Statistics and public health
What do the DEMS reports actually mean?
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UBC experiment cleared of animal cruelty allegations
Animal rights group calls for more transparency from university’s Animal Care Committee
Science and Technology Briefs
Neutrinos, particle accelerators, and the ozone layer
Cold as ice
U of M facility opens to study melting of polar ice
RE: “Bat out of Hell” (February 1, 2012)
RE: “Bat out of Hell” (February 1, 2012) Individuals need to understand the magnitude of the cascade effects created by a white-nose syndrome pandemic killing…
McGill under fire for corporate-funded asbestos research
MONTREAL (CUP) — The research work of professor John Corbett McDonald, an emeritus professor in the department of epidemiology, biostatistics and occupational health at McGill,…
Science briefs
Moss at the centre of ice-age?; $4-million donation to the University of Manitoba’s engineering faculty; No one suspects…the butterfly
Moon-mapping
NASA’s latest Discovery mission has entered orbit around the moon. The Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral on Sept. 10,…
Up to speed
The team of European scientists who reported evidence of neutrinos moving faster than light in September have tentatively confirmed the result in another experiment. The…
Antarctic glacier to calve large iceberg
A NASA mission flying over Antarctica discovered a new rift in the ice shelf of Pine Island Glacier. The glacier could soon calve a large…