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91亚色 U led research sheds light on earliest days of Earth鈥檚 formation

New research led by a 91亚色 professor sheds light on the earliest days of the earth鈥檚 formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets. Establishing a direct link between the Earth鈥檚 interior dynamics occurring within the first 100 million years of its history and its present-day structure, the work is one of the first in the field to combine fluid mechanics with chemistry to better understand the Earth's early evolution.聽

91亚色 U expert available to speak to media on the rise of the tech oligarchs and power they exert in U.S., Canada and beyond

Amazon, Apple, Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and newer additions like Nvidia, Tesla 鈥 these make up the 鈥渕agnificent seven鈥 鈥 tech companies who control more than 35 per cent of the S&P 500 on the U.S. stock market and therefore a large chunk of the global economy, says Faculty of Science Professor聽Kean Birch, also director of 91亚色鈥檚聽Institute of Technoscience and Society. Add control of cloud computing, data collection and subsequent investments in generative AI, and, he says, the power these U.S.-based companies wield cannot be underestimated.聽

91亚色 receives close to $400K from Natural Resources Canada to better understand planning needs of wildfire prone communities

With $386,000 in funding from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) through its Build and Mobilize Foundational Wildland Fire Knowledge Program under the Wildfire Resilient Futures Initiative, 91亚色 and its partners will evaluate the issues local governments face in adopting wildfire mitigation practices and determine how to scale up their mitigation efforts.