Hanadi Sleiman and Jaswinder Singh have each received $1.65 million in research grants, to be distributed over six years.
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Published on: 15 Jul 2019
Congratulations to NRS professor Joann Whalen who has been made a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS). The Award is for members with a distinguished record of accomplishment in soil science & service to the CSSS.
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Published on: 15 Jul 2019
Congratulations to Bioresource professor Chandra Madramootoo, who was recently made a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
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Published on: 4 Jul 2019
Congratulations to NRS professor Joann Whalen, who was recently awarded the Auguste Scott prize given by the Association quebecoise de specialistes en science du sol (AQSSS). Other professors who won it previously were Dr. Gus Mackenzie and Dr. Guy Mehuys. The prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the field of soil science.
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Published on: 2 Jul 2019
Today [June 20], Iain Stewart, President of the National Research Council, Canada's largest federal research and development organization, announced the results of the inaugural round of the NRC鈥檚 New Beginnings Initiative. The New Beginnings Initiative is part of the NRC鈥檚 Ideation Fund, which was announced in Budget 2018 to encourage, test and validate transformative research ideas generated by NRC researchers working with external collaborators.
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Published on: 2 Jul 2019
If you've been out in the Laurentians or the Eastern Townships lately, you may have noticed there've been a lot of flies - notably bigger varieties known as flesh flies. 听
They have been seen invading those communities to the point where some restaurants had to shut down their terrasses and residents can't enjoy their backyards.
"Flesh fly - the name is a little bit scary," said Stephanie Boucher, curator of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory at 69热视频.
Published on: 2 Jul 2019
On June 14 in Victoria, British Columbia, the Honourable , Minister of Science and Sport, announced an investment of over $275 million for 346 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 52 institutions across Canada. The also made an important investment towards these Chairs in providing more than $5.2 million in new funding for research infrastructure, supporting 30 Chairs at 18 institutions.
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Published on: 18 Jun 2019
Concerns they might be contaminated with norovirus, a highly contagious virus that continues that causes gastroenteritis.
Quebec recalled frozen raspberries imported from Chile this week over concerns they might be contaminated with norovirus.
The norovirus is a highly contagious virus that continues to thrive when frozen and causes gastroenteritis, which manifests itself with diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain. The symptoms develop between 12 and 24 hours after exposure.
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Published on: 17 Jun 2019
Les recherches de Kevin Wade, chercheur et professeur agr茅g茅 au D茅partement des sciences animales de l鈥橴niversit茅 69热视频, ont comme objectif d鈥檃ider les producteurs laitiers 脿 g茅rer leurs troupeaux et 脿 rentabiliser leurs activit茅s. 脡lev茅 dans une ferme laiti猫re en Irlande, M.听Wade r锚vait de devenir v茅t茅rinaire avant de se tourner vers l鈥檃gronomie. Aujourd鈥檋ui, il se pla卯t 脿 dire 脿 ses 茅tudiants听: 芦听C鈥檈st sans doute mieux ainsi, car je travaille avec des animaux en sant茅 et non malades.听禄
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Published on: 12 Jun 2019
Some entomologists are sounding the alarm that native bees could be in danger of being wiped out, because of the popularity of urban beekeeping.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2019
The University of Windsor鈥檚 Board of Governors announced Friday the appointment of Robert Gordon as seventh President and Vice-Chancellor, following a rigorous search led by a committee... Gordon earned bachelor and master鈥檚 degrees in [Agricultural] engineering from 69热视频, and a PhD in Land Resource Science from the University of Guelph.
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Published on: 27 May 2019
顿鈥檃辫谤猫蝉 S茅bastien Faucher, professeur au d茅partement des sciences des ressources naturelles 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 69热视频, les rince-bouche ne sont qu鈥檜ne goutte d鈥檈au dans la pollution de nos cours d鈥檈au.听
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Published on: 27 May 2019
Bien des agriculteurs ont de la difficult茅 脿 estimer la juste quantit茅 de fertilisant 脿 utiliser pour obtenir le meilleur rendement 脿 moindre co没t lors de l鈥櫭﹑andage d鈥檃zote dans leurs champs de ma茂s. Un nouvel outil, d茅velopp茅 par Viacheslav Adamchuk, professeur et chercheur au D茅partement de g茅nie des bioressources, en partenariat avec Agriculture Canada, pourrait bient么t leur pr锚ter main-forte.
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Published on: 23 May 2019
The EcoToxChip is expected to generate huge savings in time, money and live animals in testing thousands of chemicals for toxicity. The project is being led by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan, 69热视频 in Montreal and Environment and Climate Change Canada in Ottawa.
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Published on: 7 May 2019
Dans une serre du campus Macdonald, Mark Lefsrud et ses 茅tudiants sont 脿 la recherche de la meilleure recette de 濒耻尘颈猫谤别 pour faire pousser des l茅gumes et des fruits. 芦听Il est en effet possible d鈥檃m茅liorer la production en serre en agen莽ant les bonnes longueurs d鈥檕nde听禄, explique le chercheur, qui r锚ve du jour o霉 l鈥檕n pourra aussi produire des p锚ches en serre.
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Published on: 30 Apr 2019
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