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Five things you need to know about Green Hydrogen

Feb 14, 2022

Green Hydrogen is the name given to the production of hydrogen when it is extracted from water via electrolysis using renewable energy. Here, the HySupply team helps to explain everything...

Vital Signs: small businesses need help through shadow lockdowns

Feb 14, 2022

For many small businesses the past month has been the most difficult period of the pandemic. For many small business owners, the past month has felt like the most difficult...

National parks are not enough – we need landholders to protect threatened species on their property

Feb 14, 2022

Threatened species don’t just live in national parks. By contrast, leasehold land – largely inland cattle grazing properties – covers a whopping 38 per cent of the continent but overlaps...

New scholarship program supports Black Canadian students at UBC

Feb 14, 2022

A new scholarship program is providing both financial and institutional support for Black Canadian students at the University of British Columbia. The Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program is a first-of-its-kind initiative...

Is an armed conflict imminent?

Feb 14, 2022

“No one knows exactly what Russia’s aims are,” said Wood, who is also author of “Roots of Russia’s War in Ukraine,” a 2016 book on the subject. And Saivetz agreed...

How do we effectively teach sexual consent?

Feb 14, 2022

Dr Allie Carter said sexual consent education programs should be sex-positive – meaning discussions should be open, honest, and non-judgmental. By conducting a systemic review of studies examining sexual consent...

Covid deaths highest in a year as omicron targets the unvaccinated and elderly

Feb 10, 2022

Omicron has been particularly lethal to people over 75, the unvaccinated and the medically vulnerable, according to doctors and public health officials. “Omicron may be less severe for younger people,...

WHO laments 'tragic' 500,000 COVID-19 death toll since Omicron

Feb 10, 2022

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe World Health Organization (WHO) lamented Tuesday that half a million COVID-19 deaths had been recorded since the Omicron variant was discovered, calling the toll "beyond tragic"....

Construction contract awarded for new semiconductor facility at MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Feb 10, 2022

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded a contract to Gilbane-Exyte Joint Venture to build the Compound Semiconductor Laboratory – Microsystem Integration Facility (CSL-MIF) at MIT Lincoln Laboratory....

R links sound and touch across languages

Feb 9, 2022

R links sound and touch across languages Q&AsTurns out, some words are more tactile than you might expect. This trilled ‘r’ pattern is more intriguing in that it’s an example...