Talk with your hands? You might think with them too!
How do we understand words? Scientists don’t fully understand what happens when a word pops into your brain. A research group led by Professor Shogo...
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The Lancet: New report details “massive global failures” of COVID-19 response, calls for improved multilateral cooperation to end pandemic and effectively manage future global health threats
Peer-reviewed/ Review, Opinion and Analysis/ PeopleCredit: The Lancet Peer-reviewed/ Review, Opinion and Analysis/ People New Lancet Commission critically considers the global response to the first...
Using artificial intelligence to improve tuberculosis treatments
Imagine you have 20 new compounds that have shown some effectiveness in treating a disease like tuberculosis (TB), which affects 10 million people worldwide and...
First-in-Canada MOU between university of Ottawa and College of Family Physicians of Canada to advance global training and research
A new, first-in-Canada MOU between the Faculty of Medicine and the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) reinforces the Faculty’s commitment to social accountability,...
University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine team reveals underpinnings of how motor memory forms
When you are first learning how to ride a bicycle or play a musical instrument, your physical movements are uncoordinated at best. But with time...
Europlanet Science Congress 2022 – Final media invitation and details of media briefings
The 2022 Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) will take place at the Palacio de Congresos de Granada, Spain, from 18-23 September 2022. The meeting this year will take...
Better screening could predict and prevent sudden cardiac death in young people
Nearly nine in ten cases of sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in young people are preceded by symptoms, ECG abnormalities or...
Real time reporting of racial discrimination is associated with salivary cortisol changes in Black adults, on both the same day and the next day, illuminating the stress response to microaggressions over time
Real time reporting of racial discrimination is associated with salivary cortisol changes in Black adults, on both the same day and the next day, illuminating...
International study led by Singapore scientists discovers bacteria previously thought harmless can worsen existing lung disease
A team of international scientists led by the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has discovered that Neisseria - a genus of bacteria that lives...
Contrast-enhanced in-phase Dixon sequence impacts biopsy clip detection on breast MRI
Leesburg, VA, September 14, 2022—According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), the contrast-enhanced in-phase Dixon sequence could reduce the need for correlation among other...
It’s a planet: new evidence of baby planet in the making
Cambridge, Mass. – Astronomers agree that planets are born in protoplanetary disks — rings of dust and gas that surround young, newborn stars. While hundreds...
Beyond weight loss: Improvements in pain, mobility persist long after bariatric surgery
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2022 – Improvements in pain, physical function and work productivity largely endure for at least seven years after bariatric surgery, despite some...
From Pandemic to Insurrection
Michael P. McDonald's new book From Pandemic to Insurrection: Voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election has recently been published by De Gruyter. McDonald, Professor...
Modeling antimicrobial use and resistance in Canadian turkey flocks
Antimicrobial resistance in gut bacteria is constantly being detected on poultry farms and in poultry retail products worldwide, including in turkey flocks. Concerningly, surveillance information...
Soybean virus may give plant-munching bugs a boost in survival
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Most viral infections negatively affect an organism’s health, but one plant virus in particular — soybean vein necrosis orthotospovirus, often referred...
