partially right. With temperature changes and other "catastrophic ecological events," more mosquitos earlier could become the norm, said Jeremy McNeil, a professor of chemical ecology at �山ǿ��.

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• By Colin Butler, CBC, June 11, 2023

  

  He grows more than 40,000 pounds of mushrooms every week — the equivalent of an unloaded tractor trailer and demand keeps climbing, especially when it comes to the specialty mushrooms like lion's mane that have become all the rage in health circles because of the long-held belief they have medicinal benefits.

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• By Megan Stacey, �山ǿ�� News, June 08, 2023

  

  There were moments over the last seven years when Alyssa Harvey didn’t think she would ever be walking across the stage at a graduation ceremony to receive her undergraduate degree in biology. “Taking more than four years to graduate was really hard for me,” Harvey said.

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• By Megan Stacey, �山ǿ�� News, June 07, 2023

  

  Victoria Quance is breaking barriers as a woman in the male-dominated field of math. But she’s more interested in driving change than hanging around in the spotlight. Quance is already using her math skills to better her community and contribute to scientific research, helping younger students in a thriving tutoring business as well as taking on a summer contract at �山ǿ��, working with a team of avian experts.

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• By INNOVATION IN CANADA'S TOP UNIVERSITIES REPORT, The Globe and Mail, May 26, 2023

  

  Canada’s expertise in space exploration has long been recognized through high-profile projects such as the Canadarm program, a series of robotic arms used on the space shuttle orbiters to deploy, manoeuvre and capture payloads. Now, two new homegrown innovations are set to further raise the country’s space science standing.

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• By James McCarten, The Canadian Press, May 25, 2023

  

  The United States won't go into default on its debt, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted Wednesday — but the highest-ranking Republican on Capitol Hill also said it won't be his fault if it does. A default would trigger "pretty much an immediate recession" in the U.S., said Cristián Bravo Roman, an expert in banking and insurance analytics

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• By Megan Stacey, �山ǿ�� News, May 24, 2023

  

  What does a traditional West African dish have to do with road salt spread across snowy Canadian streets every winter? The two subjects are equal passions for chemistry PhD candidate Robert Addai, who works in �山ǿ��’s Material Science Addition lab and studies how metals corrode when they come into contact with food and road salts.

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• By Kelly Wang, Global News, May 14, 2023

  

  �山ǿ�� chemistry professor Elizabeth Gillies, mechanical and materials engineering professor Aaron Price, and their research teams worked with CTK Bio Canada to develop the new biodegradable material. “When it comes to packaging, plastic replaces things like metal and glass. Those are heavy and expensive,” said Gillies, who is also the Canada Research Chair in polymeric biomaterials.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, May 12, 2023

  

  �山ǿ�� chemistry professor Elizabeth Gillies, mechanical and materials engineering professor Aaron Price and their research teams worked with industry partner CTK Bio Canada to develop a new biodegradable, hemp-based material that could serve as a sustainable substitute for packaging needs for a wide variety of products.

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• By Blake Wolfe, Benefits Canada, May 12, 2023

  

  Financial stress is impacting Canadians’ mental and physical health, as well as decisions related to their pension plans, said Matt Davison, �山ǿ��’s dean of science and principal researcher, during a session at Benefits Canada‘s 2023 DC Plan Summit. In an analysis of the National Payroll Institute’s annual survey, �山ǿ��’s financial wellness lab found respondents’ financial perspectives were characterized by their responses to questions about emergency funding, the use of debt to pay for essentials and the impact of financial stress on work productivity.

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• By Megan Stacey, �山ǿ�� News, May 10, 2023

  

  An award-winning �山ǿ�� team is planning a free, family-friendly event full of science and art exploration for kids and community members of all ages. Science Rendezvous will take over �山ǿ��’s Alumni Stadium on May 13 as part of a nationwide event bringing STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) programming to the masses in more than 30 Canadian cities.

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• By Marc Boucher, SpaceQ, May 10, 2023

  

  Three Canadian researchers, including Pauline Barmby from physics and astronomy, have been awarded funding for 2022-23 science investigations using the AstroSat astronomy space-based observatory. Barmby will combine AstroSat images of the ultraviolet light emitted by a sample of low surface brightness spiral galaxies with data from other telescopes to understand the current and past properties of these enigmatic galaxies and others.

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• By Natalie Jesionka, Modern Farmer, May 01, 2023

  

  Golden oyster mushrooms, with sunny-golden thumbprint caps, branch-like gills and clusters of fruiting bodies, are originally from Japan, Eastern Russia and Northern China, and they are prized for their culinary uses. Now, some experts in the field are saying it might be too late to prevent the mushroom from overtaking American forests.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, April 27, 2023

  

  Recognized as one of the “stars” in the Faculty of Science, Konermann has established himself as an international leader in the field of protein mass spectrometry. “Konermann’s research has contributed tremendously to the capabilities of mass spectrometry for understanding the role of proteins in health and disease, including cystic fibrosis and Alzheimer’s disease,” one of his nominators writes.

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• By Liz Langley, National Geographic, April 26, 2023

  

  As it turns out, several wild animals also experience physical reactions to stress. The main challenges faced by wild animals are whether they’ll find enough food or whether they become someone else’s food. But sometimes, it’s people that cause the trauma.

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• By Crystal Mackay, �山ǿ�� News, April 14, 2023

  

  Chemistry professor teams up with local startup company to pilot technology at safe consumption sites across the country. Inside a nondescript black cube no bigger than two shoeboxes, there is sophisticated technology that can analyze the composition of street drugs in under fifteen minutes.

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• By Randy Richmond, The London Free Press, April 14, 2023

  

  Small cubes that can save lives are heading to London’s safe drug consumption site and 10 others across Canada, thanks to a $1.9-million federal grant, �山ǿ�� research and two student entrepreneurs.

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• By Sean Irvine, CTV News London, April 14, 2023

  

  Canada’s Minister of Mental health and Addictions said lives are at stake if drug addiction treatment and harm reduction measures cease to coexist. “These are real people, these are people with real families and friends,” stated Carolyn Bennett. The minister, speaking at a federal budget funding announcement at �山ǿ�� on Friday, said political attacks on harm reduction need to stop.

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• By Geoff Nixon, CBC, April 14, 2023

  

  Bank failures haven't happened often in Canada. The Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), which insures deposits in Canadian banks, last handled one in the mid-1990s, and the Crown corporation has dealt with only 43 such incidents since it was established in 1967.

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• By Megan Stacey, �山ǿ�� News, March 24, 2023

  

  Five self-described Space nerds, now pursuing studies in engineering, medicine and business at �山ǿ��, are looking to leave their mark on Canada’s Space industry.  They all grew up obsessed with Space. It led them to apply for internships and mentors through the Zenith Canada Pathways Foundation, which seeks to make the Space industry more inclusive and diverse in terms of background and specialization. 

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• By The Conversation Canada, Yahoo! News, March 17, 2023

  

  The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank left its investors reeling, shocked and unsure of what had happened to their funds. Cristián Bravo Roman, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Banking and Insurance Analytics, �山ǿ�� and Yuhao Zhou, PhD Candidate in Financial Modelling, �山ǿ��

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• By Sheena Goodyear, CBC As it happens, March 17, 2023

  

  Venus, Earth's next-door neighbour, is covered in craters, volcanoes, mountains and lava plains. But it lacks the plate tectonics that gradually reshape Earth's surface. Because of that, scientists long believed it to be geologically dormant.

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• By George Hopkin, AI Magazine, March 17, 2023

  

  New study led by Psychology and Computer Science professor Marieke Mur looking at how deep neural networks are unable to accurately reproduce human visual recognition.

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• CJOB 680, March 14, 2023

  

  Audio: A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne, broadcast on Corus radio stations across Canada, interviewed Gordon Osinski, Earth Sciences professor and principal investigator of the Canadian Lunar Rover Mission, about the timeline for the Canadian rover launch.

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• By Andrew Nichols, CBC, March 14, 2023

  

  Statistical and Actuarial Sciences professor Cristián Bravo Roman joined The Rundown with Andrew Nichols on CBC News Network to discuss how the Silicon Valley Bank collapse could impact Canada.

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• By Tom Yun, CTV News, March 14, 2023

  

  The world economy continues to feel the ripple effects after U.S. authorities took over Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last Friday. "No bank is immune to a bank run," �山ǿ��'s Cristián Bravo, who is the Canada Research Chair in banking and insurance analytics, told CTVNews.ca over the phone Tuesday. "If everyone goes to the bank and tries to withdraw their money, that is going to cause a collapse."

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• By Mike Lacasse, CBC, March 05, 2023

  

  �山ǿ�� physicist and professor Pauline Barmby is very familiar with celestial objects. When she found out an aseteroid was named after her, it was a welcomed new discovery. The asteroid, first discovered by Canadian astronomer Paul Weigert in 2006, was then categorized as 281067. Now, when someone looks up the space rock at the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, it's called Barmby.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, March 03, 2023

  

  Whitney Onoberhie is one of 20 Canadians to receive RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Black Youth. When Whitney Onoberhie arrived in Canada from Nigeria four years ago, she was adjusting to life in a new country and a new school. Yet, she turned her focus outward, helping other youth in her school and in her community.

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• By Sheena Goodyear, CBC As it happens, February 28, 2023

  

  Scientists have peered billions of years into the past and discovered something that could fundamentally change what we think we know about how galaxies form. Images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show bright six red dots, which are believed to be distant galaxies as they would have appeared more than 13 billion years ago. But if they are indeed galaxies, then they are unlike any galaxies that scientists have previously observed. That's because they're impossibly large and dense for their relatively young age.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, February 15, 2023

  

  �山ǿ�� has signed a significant partnership agreement between Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) to advance collaborative research in health and environmental sciences, clean energy and nuclear safety. The partnership with CNL, Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, and AECL, a federal Crown corporation, was announced yesterday (Feb. 14) with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at �山ǿ��.

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• By Shaye Ganam, 630 CHED and 770 CHQR, February 07, 2023

  

  Earth Sciences professor Katsu Goda joined Shaye Ganam on 770 CHQR and 630 CHED (Calgary and Edmonton) to discuss the magnitude and impact of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

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• By Meghan Bartels, Space.com, February 02, 2023

  

  Even as the James Webb Space Telescope is allowing astronomers to see inside vast, distant galaxies, it's also studying some tiny, nearby objects — albeit inadvertently. These are micrometeoroids, tiny mysteries zipping through the solar system at lightning speed. They're far too small for scientists to observe directly in deep space, but they shouldn't be ignored: Micrometeoroids can pack quite a punch, as NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) can attest.

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• CBC London, February 02, 2023

  

  In recognition of Black History Month, CBC London Morning interviewed Statistics and Actuarial Sciences student Jasmine Uboma who founded Beyond Math to encourage more Black students to join STEM fields.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, February 02, 2023

  

  While it’s especially common in older adults, tinnitus – a potentially devastating ringing in the ears – can affect people of all ages. Most often described as consistent buzzing, hissing or humming, tinnitus is usually caused by an underlying condition, like age-related hearing loss, an ear injury or heart disease and affects approximately one in five people in North America.

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• By Nicole Mortillaro, CBC, January 18, 2023

  

  The year has started off with a rare treat for sky-watchers: A recently discovered comet that may soon be brightening. On Jan. 12, the comet — called C/2022 E3 (ZTF) — made its closest pass around the sun. Now, it's heading back out of the solar system and swinging by Earth, making its closest approach on Feb. 1. The best part is that it is a circumpolar comet and is seen high in the north, which means Canada is in an ideal place from which to spot it.

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• By Josh O'Kane, The Globe and Mail, January 16, 2023

  

  �山ǿ��'s chief digital officer and Computer Science professor Mark Daley shares how artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT can be used ethically, and the implications of AI in creative and academic fields.

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• By Joel Wittnebel, The Pointer, January 16, 2023

  

  Biology professor Keith Hobson contributes to the discussion around the efficacy of bird cull.

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• By Reshmi Nair, CBC (Audio), January 16, 2023

  

  Statistical and Actuarial Science professor Cristián Bravo Roman joined CBC News Network Weekend Business (Part 1) (Part 2) as part of a panel discussion on U.S. inflation and what it means for Canada’s economy, and the economic impact of small business owners retiring in large numbers.

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• By Quirks & Quarks, CBC, January 14, 2023

  

  A team of Canadian academics and engineering companies is developing our nation‘s next contribution to space exploration. The federal government recently announced that space systems company Canadensys will be designing and building the first Canadian lunar rover, expected to launch to the moon in 2026.

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• CBC Morning Drive, January 11, 2023

  

  The essay has been the center of our educational system for generations. But suddenly, Artificial Intelligence has entered game and, in some cases, can write as well as humans can. Guest host Jackie Sharkey is joined by �山ǿ�� professor of computer science, Mark Daley, to discuss.

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• By Quirks & Quarks, CBC, January 09, 2023

  

  A fireball that appeared in the sky over central Alberta nearly two years ago presented Dennis Vida, a meteor physicist at �山ǿ�� in London, Ontario with a mystery. The rocky object that caused the fireball came from the Oort cloud in the outer solar system, previously thought to be home to only icy comets, not rocky bodies.

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• By Jared Lindzon, The Globe and Mail, January 06, 2023

  

  Canadians are stressed about their finances, and it’s having an impact on their productivity, but experts warn increasing wages won’t be enough to ease economic concerns. According to a recent survey conducted by human resources software provider Ceridian, in partnership with the Financial Wellness Lab of Canada, North American workers are reporting the highest levels of financial stress since the 2008 recession.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, January 04, 2023

  

  Fred Longstaffe, founding director of the �山ǿ�� Academy for Advanced Research (WAFAR), and five �山ǿ�� graduates have been named among 99 new appointments to the Order of Canada. The honourees were announced Dec. 29, 2022, by Mary Simon, governor general of Canada. The Order of Canada is one of the country’s highest honours, recognizing people across all sectors of society who have made extraordinary and sustained contributions to our nation.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, January 01, 2023

  

  Andie Albert will receive her master of environment and sustainability degree during fall convocation

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• By Crystal Mackay, �山ǿ�� News, December 21, 2022

  

  Canada’s Financial Wellness Lab survey shows stress is being felt regardless of age, gender or wealth. Sixty per cent of employed North Americans are more stressed about their finances today than they were a year ago, and are experiencing the highest level of financial stress since the financial crisis of 2008.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, December 21, 2022

  

  The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has captured the most spectacular images of deep space ever – and the imagination of millions around the world – but �山ǿ�� astrophysicists and partners (at home and work) Els Peeters and Jan Cami enjoyed a special sneak peek on Sept. 11 when infrared data they had commissioned was delivered right to their laptop.

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• By Devon Peacock, AM980, December 13, 2022

  

  The Morning Show with Devon Peacock on AM980 interviewed Science dean and director of the Financial Wellness Lab of Canada Matt Davison about a survey, done in partnership with Ceridian, that found a greater number of North Americans are experiencing financial stress.

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• By Heather Hiscox, CBC Morning Live, December 13, 2022

  

  �山ǿ��’s chief digital officer and Computer Science professor Mark Daley joined to discuss the capabilities of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and the ethical questions around using AI in academia.

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• By John Oakley, Global AM640, December 13, 2022

  

  Earth Sciences postdoctoral research associate Cindy Mora Stock joined the John Oakley Show to discuss the Mauna Loa volcano eruption in Hawaii and volcanic earthquakes.

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• By Mihaela Harmos, Special to �山ǿ�� News, November 28, 2022

  

  From polymers to bird physiology, research by two new Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients at �山ǿ�� covers exciting new ground. The fellowship program provides $70,000 a year for two years to top postdoctoral scholars, both nationally and internationally, who are seen to contribute to the country’s economic, social and research‑based growth.

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• By Daniel Otis, CTV News, November 21, 2022

  

  A meteorite that crashed onto a U.K. driveway early last year has been found to contain extraterrestrial water. Known as the Winchcombe meteorite after the town where it was discovered, it came hurtling to Earth as a spectacular fireball in Gloucestershire, England, on the night of Feb. 28, 2021. According to a new study in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, the rare carbonaceous meteorite also contains organic compounds that may provide insights into the origin of life on our planet.

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• By Scott Sutherland, The Weather Network, November 21, 2022

  

  Residents of southern Ontario were wow'd this weekend as not one, but two extremely bright meteor fireballs blazed across the sky less than a day apart. The first one caused even more of a stir as it was not only detected hours before it impacted, the exploding asteroid shook houses and woke people up from a sound sleep.

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• By Eric Mack, CNET, November 21, 2022

  

  For just the sixth time in history, astronomers managed to spot a small asteroid shortly before it smacked into our planet in dramatic fashion. On Saturday, Astronomer David Rankin spotted a 2.3-foot-long (0.7 meter) asteroid in observations from the Mount Lemmon sky survey in Arizona.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, November 21, 2022

  

  A cosmic drama unfolded over southern Ontario on the night of Friday, Nov. 18, triggering an international collaboration and a meteorite hunt. Just before midnight Eastern time, the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona detected a small object heading toward Earth. This small asteroid, now designated 2022 WJ1, was followed by many observatories around the world for the next three hours before it impacted over southern Ontario at 3:26am EST on Nov. 19.

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• By Kasha Patel, The Washington Post, November 17, 2022

  

  The Mistastin crater on Earth holds large quantities of the bright white rock on the majority of the moon’s surface. “This crater in Labrador wasn’t even known to be a crater during the Apollo missions,” said Gordon Osinski, a planetary geologist at Canada’s �山ǿ�� who has guided astronauts around the crater. “I’d love to see every astronaut who eventually walks on the moon come to Mistastin.”

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• CBC London Morning, November 17, 2022

  

  Researchers are worried about the spotter and spotted lantern fly which has been seen near the country's border a London based researcher has been studying the behavior of the seemingly harmless insect originally from Asia. Turns out it uses its straw like mouth to drain plants of nutrients �山ǿ�� biology professor Amanda Rowe has been studying the spot an lantern fly

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• By Clement Goh, CBC News London, October 24, 2022

  

  Out for a hike in the woods to decompress this weekend? Take a moment to consider the health of the trees in the Forest City. Biologists at �山ǿ�� in London, Ont. say trees still sporting green leaves could be a sign that they're not from Canada and are struggling to keep up with the colder climate.

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• By Scott Sutherland, The Weather Network, October 24, 2022

  

  We may see a dramatic uptick in the number of fireballs flashing through the night sky over the next few weeks, thanks to the Taurid meteor swarm. Every year, from September to November, Earth is pelted with ice and dust from a pair of wide, overlapping debris streams in space. As a result, twin meteor showers light up our night skies, originating from the constellation Taurus.

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• By Cam Buchan, Special to �山ǿ�� News, October 21, 2022

  

  Combining the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning with epidemiology, Jaky Kueper has taken everyday data captured by electronic health records to advance the use of AI in primary health-care research and practice. What’s more, on Oct. 19, Kueper graduated with �山ǿ��’s first combined PhD, bringing together studies in epidemiology and biostatistics at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry with computer science in the Faculty of Science.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, October 21, 2022

  

  Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity and the dynamics of Earth’s atmosphere is ever-changing. A new pan-Canadian collaboration will measure aerosols, water vapour and clouds and how they interact to impact Earth’s weather and climate as part of NASA’s Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) mission. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will collaborate with NASA on AOS with its High-altitude Aerosols, Water vapour and Clouds (HAWC) mission.

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• By Ubong Eduok, The Conversation, October 17, 2022

  

  In the winter, snow becomes a superabsorbent for a wide range of pollutants, including vehicular exhaust particulate matters, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), trace metals and chlorides from road salts. As snow subsequently moves around or melts, most of these pollutants find their way into underground pipes and aquifers.

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• By Justin Zadorsky, �山ǿ�� News, October 13, 2022

  

  Canada’s boreal forests are known to help moderate the effects of climate change, absorbing and storing much more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they release. However, this balance seems to be shifting and Holly Deighton is working to understand why. A biology PhD candidate in ecology and evolution, Deighton is studying how the soils of the boreal forest store carbon over long periods of time.

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• By Erin Matthews, Special to �山ǿ�� News, October 06, 2022

  

  �山ǿ�� scientists have developed a new material that could eventually improve the way drugs are administered to patients, by allowing doctors to “see” exactly whether drugs are reaching the targets and working properly. By combining a material already used to deliver medication to specific sites in the body with another that glows in the dark (optical probe), chemistry professor Lijia Liu and graduate student Ellie W.T Shiu have created a composite that can be used to track the path of a drug carrier through the human body.

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• By Eric Hand, Science, October 05, 2022

  

  Just before dawn on 22 February 2021, a fireball lit up the skies across Canada’s Alberta province when a 2-kilogram space rock vaporized as it plunged through Earth’s atmosphere. Although the object hailed from the Oort Cloud—a conglomeration of comets at the edge of the Solar System—it wasn’t a comet, researchers now say. Data collected during its fall suggest the object was made of rock rather than ice and behaved more like an asteroid.

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• Internship Experience A “Lottery Win” for Environmental Science Student

  By �山ǿ�� Science, September 23, 2022

  

  Winning the internship lottery. That’s how fourth year environmental science student Katrina Wynne describes her placement at Hydro One.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, September 22, 2022

  

  Seven �山ǿ�� researchers have been awarded a total of $1.7 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to tackle national and global research challenges. This funding will help advance work in important areas, including health and well-being, climate change, and sustainable energy sources.

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• �山ǿ�� News, September 22, 2022

  

  Bryan Neff, associate vice-president (research), has been appointed acting vice-president (research) effective Oct. 1, 2022, for a period of up to June 30, 2023. “Bryan is a fantastic addition to the university’s leadership team. His expertise will be invaluable in furthering �山ǿ��’s research mission and maintaining the strong momentum we’ve built under Lesley’s tenure,” said President Alan Shepard.

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• Chemistry Grad Amy Gottschling recipient of inaugural �山ǿ�� Science Alumni Award of Achievement

  By �山ǿ�� Science, September 21, 2022

  

  �山ǿ�� Science’s inaugural recipient of its Alumni Award of Achievement is chemistry’s Amy Gottschling, PhD ’04, BSc ’99. This newly established honour recognizes Faculty of Science alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their professions.

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• By Will Gater, New Scientist, September 21, 2022

  

  In an effort to learn more about potentially hazardous asteroids, astronomers have used telescopic surveys to find an image of a space rock that produced a 0.4-kiloton fireball over the Pacific Ocean. David Clark at the University of �山ǿ�� Ontario in Canada and his colleagues analysed satellite data of previous major fireballs.

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• By Isha Bhargava, CBC News, September 21, 2022

  

  Stratford, Ont., officials believe H5N1 avian influenza is behind the recent deaths of three of its dearest mute swans. Quin Malott, the city's parks, forestry, and cemetery manager, said the first swan was found dead in the Avon River on Saturday, but his team didn't connect the dots until two other swans got sick on the following days

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• Yahoo Finance, September 21, 2022

  

  Throughout the pandemic, many of those who remained employed were able to save more and spend less, a result of pandemic-related lockdowns and the need to work from home. With interest rates and inflation climbing, offices now reopened, and expenditures rising, new research from the National Payroll Institute shows that those gains are quickly disappearing — especially for those who have not adopted positive financial habits.

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• By Jim Robbins, The New York Times, September 20, 2022

  

  Researchers marvel at the bird’s record-holding migratory flight of 7,000 or so miles from Alaska to New Zealand at this time of year. No eating or refueling along the way.

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• Summer Internship Ignites Passion for Electrochemistry Research

  By �山ǿ�� Science, September 15, 2022

  

  A period of struggle and a subsequent breakthrough was the highlight of Emma Lord’s summer research experience. On a small scale, she had the benefit of experiencing the highs and lows of scientific research, not unlike many of our graduate students and faculty members.

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• By Tristan Joseph, Special to �山ǿ�� News,, �山ǿ�� News, September 15, 2022

  

  With the launch of the �山ǿ�� Academy for Advanced Research, �山ǿ�� is charting an ambitious new course to address major issues facing humanity in Canada and around the world. Complex challenges such as climate change, homelessness and income equality are global in scale and have impacts at an individual level, with the solution often lying in between disparate disciplines. That’s where the �山ǿ�� Academy comes in, acting as a catalyst for interdisciplinary and international teams of scholars to collaborate and seek answers.

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• By Will Gater, New Scientist, September 15, 2022

  

  Planetary scientists have been racing to establish the origin of a bright fireball seen over parts of the UK on 14 September – the evidence now points to it being a meteor rather than re-entering space debris.

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• By Sharon Oosthoek, Special to �山ǿ�� News, �山ǿ�� News, September 14, 2022

  

  Climate change has wreaked havoc with many species’ life cycles and now a pair of �山ǿ�� students is shedding light on how it’s affecting the survival of two high-profile insects. Working under the supervision of biology professor Jeremy McNeil, master’s student Campbell McKay is looking into how feeding on different milkweed species could affect the probability that Monarch butterflies born in the fall migrate to their overwintering grounds in Mexico.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, September 13, 2022

  

  Kim Baines is an internationally recognized scholar in the fundamental chemistry of low valent, highly reactive main group compounds. She pioneered the synthesis and chemistry of germasilenes and novel low-valent germanium, tin and gallium cations, opening new areas of scientific inquiry. Capitalizing on this research, Baines developed the synthesis of new inorganic polymers and main group catalysts and furthered the understanding of semiconductor surface chemistry.

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• By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, September 13, 2022

  

  Mars drone and rover prototypes undergoing testing in Iceland this summer had to endure a gusty environment somewhat akin to the fictional storm in the 2016 movie. "I've never seen such crazy winds in my life," planetary geologist Catherine Neish, an associate professor at Canada's �山ǿ��, told Space.com.

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• By Nicole Mortillaro , CBC News, September 13, 2022

  

  More than 1,300 light-years from Earth lies a stunning area of dust and gas called the Orion Nebula. On Monday, a team of astronomers from around the world released the most detailed image ever of this rich star-forming region taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Els Peeters, an astronomer and professor at �山ǿ�� in London, Ont., who is one of the principal investigators for the JWST observing program known as PDRs4AlI, said she's thrilled by the image.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News for Space Daily, September 13, 2022

  

  Researchers from �山ǿ�� have shown that a fireball that originated at the edge of the Solar System was likely made of rock, not ice, challenging long-held beliefs about how the Solar System was formed. Just at the edge of our Solar System and halfway to the nearest stars is a collection of icy objects sailing through space, known as the Oort Cloud.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, September 12, 2022

  

  The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has captured the most detailed and sharpest images ever taken of the inner region of the Orion Nebula, a stellar nursery situated in the constellation Orion 1,350 light-years away from Earth. The new images released today were targeted by an international collaboration, which includes researchers from �山ǿ��.

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• By Sam Zlotnik, Smithsonian Magazine, September 07, 2022

  

  Many South African ungulates, or hooved animals, have different fear-induced responses depending on what predator is nearby. That’s the key finding of a recent study in Behavioral Ecology in which researchers report that ungulates run away from lions most often, followed by African wild dogs, and then cheetahs.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, August 29, 2022

  

  Learn about our 2022 �山ǿ�� Schulich Leaders in science: Eric Hout, Holly Morton and Marianna Speranza.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, August 25, 2022

  

  A team of �山ǿ�� mycologists (fungi experts) spent the past two summers digging deep in Newfoundland dirt to investigate the might of mushrooms and found what lies beneath truly is ‘the main character’ in most terrestrial ecosystems. Fungi, which produce mushrooms, are critically important in most earthbound ecosystems as they provide life-sustaining mineral nutrients to plants while decomposing their remains, and recycling both organic and inorganic byproducts throughout the biome as they grow and reproduce.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, August 25, 2022

  

  Earth sciences professor Catherine Neish led a team of �山ǿ�� students to Iceland for two weeks this summer (July 10 to August 10) to collaborate with scientists and engineers from NASA, the University of Arizona, Honeybee Robotics, MDA, and Reykjavik University on the RAVEN (Rover–Aerial Vehicle Exploration Network) field study to test the many benefits of deploying drones and rovers together, as a superhero-style team-up, to advance autonomous exploration for future space missions.

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• By Bryan Bicknell, CTV News London, August 22, 2022

  

  Nature trails, park land, how about an event venue? They’re all among the ideas being considered for the future of the Byron gravel pits in west London. London city hall is narrowing down possible uses for one of the most unique pieces of land in the city, which is now being rehabilitated.

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• By Rob Rombouts, Social Science Centre, August 19, 2022

  

  Natasha MacBean is working to improve climate models and has joined �山ǿ�� as an Assistant Professor, cross-appointed in the departments of Geography and Environment and Biology. She researches how terrestrial ecosystems respond to climate and environmental change and looks at the impact of these changes across scales – researching impacts in specific environments, as well as the processes and responses of plant life to ongoing global environmental changes.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, August 12, 2022

  

  What germinated as an idea last fall is now in full bloom at the Environmental Sciences �山ǿ�� Field Station. Field station manager Grant Edwards and horticultural specialist technician Caroline Rasenberg have created a pollinator garden at the site, located 14 kilometres north of campus on Wonderland Road, where researchers in the departments of biology, physics and astronomy and geology, along with those from the Faculty of Engineering and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada conduct inter and multidisciplinary research.

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• By Nathaniel Basen, TVO, August 09, 2022

  

  Alberta has the bighorn sheep. Manitoba has the plains bison. Yukon has the raven. So what’s Ontario’s official animal? We don’t have one — yet. The loon is our official bird, but we can’t help but think that Ontario’s other furry and feathery (and slippery and leathery) denizens haven’t been given a chance to compete.

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• By Joshua Goeree, Special to �山ǿ�� News,, �山ǿ�� News, August 09, 2022

  

  Nineteen-year-old medical science student Kenisha Arora has always loved giving back to her community and advocating for education around the world. Now, she is taking her love of education activism to the United Nations next month as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) youth representative for North America and Europe.

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• CBC News, August 09, 2022

  

  You might start noticing tiny white and brown mushrooms popping up in your lawn. The scorching weather has made it hard for mushrooms to grow, but now, they are finally in season in London. "There's quite a diversity of things starting to come out," said Greg Thorn, a biology professor at �山ǿ�� who has been studying mushrooms for around 40 years.

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• CTV News London, July 28, 2022

  

  �山ǿ�� biology professor Jeremy McNeil speaks with CTV's Carlyle Fiset about the endangered status of monarch butterflies and the local challenges the insects face.

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• By Dave McGinn, The Globe and Mail, July 23, 2022

  

  Line ups have defined so much of life since the start of the pandemic – line ups for grocery stores, for vaccines and now for travelers at airports – and yet so many organizations still can’t seem to manage them effectively. Line ups, or queues, are a fact of life, and there is a mountain of research that shows there are simple ways to minimize their frustrations.

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• �山ǿ�� News, July 22, 2022

  

  Mark Daley has been appointed �山ǿ��’s first-ever chief digital officer, a new role designed to lead the university’s digital transformation and fulfill its commitment towards technology innovation in the strategic plan, Towards �山ǿ�� at 150.

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• By Joshua Goeree, �山ǿ�� News, July 21, 2022

  

  By the time Cailyn McKay was in her senior year in high school and most of her friends were looking at post-secondary schools, she still had no idea what she wanted to pursue. Even when she started her first year at �山ǿ�� in the medical sciences program, she quickly realized it wasn’t her passion.

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• By Norman De Bono, London Free Press, July 20, 2022

  

  The growth of tech businesses and talent here has earned London a place in the Top 10 on a list of small markets that are becoming established, states a report from CBRE. The firm’s tech talent report, now in its 10th year, ranks the top 50 North American markets by looking at how tech-sector talent is attracted and developed, but it also ranks the next 25 “emerging tech markets” where London placed in 10th spot.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, July 19, 2022

  

  Even as gas prices soar, most people don’t destroy their car’s engine just to save energy – and that’s one luxury certain insects have that those humans don’t. New research from �山ǿ�� has found potato beetles can break down and regrow muscles on demand, allowing them to preserve energy over the winter.

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• By Haygen Warren, NasaSpaceflight.com, July 18, 2022

  

  In a new study from a group of researchers in Canada, data from NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope was used to determine the conditions under which silicate clouds form on distant exoplanets outside of our solar system — giving scientists insight into what’s inside the atmospheres of exoplanets similar in size, temperature, and composition to Earth.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, July 14, 2022

  

  Each fall, biology lecturer Tom Haffie refined his teaching to best connect with more than 1,000 new undergraduates in engaging, innovative ways. Haffie was recently recognized for his efforts and the impact throughout his more than 30-year career with a President’s Medal for Distinguished Service.

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• By Steve McKinley, The Toronto Star, July 12, 2022

  

  The most powerful telescope ever built made a stunning debut with the release of its first science image, an intricately detailed deep-space image of a galaxy cluster showing thousands of galaxies and some of the faintest — and oldest — light ever recorded. “When you see the images, first of all, they’re just stunning, like very visually beautiful,” said Sarah Gallagher, science adviser to the Canadian Space Agency president, who had already had a sneak peek.

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• India Today, July 11, 2022

  

  A study of archival data generated over the years by the now retired Spitzer telescope reveals a common trait among exotic clouds. Beyond Earth, where clouds are made up of water vapour, there are worlds with unique chemical compositions below the atmosphere. There are clouds made up of sand.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, July 07, 2022

  

  A new study led by researchers at �山ǿ�� provides critical information on sand clouds observed in distant planets and helps affirm a larger theory of how planetary atmospheres work. Most clouds on Earth are made of water, while the top of Jupiter’s atmosphere is blanketed in yellow-hued clouds made of ammonia and ammonium hydrosulfide.

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• By Debora Van Brenk, �山ǿ�� News, July 05, 2022

  

  Mark Biesinger landed his first fish when he was four years old and out on Ontario’s Matawa River with his dad and brother. Now director of Surface Science �山ǿ�� – where he leads a team of researchers conducting world-class materials analysis for industry and scientific advancement – Biesinger is translating the principles of his vocation to those of his avocation: the science of finding, catching and conserving fish.

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• By Rebecca Milec, Special to �山ǿ�� News, June 29, 2022

  

  The excitement for the geological collection in �山ǿ��’s Earth sciences department could not be contained by fifth graders and geology enthusiasts Oliver, Xander and Jackson. “I’ve never seen this many or this cool of rocks,” shared Xander, which accompanied the ‘oohs’, ‘ahhs’ and, ‘look at this!’ from the boys as they admired the collection.

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• Eighteen �山ǿ�� Science Researchers Successful in Obtaining an NSERC Discovery Grant

  By �山ǿ�� Science, June 23, 2022

  

  Announced on June 23, 2022, 16 �山ǿ�� Science researchers received an NSERC Discovery Grant and two received a Subatomic Physics Discovery Grant, spanning a wide range of topics and departments across the faculty. The NSERC Discovery Grants support long-term programs of research in the natural sciences and engineering.

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• By Mari-Len De Guzman, �山ǿ�� News, June 17, 2022

  

  For someone who chose to study law “almost on a whim,” Rahul Sapra is excelling. It started with a conversation he overheard on campus a few years ago. “I was just randomly on my walk home from school one day, eavesdropping on the people who are having a conversation walking in front of me, and one of them was talking about the JD/HBA program that they did. And they’re saying how much they loved it, how they never thought they’d love law.

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• By Justin Zadorsky, �山ǿ�� News, June 15, 2022

  

  Avian flu has been ravaging the poultry industry in North America. But it is also killing species of wild birds in ever-increasing numbers. �山ǿ�� biology professor Elizabeth MacDougall-Shackleton explains why this is such a concern, and she provides ways Canadians can help limit the spread of the deadly virus in birds.

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• By Mari-Len De Guzman, �山ǿ�� News, June 13, 2022

  

  By the time Cailyn McKay was in her senior year in high school and most of her friends were looking at post-secondary schools, she still had no idea what she wanted to pursue. Even when she started her first year at �山ǿ�� in the medical sciences program, she quickly realized it wasn’t her passion.

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• By Debora Van Brenk, �山ǿ�� News, June 09, 2022

  

  �山ǿ�� is leading a national plan, with international impact, to train a new generation of corrosion scientists through redesigned – and more equitable – curriculum, education, training and research. Chemistry professor Yolanda Hedberg will administer a newly announced $1.65-million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) that will include the collaboration of eight universities and four industry partners in Canada, plus 20 universities abroad and three international corrosion associations in 19 countries.

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• By Scott Sutherland, The Weather Network, May 31, 2022

  

  As of now, on the morning after the event, it appears as though there was no meteor storm on Monday night. Observers on social media reported numbers roughly 10 to 20 times higher than what the tau Herculids have typically produced over the past 90 years or so. That qualifies as a tau Herculids outburst, but what happened to the meteor storm?

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• CTV News London, May 31, 2022

  

  Volunteers planted more than 1300 species of plants to attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects to a new pollinator garden on campus. Coverage starts at the 20-minute mark.

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• By Nicole Mortillaro, CBC, May 30, 2022

  

  Astronomers are waiting to see if a normally quiet meteor shower puts on a show Monday night. There's a potential outburst from the tau Herculids — but the key word is "potential." Almost each month, we get a major meteor shower where — under ideal conditions — you can expect anywhere from 20 to 120 meteors an hour. This occurs as Earth plows through debris left over from a passing comet or asteroid.

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• By Debora Van Brenk, �山ǿ�� News, May 26, 2022

  

  It seemed like a straightforward question to biology professor Paul Mensink: Are plastic bags that hold curbside recyclables better or worse for the environment than blue boxes? But the question has turned into a complicated conundrum. “The short answer is, ‘It depends,’” said Mensink, director of graduate environmental programs in the Faculty of Science, after his team published a comprehensive study of Ontario municipalities’ policies and practices for collecting and sorting recyclables.

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• By Michelle Both , CBC News, May 24, 2022

  

  If bugs could carry protest signs, what would they say? A new exhibit at �山ǿ��'s McIntosh Gallery is exploring the idea by blending art and science to showcase the beautiful, diverse and vital role of insects under threat. "Insects are the most diverse organisms on earth," said Nina Zitani, curator of the zoological collections in the department of biology at �山ǿ��.

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• By Shaye Ganam, CHED Morning, May 13, 2022

  

  The James Webb Telescope has produced new images. Els Peeters, an astronomer among the first to use the telescope, shares what she has discovered.

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• By Norman De Bono, London Free Press, May 13, 2022

  

  The theft of personal data from Elgin County may prove “devastating” to those affected, say technology analysts, who also question the municipality for lack of transparency in dealing with the crisis. Personal information for 330 people, some of it highly sensitive, was compromised by a “cyber-security incident” that knocked out Elgin County’s website and email system for nearly a month, the county said.

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• By Helen Mann & Chris Howan, CBC, May 10, 2022

  

  Space Telescope Images - When you look into the abyss, the abyss looks...pretty amazing. The James Webb Space Telescope has sent back its first images, and one astronomer tells us she gives them a starred review.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, May 05, 2022

  

  It’s been said that Earth without art is just, “Eh.” And that our world, without insects, would fall apart. In the current McIntosh Gallery exhibit, Insect as Idea, art and insects converge to paint a poignant picture of the beauty in biodiversity. The show “is a fusion of art and science,” said gallery curator Helen Gregory. “It examines insects within a multi-species framework, considering the role that they play throughout ecological systems, while also touching on the historical aspects of colonization.”

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• By Rebecca Milec, �山ǿ�� News, May 04, 2022

  

  Every door you open in your undergraduate degree can shape your future. This is what Daniel Carranza, BSc’21, discovered during his time at �山ǿ��, which led him to publishing his first paper in Logical Methods In Computer Science before finishing his undergraduate degree.

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• By Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, April 25, 2022

  

  On Sunday (April 17), skywatching cameras in the Canadian province recorded a massive fireball that likely produced tens to hundreds of grams of meteorites. Astronomers predict they would have fallen on the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe, north of the town of Argyle. "This fireball was particularly significant because it was moving slowly, was on an asteroidal orbit, and ended very low in the atmosphere. These are all good indicators that material survived," Denis Vida, an astronomy postdoctoral associate at �山ǿ�� who specializes in meteors, said in a university statement.

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• By Cheryl Santa Maria, The Weather Network, April 22, 2022

  

  In 2011, then-Ph.D. student Michael Zanetti was working on a Canadian Space Agency-funded project in Newfoundland and Labrador's Mistasten Crater, a 28-kilometre wide area created when an asteroid hit Earth 36 million years ago. During that expedition, Zanetti picked up a piece of rock, which was studied and first documented in 2017. In that paper scientists proposed it formulated at temperatures of 2,370°C during the violent asteroid impact. That's a temperature hotter than much of Earth's mantle, and would make it the hottest rock ever discovered on Earth.

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, April 22, 2022

  

  Shiyam Thavandiran, BSc’15, MSc’16 (Mathematics), was seven years old when he came upon his mother and older brother playing chess. He was instantly intrigued. “This interesting game, where two people sit in silence, staring at a board, drew me in,” he said. “But I felt left out. I wanted to join the game, so they taught me how to play.”

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• By Mari-Len De Guzman, �山ǿ�� News, April 21, 2022

  

  The next time you find yourself walking across campus, take a moment to stop or slow down and observe the many living things that call �山ǿ��’s vast land their habitat. And while you’re at it, take a picture. It’s a campus-wide, year-long crowdsourcing initiative, spearheaded by �山ǿ��’s biology department, encouraging the campus community to submit pictures and observations of wildlife they might encounter on campus – from bees to birds and everything in between

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• By Kevin Jiang, Toronto Star, April 21, 2022

  

  Early risers this weekend may be treated to a spectacle in the sky — the alignment of four planets and the moon, all visible to the naked eye. Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter are expected to form a row in the sky and align with the moon on Sunday. A fifth visible planet, Mercury, will join them later in June. The event is best seen from the Northern Hemisphere, which includes North America and Europe, said Jan Cami, an associate professor of astronomy at �山ǿ��.

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• By Bob Bruton, Orillia Matters, April 20, 2022

  

  Meteorite hunters won’t have a field day in the Orillia area, but people may have seen something streaking through the air on the weekend. �山ǿ��’s physics and astronomy department says a bright fireball was observed by a network of all-sky cameras across southern Ontario at 11:37 p.m., Sunday.

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• By Debora Van Brenk, �山ǿ�� News, April 20, 2022

  

  When she was a kid, Patricia Corcoran would examine interesting little stones that lined the gravel road near her home. “I always wanted to become a geologist,” she recalled. These days, the �山ǿ�� professor of sedimentary petrology is focused less on pebbles and more on plastics. But she was dismayed to discover these two materials are often fused together into technofossils, a rock-hard legacy of profligate consumerism.

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• By Chris Simon, Toronto Star, April 20, 2022

  

  �山ǿ��’s physics and astronomy department has confirmed a bright fireball observed by a network of more than a dozen all-sky cameras across southern Ontario over the weekend was likely fragments of a meteor that landed near the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe, just north of Argyle. Based on the trajectory of the object, the fireball may have been observed by some Barrie, Orillia and northern Simcoe County residents.

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• By Ben Hooper, UPI, April 20, 2022

  

  April 20 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers said an unusually bright fireball that lit up the night sky over Ontario likely left numerous meteorite fragments on the ground. The physics and astronomy department at �山ǿ�� in London, Ontario, said a network of sky cameras recorded the fireball streaking across the sky at 11:37 p.m. Sunday.

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• By Fatima Shakeel, Wonderful Engineering, April 20, 2022

  

  We are well aware of the fact that the Earth’s crust is exceptionally hot. However, it is obvious that the rocks and all the constituents inside the Earth’s crust also contain extremely hot temperatures. In a recent case, scientists discovered the hottest rock and recorded its extreme temperature as well. The rock was first discovered in 2011 by the University of �山ǿ�� Ontario.

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• By Scott Sutherland, The Weather Network, April 19, 2022

  

  This may sound like a science fiction movie pitch, but it's true: tiny visitors from outer space may have crash-landed in Central Ontario on Sunday night. At 11:37 p.m. on April 17, a bright fireball lit up the night sky just north of Toronto. As of Tuesday morning, over two dozen witnesses have reported the event to the American Meteor Society, from as far away as Ann Arbor, MI, and Albany, NY.

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• By Eric Mack, Forbes, April 19, 2022

  

  The Sunday night sky over Ontario was lit up by literal fire in the sky, which probably then dropped actual space rocks on the ground. The cause was an apparent meteor burning up in a spectacular fireball that streaked through the atmosphere before midnight. A network of all-sky cameras in the southern part of the province caught the final moments of the meteoroid from multiple angles.

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• By Sawyer Bogdan, Global News, April 19, 2022

  

  �山ǿ��’s physics and astronomy department runs an all-sky camera network that monitors the sky for meteors. On Sunday, the camera observed a bright fireball across southern Ontario at 11:37 p.m. Researchers say the video data suggests that fragments of the meteor are likely to have made it to the ground near the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe, just north of the town of Argyle.

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• By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science, April 19, 2022

  

  It's confirmed: The hottest rock ever discovered in Earth's crust really was super-hot. The rock, a fist-sized piece of black glass, was discovered in 2011 and first reported in 2017, when scientists wrote in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters that it had been formed in temperatures reaching 4,298 degrees Fahrenheit (2,370 degrees Celsius), hotter than much of the Earth's mantle.

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• By Sam Tonkin, Daily Mail, April 19, 2022

  

  The hottest rock ever recorded on Earth has been confirmed to have originated from a huge meteorite impact some 36 million years ago. Scientists say the fist-sized piece of black glass was formed in temperatures that reached 4,298°F (2,370°C), hotter than much of our planet's mantle. It was first discovered in 2011 in what today is Labrador, Canada, before being described by scientists in 2017 as having been heated to the hottest temperature ever known for a rock on the surface of the Earth.

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• By Adelle Loiselle, Blackburn News, April 19, 2022

  

  Astronomers at �山ǿ�� believe meteor fragments may have crashed into Earth near the town of Argyle. Around 11:37 p.m. on Sunday, a bright fireball streaked across the sky over Southern Ontario. Video evidence suggests some fragments may have survived and landed near the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe, north of Toronto.

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• By Griffin Davies, Tech Times, April 19, 2022

  

  Usually, when a fireball is spotted, most people tend to make various unproven conclusions. But, for experts, fireballs (meteorites) are essential since they can offer them new details about space. The latest fireball sighting was captured by the all-sky camera network of the �山ǿ��'s Physics and Astronomy Department.

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• By Jeff Renaud, �山ǿ�� News, April 18, 2022

  

  A bright fireball was observed by a network of all-sky cameras across southern Ontario at 11:37pm on Sunday, April 17, 2022. Analysis of the video data suggests that fragments of the meteor are likely to have made it to the ground near the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe, just north of the town of Argyle.

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• By Ashley Hyshka, CTV News London, April 18, 2022

  

  The region might currently be under a winter weather travel advisory, but late last night, there was a fireball that lit up the sky north of Toronto. According to a press release from �山ǿ��, a large fireball was observed by all-sky cameras across southern Ontario at 11:37 p.m. on Sunday. Video analysis suggests that fragments of the meteor broke off and likely made it to ground near the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe, north of Argyle, Ont.

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• By Free Press staff, London Free Press, April 18, 2022

  

  A fireball that dropped from space Sunday night may have scattered meteorites when it fell near the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe, a �山ǿ�� researcher says. “Analysis of the video data suggests that fragments of the meteor are likely to have made it to the ground . . . just north of the town of Argyle,” the university said in a news release Monday.

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• By Amanda Kooser, CNET, April 18, 2022

  

  If you ever wanted to find a chunk of meteorite, you've got a better than usual chance if you head to the eastern edge of Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada. A blazing fireball shot through the atmosphere late on Sunday, and it probably dropped some meteorites north of the town of Argyle. A network of all-sky cameras run by �山ǿ��'s physics and astronomy department caught sight of the bright meteor.

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• By Cynthia Yi, �山ǿ�� News, April 14, 2022

  

  If there was ever any doubt the 2011 discovery by a post-doctoral student was indeed the hottest rock on Earth, new findings from a �山ǿ��-led research team are putting that uncertainty to rest. Eleven years after researchers from �山ǿ�� unearthed what was then perceived as the hottest rock on Earth.

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• By Aatish Bhatia and Henry Fountain, The New York Times, April 14, 2022

  

  A new simulation gives a detailed look at a shockwave that circled the planet for days.

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• By Cheryl Santa Maria, The Weather Network, April 13, 2022

  

  Gardening season is right around the corner - and people aren't the only ones excited about that. As plants start to spring, all kinds of wildlife will visit your foliage in hopes of finding shade and snacks. Aside from the usual culprits, like squirrels and birds, the insects will arrive - and make no mistake, there will be a lot of them.

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• By Monica Young, Sky and Telescope, April 11, 2022

  

  The U.S. Department of Defense has released data on some 1,000 bright fireballs. Scientists are still debating if the data confirm an interstellar meteor. 14 Geminid fireballA fireball underwent multiple bursts during the 2012 Geminid meteor shower. Jupiter is above the meteor; Orion is at left. John Flannery Nearly 1,000 brilliant fireballs — big meteors that (mostly) burn up in Earth’s atmosphere — have hit our planet since 1988. We know this because the U.S. Department of Defense has been tracking them. For years the Department of Defense (DoD) released only basic information about these events.

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• By Karandeep Oberoi, Mobile Syrup, April 10, 2022

  

  �山ǿ�� purchases drone bases and other parts from private companies and then assembles them from scratch so they can customize automation. Researchers from �山ǿ�� in London, Ontario, are testing drones paired with Bell’s wireless 5G connectivity to perform extensive commercial and non-commercial activities.

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• Science Internship Program a Proven Win-Win for Students and Local Company

  By �山ǿ�� Science, April 08, 2022

  

  Third year Computer Science students Moneet Tiwana and Connor Haines are just two of the 100 science internships that J.D. Power/Autodata has hosted since 2005. As part of the Science Internship Program through �山ǿ�� Science’s Career Services office, Moneet and Connor are currently working full-time for 16 months with pay, gaining real-world skills as software developers.

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• By Ashley Braun, Hakai Magazine, April 07, 2022

  

  Wolves eat elk. Sharks eat fish. Hawks eat sparrows. For decades, the prevailing scientific understanding has been that predators mainly affect prey communities by, well, turning them into dinner. But a recent study offers perhaps the most complete evidence yet that predators can significantly influence prey populations without taking a single bite.

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• By Angela C. Roberts, Blog: Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative, April 06, 2022

  

  Until last week, few people knew the term aphasia. The recent announcement that the actor, Bruce Willis, has stepped back from his acting career, due to aphasia, has raised a much-needed spotlight on persons living with aphasia and their families.

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• By Angela McInnes, CBC News, April 05, 2022

  

  "To me, the most important thing that we need to put the focus on is creating walkable communities. We need to create a London which consists of 20 Wortley Villages. If you can picture that, where people can easily walk to the daily, where they meet the daily needs of their lives, to the work, to the faith communities, to their community gardens," says Gabor Sass, environmental science professor at �山ǿ��.

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• By Angela McInnes, CBC News, April 05, 2022

  

  "To me, the most important thing that we need to put the focus on is creating walkable communities. We need to create a London which consists of 20 Wortley Villages. If you can picture that, where people can easily walk to the daily, where they meet the daily needs of their lives, to the work, to the faith communities, to their community gardens," says Gabor Sass, environmental science professor at �山ǿ��.

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• By Marc Boucher, SpaceQ, April 04, 2022

  

  The Canadian Space Agency has awarded four researchers grants totalling $493,081 for four space exploration investigations. The investigators and their space exploration grants include Dr. Livio Tornabene from �山ǿ��, who is a co-investigator on the CaSSIS instrument on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.

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• By Jaden Lee-Lincoln, CTV London, April 03, 2022

  

  More than 40 people from the �山ǿ�� community participated in a clean-up Sunday near the Thames River. The group spent the day picking up trash they found on-campus and along the river into Gibbons Park.

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• By IVAN SEMENIUK, The Globe and Mail, April 03, 2022

  

  Long before grizzly bears and mountain lions roamed the wilds of northeastern British Columbia, carnivores that were best avoided in the region included the colossal relatives of modern crocodiles. Researchers inferred that much after discovering claw marks made about 97 million years ago by the fearsome reptiles, who raked the muddy bottom of a shallow waterway with their claws.

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• By Catherine Clifford, CNBC, April 03, 2022

  

  There is no permanent nuclear waste depository in the United States. Instead, nuclear waste is stored in dry casks at the locations of currently operating and former nuclear power plants around the country. Deep Isolation, a start-up founded by a daughter-father team in Berkeley, California, is aiming to change that.

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• By Reta Ismail, CTV News London, March 31, 2022

  

  A group of students studying marine biology at �山ǿ�� took a deep-dive into the ocean today – learning about ocean ecosystems virtually. “What you are going to go through, is mimicked off of real life,” said Marine Ecology Assistant Professor Paul Mensink as he prepared his class to swim with one of the world’s most vulnerable species – the planets second largest shark – the basking.

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• By Cheryl Santa Maria, The Weather Network, March 31, 2022

  

  You can look the other way, but that doesn't change the fact that creatures that buzz, creep, and crawl, are everywhere. Earth is home to about 10 quintillion insects. That's a 10 - followed by eighteen zeros. And this number excludes spiders, mites, and ticks, which are arachnids.

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• By Guy Plint, Charles Helm, Special to �山ǿ�� News, �山ǿ�� News, March 31, 2022

  

  Giant crocodiles once roamed northeastern British Columbia. A recently published article in Historical Biology features the first detailed trace fossil evidence ever reported of giant crocodylians. The sites are from the Peace Region of northeastern British Columbia, north of Tumbler Ridge.

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• By Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News, March 30, 2022

  

  Pluto, once considered the ninth planet in our solar system until it was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006, had been shrouded in mystery since its discovery in 1930. But thanks to NASA's ambitious New Horizons flyby in 2015, the curtain has been pulled back, and astronomers continue to reveal that Pluto is much more interesting than previously thought.

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• By Jeremy McNeil, et. al., The Globe and Mail, March 30, 2022

  

  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reminded us all again of the precariousness of peace around the world. The tragic loss of life, the separation of families, the wanton destruction of infrastructure, historic buildings, and artifacts, and the total disruption of ordinary social, political, and working life—the costs of these in Ukraine and in all conflict zones are enormous. They are devastating.

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• By Heather Rivers, London Free Press, March 25, 2022

  

  �山ǿ�� is launching its first specialization in machine learning in hopes of fostering a monumental transformation in health care over the next decade. “Data is the new oil in health and biomedical science,” said co-developer and facilitator Jörn Diedrichsen, a computer science and statistics professor who also researches movement neuroscience through �山ǿ��’s Brain and Mind Institute. “This will revolutionize health care in the next 10 years.”

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• By �山ǿ�� Communications, �山ǿ�� News, March 24, 2022

  

  �山ǿ�� students are demonstrating that solving some of the world’s most pressing issues need not just be a responsibility of governments and powerful organizations as they embark on this year’s World’s Challenge Challenge competition. “The World’s Challenge Challenge provides a unique opportunity for globally minded students to collaborate on solutions to tackle our world’s most pressing issues,” said Lise Laporte, senior director, �山ǿ�� International. “As a pitch competition focused on social entrepreneurship and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, it encourages participants to become global leaders by building skills and creating projects that are ethical, sustainable and community focused.”

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• By Scott Sutherland, The Weather Network, March 24, 2022

  

  They came from completely different parts of the sky. Still, one night apart — nearly down to the minute — two bright meteor fireballs flashed over the Prairie provinces this week. At 9:48 p.m. Central Time, on the night of Tuesday, March 22, witnessed spied a very bright meteor streaking across the sky. According to the American Meteor Society, the fireball began around 40 kilometres north of Erwood, SK, just east of Highway 9 in the eastern part of the province.

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• By Debora Van Brenk, �山ǿ�� News, March 21, 2022

  

  While artificial intelligence now guides everything from transportation to our music choices, the promise of harnessing data to inform and transform our health has more often been a matter of hope than reality. This may soon change as �山ǿ�� launches Ontario’s first interdisciplinary graduate field dedicated to machine learning in health and medicine.

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• By Debora Van Brenk, �山ǿ�� News, March 17, 2022

  

  Award recognizes careers of excellence in teaching, research, leadership. Astrophysicist Pauline Barmby has brought to Earth an understanding of how vast and distant galaxies are birthed. She is one of the most highly esteemed teaching professors in the department of physics and astronomy; and has served in administrative roles to improve the work of the department and the Science faculty.

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• By Debora Van Brenk, �山ǿ�� News, March 17, 2022

  

  Andrea Soddu’s imaging software provides neuro insights on patients with acquired brain injury. A bruised leg is relatively easy to diagnose and treat, and has a predictable recovery time; a wounded brain, much less so. Now, a �山ǿ�� physicist-turned-neuroscientist has developed unique brain-imaging software that is helping a London, Ont., law firm strengthen the case for better support for clients with concussions.

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• By Will Gater, New Scientist, March 16, 2022

  

  A space rock that exploded in the atmosphere near Iceland was only the fifth asteroid that has been observed before an impact with Earth. A small asteroid harmlessly collided with Earth on 11 March, creating an explosion in the atmosphere over the Arctic, just hours after astronomers spotted it for the first time. The space rock, named 2022 EB5, was first detected at around 7.20pm GMT at Piszkéstető Station Observatory in Hungary by Krisztián Sárneczky.

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• By Eric Mack, Forbes, March 15, 2022

  

  For just the fifth time ever, astronomers discovered a new asteroid right before it slammed into Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky first spotted the asteroid cataloged as 2022 EB5 on March 11 using the Schmidt telescope at Hungary’s Piszkéstető Observatory. The observations indicate the space rock was likely about the size of a refrigerator and that it impacted the atmosphere to the north of Iceland just a few hours later.

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• By Kaarina Stiff , National Observer, March 12, 2022

  

  The Ontario government is proposing legislative changes that would open the door to storing carbon dioxide underground in the province, but it’s unclear where the captured greenhouse gas would go. In a discussion paper released in January, the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry proposes allowing carbon dioxide storage on Crown land.

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• By Debora Van Brenk, �山ǿ�� News, March 08, 2022

  

  Last summer, we turned to some of �山ǿ��’s top researchers on viruses, health, medicine, ethics, education, equity and technology for a digital storytelling package examining some of the pandemic’s challenges and possibilities. �山ǿ�� News recently invited those researchers to look back and look forward, and answer these two questions:

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• By Keri Ferguson, �山ǿ�� News, March 03, 2022

  

  Oleksii Kocheriev longs for peace in his homeland. Oleksii thought his biggest fears in life were behind him – coming to Canada on his own at age 17 and landing an internship were among his greatest concerns – but Russia’s recent invasion of his homeland of Ukraine has brought a chilling perspective. “This is real fear,” he said. “Now I’m fearing for the lives of my family.”

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• By Richard Collins, Irish Examiner, February 24, 2022

  

  In a paper just published, Marek Allen and researchers from the University of �山ǿ�� Ontario address this question. They measured the effects of fear on a population of wild song-sparrows. These distant relatives of our own house-sparrow frequent bushes, gardens and roadside hedges throughout North America.

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• By Sedeer El-Showk, Science, February 23, 2022

  

  Onkalo—“cavity” or “pit” in Finnish—will be the world’s first permanent disposal site for high-level nuclear waste, and a triumph for Finland.

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• By Bryan Bicknell, CTV News, February 21, 2022

  

  Brendon Samuels, a PhD candidate in Biology, has designed and is distributing a new static cling decal to warn property owners that the glass windows in their buildings could be putting birds at risk, or kill them.

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• By Nathan Liewicki, CBC News, February 18, 2022

  

  Invasive beetle species will lead to the demise of ash trees in Manitoba, says biology professor Brent Sinclair.

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