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Biden tells oil refiners: Produce more gas, fewer profits

Jun 17, 2022

President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on U.S. oil refiners to produce more gasoline and diesel, saying their profits have tripled during a time of war between Russia and Ukraine...

New CRISPR-based map ties every human gene to its function

Jun 17, 2022

The Human Genome Project was an ambitious initiative to sequence every piece of human DNA. “We often take all the cells where ‘gene X’ is knocked down and average them...

Helping renewable energy projects succeed in local communities

Jun 17, 2022

Chun works to unpack stakeholder relationships to help local renewable energy projects move forward. Understanding renewable energy projects at a local levelFor his main dissertation project with Susskind, Chun is...

Tumour ‘signatures’ could provide key to more accurate treatment for deadliest cancers

Jun 17, 2022

Instead, tumours are divided into broad categories of having either high or low amounts of chromosomal instability. Cancers with high levels of chromosomal instability are extremely deadly, often having survival...

Oxford to receive £7 million to turn bright ideas into global opportunities

Jun 16, 2022

Today’s news means the University has been awarded the largest amount of IAA funding in the UK, to jumpstart knowledge exchange, translation and commercialisation of research across all disciplines. Professor...

VIU students create community exhibit at Nanaimo Museum

Jun 16, 2022

The students created an exhibit sharing this research, which is on display in the Nanaimo Museum’s Community Gallery. The students noticed in particular how many street names tie Nanaimo to...

Masters’ Masterclass on solid ground

Jun 16, 2022

After winning medals of every colour at the Oceania Athletics Championships, Bree Masters now has her hopes pinned on making her first Commonwealth Games team. But only two years ago,...

Heat is on to plug energy crisis in Australia

Jun 16, 2022

According to Burke, Australia has been poorly served by a failure to introduce a stable and forward-looking climate and energy policy. Burke also argues that we could have done more...

When it comes to ADHD and ASD, the eyes could reveal all

Jun 16, 2022

16 June 2022It’s often said that ‘the eyes tell it all’, but no matter what their outward expression, the eyes may also be able to signal neurodevelopmental disorders such as...

NYU Silver School Launches Fentanyl-involved Overdose Prevention Initiative in the Bronx

Jun 16, 2022

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50-100 times stronger than morphine, is driving the current wave of overdose deaths. The project is also providing training on Naloxone, a medication designed...