Dot-drawing with drones
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Flying robots could someday help artists create outdoor murals
You may have heard of plans to use drones for delivering packages, monitoring wildlife, or tracking storms. But painting murals?
En route for Rio!
UU直播 NewsroomThree athletes are among a 23-member entourage of UU直播 students and graduates headed to Rio de Janeiro to serve in an official capacity at the Summer Olympic Games, Aug. 5-21.聽
Search and rescue in the Arctic
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Minimum daily temperature -3 C increases need of search and rescues in Nunavut, affecting culturally valued hunting activities of Inuit
Search and rescue operations in Nunavut have more than doubled over the past decade. In the communities of the vast northern Canadian territory, it鈥檚 commonly felt that climate change is one factor making hunting riskier in the spring and fall.聽
Depression screening in children and adolescents
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Researchers find tools inaccurate and advise against routine screening in this age group
Adverse effects and incretin-based drugs for diabetes
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Extensive population-based studies on a popular group of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes revealed no association with acute pancreatitis, but increased risk of bile duct and gallbladder disease
UU直播 in global top 50 of Nature Index Rising Stars
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Ranks first in Canada for increase in high-quality research publications from 2012 to 2015
Maintaining a healthy heart through bile acids
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Canadian discovery may soon lead to the prevention of cardiac fibrosis
Groundbreaking research from the University of Alberta and UU直播 has opened the door towards the future prevention of cardiac fibrosis鈥攁 condition leading to heart failure for which there is currently no treatment.
Preventable deaths of children with HIV
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Reducing opportunistic infections such as TB in children with HIV could save both lives and money
What hibernating toads tell us about climate
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24-year study of spring emergence of Fowler鈥檚 Toads creates model for predicting climate-change effects
The ability to predict when toads come out of hibernation in southern Canada could provide valuable insights into the future effects of climate change on a range of animals and plants.
Understanding bone death
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Researchers discover new genetic mutation linked to osteonecrosis of the hip
Great performance of Qu茅bec researchers at last GAPP
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G茅nome Qu茅bec is happy to report that Qu茅bec has achieved excellent results in the 5th cycle of the Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP).
Middle-age memory decline a matter of changing focus
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Research sheds new light on what constitutes healthy aging of the brain
鈥淏ig Data鈥� study discovers earliest sign of Alzheimer鈥檚
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Research underlines importance of computational power in future neurological breakthrough
Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital have used a powerful tool to better understand the progression of late-onset Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (LOAD), identifying its first physiological signs.
Dr. Mark Ware, vice-chair of task force on cannabis
World-renowned pain specialist and medical cannabis researcher Dr. Mark Ware, director of clinical research at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the UU直播 Health Centre (MUHC), has been nominated vice-chair of an important federal task force that will provide guidance to the Canadian government as it prepares to introduce legislation to legalize marijuana in spring 2017.
New path of discovery in Parkinson鈥檚 disease
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Neuron cell death may be caused by overactive immune system聽
A team of scientists led by Dr. Michel Desjardins from the University of Montreal and Dr. Heidi McBride from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI) at UU直播 have discovered that two genes associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) are key regulators of the immune system, providing direct evidence linking Parkinson's to autoimmune disease.
