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New biomarker tool designed to improve astronaut health may be useful to earthlings
The Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) includes samples from space missions, providing insight into short and long-term health impacts of spacefligh…
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Sugar-coating quantum systems to harvest science
Researchers develop method to confine light inside an organic material to form a hybrid quantum state, creating new physical and chemical properties.
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President’s Statement to the Senate on June 10, 2024
The president made the following statement to the Senate on June 10, 2024 :
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uOttawa launches groundbreaking MA in Psychedelics & Consciousness Studies
First of its kind in Canada, program to advance research in therapeutic potential of psychedelics
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Early life exposure to weed pollen could increase childhood asthma risk: study
Urban green spaces may be harmful despite tree cover providing some protection
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University of Ottawa Media event calendar - 2024
Here are highlights of the events taking place at the University of Ottawa:
ALUMNI
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Jun 3
2024 Awards of Excellence: Celebrating uOttawa’s exceptional alumni
Every year, the uOttawa community gathers to celebrate outstanding alumni. With six awards recognizing alumni achievement and contribution to the alum…
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Jun 12
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Jun 13
Competition Policy in the 21st Century: Charting a Path Forward for Canada
The event will bring together a broad cross-section of experts and stakeholders from academia, government, policy think tanks, advocacy groups and the…
The Conversation
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Historic amendments to the WHO’s International Health Regulations create a path…
On June 1, in the nail-biting final hours of the annual World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva, states agreed to a robust package of amendments to the World Health Organization’s 2005 International Health Regulations, writes Roojin Habibi, Assistant Professor of Law.
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Poilievre’s suggestion that businesses should lobby the people, not government,…
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre recently stated in an opinion piece that he’ll only listen to the policy positions of Canadian businesses if they’re favourable to the “workers, consumers and retirees” he meets at rallies, town halls and during door-to-door canvassing, writes Patrick Leblond, CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy.
The Conversation
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Ignoring reason and evidence: Why new breast cancer guidelines advising against…
The decision to not endorse breast cancer screening for young women is perplexing and dangerous, given that early detection is critical in the fight against breast cancer write several professors from the Faculty of Medicine.
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