4th August 2011 Toronto, Canada
July in Canadian science
July’s SIN newsletter, covering science and technology news in Canada, is out! Click here to download the PDF version. If you would like to be added to the mailing list and receive it automatically in your inbox, leave a comment below or send us an e-mail.
This is John Preece assisting Nicole Arbour on the SIN newsletter and blog. Some highlights from July’s news are:
MaRS set to double capacity by autumn 2013 to create Canada’s largest innovation hub | MaRS Discovery District, Toronto’s world-leading innovation incubator, will double in size by the end of 2013. The District has already produced spectacular results in clean technologies and the life sciences, and this expansion can only accelerate things.
McEwen Centre researchers track down cell that gives rise to all blood cells | After a 20-year search, hematopoietic stem cells (the cells that can make all types of blood cells) have been isolated and studied. This could lead to novel blood-regenerating treatments for leukaemia and other blood disorders.
Edmonton leads North American nanoimaging with new transmission electron microscopes | An international collaboration between Japan and Canada adds three world-leading electron microscopes to the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT). Expect small things to come of this.
The “nursery effect”: Genetically identical trees fare differently if raised in different environments | In the first study of its kind, researchers demonstrate that genetically identical trees react to drought conditions differently if they were raised in different environments.
Forests absorb a third of world’s CO2 emissions, deforestation undoes it | Federal government researchers discover that the world’s forests absorb about a third of annual CO2 emissions, and that deforestation puts about half of that back into the atmosphere.
Genetic research confirms that non-Africans are part Neanderthal | Researchers discover that some of the human X chromosome originated with Neanderthals, and is found only in people living outside of Africa.
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