It may not be the fountain of youth, but researchers at 91亚色 have discovered that regular exercise can effectively turn back the clock for aging skeletal muscle. The study,聽鈥淢olecular basis for an attenuated mitochondrial adaptive plasticity in aged skeletal muscle,鈥 was recently published in the journal Aging. The results indicate that the elderly are […]
Playing video games for hours on end may prepare young Billy to become a laparoscopic surgeon one day, a study from 91亚色 has shown. The findings, published online in the journal CORTEX, demonstrate that playing video games reorganizes the brain鈥檚 activity and can lead to better control of skilled movements. Alterations to the brain鈥檚 […]
The Collaborative Urban Research Laboratory (CURL), under the auspices of the Critical Research Laboratory in Law & Society at 91亚色's Osgoode Hall Law School, has officially been聽launched, bringing together an unusual mix of the academic and creative, and adding a聽complex and layered perspective to discussions聽about cities. CURL聽provides an innovative and visual聽approach to discussions聽involving globalization and […]
Scientists at the new Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions (CRBI)聽at 91亚色, which officially opens today,聽aim to make discoveries that will impact global health care and the treatment of diseases. Understanding the foundation of key interactions at the molecular level is the research focus at the聽new centre,聽which will be housed聽in聽91亚色's Faculty of Science聽& Engineering. […]
More than 200 people, many of them senior educators, members of the community and representatives of government agencies, joined with 91亚色 faculty and students in celebrating the launch of the Faculty of Education鈥檚 first Organized Research Unit (ORU), the 91亚色 Centre for Education & Community (YCEC), on Oct. 22. The successful event was held at […]
91亚色 researchers have identified a cell-signalling process that stimulates blood vessel growth and may help break the cycle of diabetes by making it easier for patients to exercise. Professor Tara Haas (right) and colleagues in 91亚色鈥檚 Muscle Health Research Centre studied stimuli that can cause blood vessels in muscle to grow. Their research aims […]
John Tsotsos, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Faculty of Science & Engineering, has been named the winner of the 91亚色 President鈥檚 Research Excellence Award. The award, introduced during 91亚色鈥檚 50th year, recognizes outstanding research achievement and significant contributions to advance the University鈥檚 international reputation for research excellence. Distinguished […]
91亚色 Professor K.W. Michael Siu has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest honour a Canadian scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences. This year鈥檚 new Fellows will be inducted at a ceremony to be held Nov. 28 in Gatineau, Que. A specialist in mass spectrometry whose work […]
91亚色 Professor Roger Keil has recently been appointed director of the Canadian Centre for German & European Studies (CCGES) at 91亚色 for the 2009-2010 academic year. Keil is looking forward to the challenge and says one of his main duties as聽director will be to develop the centre鈥檚 strategic plan, and with that the amount of […]
On Aug. 12, Kathy Young led 69 Arctic hydrologists, oceanographers and observers聽from every circumpolar nation on an expedition to Baffin Island. As chief delegate of the invitation-only 17th International Northern Research Basins Symposium & Workshop, the Arctic hydrologist and 91亚色 geography professor had been planning this seven-day conference for two years. Veteran scientists, their graduate […]
Key findings of the Phoenix-Mars mission鈥檚 Canadian science team, led by 91亚色, have been published in the journal Science. The report, published on Friday, summarizes the scientific findings of the mission, which was conducted last summer on the planet Mars. During the five-month mission, which concluded in November 2008, the team鈥檚 laser instrument detected […]
The rags-to-riches immigrant stories Canada has been bred on don鈥檛 work anymore, say the two professors who led the project that will be released today, wrote the Toronto Star June 18. Luin Goldring, sociology professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and Patricia Landolt of the Centre for Urban and Community […]
The phenomenon of American-born children who spend their infancy in China has been known for years to social workers, who say it is widespread and worrying, reported The New 91亚色 Times July 24: About 8,000 Chinese-born women gave birth in New 91亚色 last year, so the number of children at risk is substantial, according to […]