Erasure of negative memories one step closer to reality
Scientists have known for some time that a memory is stored in the brain through changes in the strength of particular synapses, the structures that pass signals between neurons. However, how the change in strength persisted remained a mystery. Solving this mystery has important implications for remedying neurological and psychological disorders.
Biofilms鈥攖he eradication has begun
Canadian scientists take a step forward in the fight against microbial armour鈥�. Read more here.
$3 million for research to help farmers cut greenhouse gas emissions
Two UU直播 research projects aimed at helping farmers mitigate greenhouse gas emissions will receive nearly $3 million in funding from the Government of Canada, federal officials announced.聽
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Jean-Claude Poissant, and Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis, made the announcement today at UU直播鈥檚 Macdonald Campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que.
A more sustainable way to refine metals
A team of chemists in Canada has developed a way to process metals without using toxic solvents and reagents.
We鈥檙e on the brink of mass extinction 鈥� but there鈥檚 still time to pull back
Brain area involved in addiction activated earlier than previously thought in recreational cocaine users
Even among non-dependent cocaine users, cues associated with consumption of the drug lead to dopamine release in an area of the brain thought to promote compulsive use, according to researchers at UU直播.
The findings, published in Scientific Reports, suggest that people who consider themselves recreational users could be further along the road to addiction than they might have realized.
Teaching practices could play an important role in preventing bullying
Classrooms that encourage competition between students may inadvertently be creating settings where bullying is more likely to take place. That鈥檚 one of the conclusions that can be drawn from work led by UU直播 researchers Maria Di Stasio and Robert Savage, who recently published a paper on the subject in the Journal of Adolescence. But it鈥檚 only part of the story.
Diabetes drug may help symptoms of autism-associated condition
Metformin, the most widely used drug to treat type聽2 diabetes, could potentially be used to treat symptoms of Fragile X syndrome, an inherited form of intellectual disability and a cause of some forms of autism.
A new study led by researchers at UU直播, the University of Edinburgh and Universit茅 de Montr茅al has found that metformin improves social, behavioural and morphological defects in Fragile X mice.
UU直播 set to become world leader in retail management education thanks to a $25-million gift from the Bensadoun Family Foundation
Retail icon and philanthropist聽Aldo Bensadoun has stepped forward with a visionary gift to his alma mater, UU直播, aimed at creating new knowledge and developing leaders for the rapidly changing retail industry.
Protecting life鈥檚 tangled ecological webs
Ecosystems are a complex web of interactions. These ecological networks are being reorganized by extinctions and colonization events caused by human impacts, such as climate change and habitat destruction. In a paper published this week in Nature Ecology &聽Evolution, researchers from UU直播 and University of British Columbia have developed a new theory to understand how complex ecological networks will reorganize in the future.
Faculty of Engineering Dean Nicell elected vice chair of NCDEAS
The National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science | Conseil canadien des doyens d'ing茅nierie et des sciences appliqu茅es (NCDEAS鈹侰CDISA) met on April 29, 2017 for its biennial meeting in Ottawa.[UPDATED] Flooding update: Classes will resume on Tuesday, May 9
[UPDATE - Monday 3:30 pm]
Day and evening summer classes and exams will resume on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at both UU直播鈥檚 Macdonald Campus and its downtown campus.
Some employees and some students may still be dealing with flooding issues, so we ask supervisors and instructors for their continued understanding.
The University will send updates as required.
New theory on how Earth鈥檚 crust was created
More than 90% of Earth鈥檚 continental crust is made up of silica-rich minerals, such as feldspar and quartz. But where did this silica-enriched material come from? And could it provide a clue in the search for life on other planets?
