Reading Time: 5 minutesThe industry is looking to expand whale detection capability outwards, Hodul is in the process of developing the system for detecting whales and then the policymakers are going to use the tool to be able to reroute ships and fishing gear.
Reading Time: 5 minutesTo better understand the effects nanoplastics and other contaminants like flame retardants may exhibit on either the environment or the living organisms that inhabit it, the fulcrum spoke with U of O professor Jan Mennigen
Reading Time: 2 minutesThey’re invisible to our naked eyes and are birthed in the bellies of demons (humans, cows and pigs mainly) and require hellish conditions to thrive (environments free of oxygen). What could they be? Methanogens of course!
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith midterms rapidly approaching, it’s not too late for you to reach out for some additional academic help.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“The mission of soapbox is twofold. It’s to promote the work that they’re doing, but to also let folks know, young and old that they can get into STEM – it’s not specific to a gender and really everybody can love and do wonderful science.”
Reading Time: 5 minutesHow are amphibious centipedes able to walk and swim? How are they able to coordinate their bodies as they transition from land to water or vice-versa?
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith the help from Katy Milkman’s book, the Fulcrum has summarised some of the key points on how effective science-based strategies help us make lasting changes in our lives.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAre you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread before or during your studies? Have you or any of your family ever seen a math-anxious student? If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, don’t wait another minute: pick up the phone and call the professionals.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf you’ve noticed a charge from either the student science association (SSA) or the engineering students society (ESS) appear on your statement of account, consider it the mark of any STEM student here at uOttawa. If you’re like me, and are wondering who, what, where and why – look no further.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s that special time of year where we convince ourselves that we’ll hit every single deadline, stay on top of our schedules, and ace all ours midterms/exams.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe researchers observed improvement in cardiac function and electrical signal conduction in the mice that were given the spray, and the results were able to be replicated in repeated experiments.
Reading Time: 4 minutesRainbow trout pairing provides an ideal model to measure protein and glucose metabolism as well as the stress response itself.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“We recognize that all people should be afforded equal access to medical equipment to ensure they can live with the best quality of life possible, irrespective of their background or socioeconomic status,”said Emma Grigor.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe bison have been experiencing a change in their habitat, the shallow lakes whose shores they depend on for their nutrition have been expanding, making the habitat unfit for the Mackenzie herd.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere’s a causal mechanism happening during hibernation which would result in faster ageing occurring at the DNA level during active periods and a plateau or slower ageing during the hibernating months.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“If all of the smokers in the world stopped smoking, it would have the same effect as everywhere in the world having the same particulate concentration levels as we have here in Canada,” said U of O professor Rick Burnett.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“More toxic doesn’t mean the other one’s not toxic. So at environmental levels, the chemicals in the Alberta oil sands would cause similar problems. These are not safe chemicals by any imagination. They’re just less toxic than the other ones,” said U of O professor Vance Trudeau.
Reading Time: 4 minutesScientific illustration work truly excites Julius Csotonyi and Juliana Spahr, and gives them the space to wholeheartedly love what they do.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“I’m not sure there’s such a thing as always adaptive and always maladaptive emotion regulation strategies. And I think that’s probably too simplistic or reductive, right. We need to be picking what works in the moment,” said U of O researcher Allison Ouimet.
Reading Time: 5 minutesResearcher Sebastian Echeverri describes their courtship as a musical show which includes both a song and dance that are coordinated together. Like any good show, they build tension throughout and leave the best performance for last.
Reading Time: 4 minutesRove beetles happen to be the largest group of animals that exist however, they remain as one the most understudied.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis finding disrupts any preconceived notions that Pleistocene wolves were located at bottom of the carnivore levels.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“These species have inherent value on their own, what is the right of us to wipe out a species from the face of the planet? You know, call me a softy. But I don’t think we do have that right to extinguish a species just because someone will make a buck from it,” said conservation biologist Cory Toth.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAt its core, TSOS is a student-led podcast which has covered topics about life in space, student experiences in the space industry, and interviews from industry experts. It’s components include individuals involved in research, editors, marketing and of course its hosts
Reading Time: 3 minutes“You have to invest in yourself and your dreams. I bet on myself and turned down a good job and decided to do my PhD in a field I was studying. We have to make those kinds of decisions, my advice is to go for it. If you have a dream you have to put your heart into it,” said Farah Alibay, a current NASA engineer
