Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Canada, not every woman benefits equally from early detection, life-saving treatment, or recovery. Breast cancer doesn’t discriminate, but our systems sometimes do.
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Reading Time: 4 minutesAlthough the burden on the healthcare system is not new, many hospitals are turning to healthcare analytics to find answers as they struggle with rising demand and constrained resources.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEver wondered what’s really going on inside your head, quite literally? Or why your spine is the backbone (pun intended) of everything you do? Yale’s Anatomy of the Head and Spine on Coursera is here to crack open the mysteries of the human body.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Rachel Toles, a prominent clinical and forensic psychologist, invited us into the psychology of those who commit heinous acts, explaining what might drive ordinary individuals toward extraordinary darkness.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTargeting mitochondrial dynamics—the ways that mitochondria alter their structure within cells—could be crucial in stopping the development of cancer, according to research by Dr. Julie St-Pierre and her colleagues.
Reading Time: 3 minutes These bio-innovators are growing Ozempic in plants. This group of individuals in synthetic biology isn’t just playing around in the lab; rather, they are changing the way we approach medicine, research, and even space exploration.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a groundbreaking study spanning over two decades, a research team led by U of O faculty has reconstructed the history of the Thule people — the ancestors of modern-day Inuit people — and revised the timeline of human occupation of the Arctic.
Reading Time: 6 minutesOn April 8, residents of south-eastern Canada and much of the United States will have the opportunity to experience a total solar eclipse.
Reading Time: 6 minutesTo quote Patrik Svensson, a fellow eel enthusiast, “it was as though the eel[s] were refusing to let anyone else control its creation. As though its existence was its own business.”
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Sleep deprivation already changes something even before you realize that,” said U of O Professor Zhou Fang.
Reading Time: 4 minutesRising from the club graveyard, revitalised and full of life is the U of O club known as iGEM. In 2019, the club achieved a gold medal at a rather prestigious international competition. Eager to get back to their former glory, the Fulcrum sat down with senior team members of iGEM uOttawa to discuss in more detail.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Fulcrum spoke with U of O psychology professor Joseph De Koninck from the Brain and Mind Research Institute, to better understand the role dreams play and how we can better comprehend their meaning.
Reading Time: 4 minutesYale University is offering a free course called the science of well-being taught by professor of psychology Laurie Santos, host of a well-known podcast The Happiness Lab.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStargazing can be one of the most fulfilling hobbies around, however, it can be difficult to know which places are best.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We all love science. Let’s not be separate anymore,” said Bioconnect club co-vice president Jessie Pearce.
Reading Time: 4 minutesour centuries long study of the cosmos… has left us humbled yet exhilarated
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I want to see a future where Indigenous students feel like they are welcome and are an integral part of our research programmes. I want to see Indigenous students feeling that they have an equal chance to succeed in their degree, I want to see Indigenous students getting meaningful careers, ” said PhD student Connor Bourgonje.
Reading Time: 5 minutes“Conventional panels have historically been deployed for the last 30 years. However, recently there has been more and more interest in bifacial technologies due to its gaining traction in the market. ” said U of O researcher Erin Tonita.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAlthough there are valid reasons to believe our gut has an influence on our mood because it’s at the centre of our physiology, nervous system, and hormones, a word of caution might be needed.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEver wondered what’s going on inside the mind of a biomech student? You’re in luck!
Reading Time: 4 minutesA study led by U of O professor Odette Laneuville (PhD) suggests that astronauts have a weakened immune system while in the extreme conditions of space.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa-Vanier MP Mona Fortier announced the awarding of a $109 million grant for the University of Ottawa’s new Brain-Heart Interconnectome research project, one of the largest awarded grants in the University’s history.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“No phrase, no matter how convenient, should be allowed to distract us from the complexity of the behaviour that it denotes,” says Author Mark Blumberg
Reading Time: 4 minutesLet’s get this out of the way quickly – it’s likely you’re not studying as effectively as you could be according to science
Reading Time: 6 minutesDr. Clifford Cassidy a professor in the faculty of medicine at the University of Ottawa in addition to being a member at the Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research. He’s interested in neuroimaging methods to understand brain mechanisms of psychopathology, which broadly refers to the study of mental disorders.
The Fulcrum sat down with Dr. Cassidy to discuss his 2022 study recently published in neuropharmacology in more detail.
