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Seagate Real World Science Conference Delivers Real Benefits

Seagate Real World Science Conference Delivers Real Benefits

   Three hundred young people in the North West will be challenged this month to consider pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at the forthcoming Seagate Real World Science Conference.

Posted : Thu, Nov 20, 2008

Category : Technology / Industry News

Study points to potential new use for Viagra

Study points to potential new use for Viagra

   A basic science breakthrough by Queen’s researchers into regulating a single enzyme may lead to new drug therapies that will help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Posted : Wed, Aug 27, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Geologist finds clues to ancient chemistry of deep oceans

Geologist finds clues to ancient chemistry of deep oceans

   Queen’s researchers have moved another step closer to explaining changes in the chemistry of the deep oceans – and the sudden appearance of large animal fossils – more than 500 million years ago.

Posted : Thu, Jul 24, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Queen's and the City unite to bring an end to Aberdeen

Queen's and the City unite to bring an end to Aberdeen

   Queen's University and the City of Kingston are continuing to work in partnership on a multi-year plan aimed at bringing an end to the fall Aberdeen street event while at the same time making safety during the Sept. 27 Homecoming weekend a top priority.

Posted : Sat, Jun 21, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Discovery joins list of Canada's chemical breakthroughs

Discovery joins list of Canada's chemical breakthroughs

   Research into a "green" chemical method for separating oil and water, by chemistry researcher Philip Jessop and his research team is highlighted by the Chemical Institute of Canada as one of the top Canadian Chemical Discoveries of the past 100 years.

Posted : Mon, Jun 02, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Five profs win Queen's top research award

Five profs win Queen's top research award

   Five promising researchers, working in such diverse areas as the connection between pharmaceuticals and birth defects, the neural basis of eye movements and innovation in urban economies

Posted : Tue, Apr 15, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Dark matter research gets major funding boost

Dark matter research gets major funding boost

   A project aimed at discovering the nature of the universe has received $18 million in Ontario government funding.

Posted : Sun, Feb 10, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Biologists link locust comas with human migraine

Biologists link locust comas with human migraine

   The way locusts react to stress may provide an important clue to understanding what causes human migraines - and how to reduce their painful effects, says Queen's Biology professor Mel Robertson.

Posted : Sat, Feb 09, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

How does your school yard measure up?

How does your school yard measure up?

   The Kingston Chapter of The Society for Conservation Biology at Queen's is offering an exciting new program to naturalize schools in the Kingston community and raise awareness about local conservation issues.

Posted : Sat, Feb 09, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

New study focuses on eye movement

New study focuses on eye movement

   A scientist has uncovered one of the "missing links" in understanding visual signals that determine where and why we move our eyes to focus on details in our environment.

Posted : Tue, Jan 22, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

$23 million for research into dark matter and green power

$23 million for research into dark matter and green power

   Two projects, one aimed at discovering the nature of the universe and the other at creating globally superior computer systems that are highly energy efficient and environmentally friendly have received $23 million in Ontario government funding.

Posted : Mon, Jan 21, 2008

Category : Technology / Industry News

Queen's announces new Sustainable Bioeconomy Centre

Queen's announces new Sustainable Bioeconomy Centre

   The creation of a new research centre with a focus on moving society from the current fossil-fuel-based economy to the biological resources-based economy of the future was announced today.

Posted : Fri, Jan 18, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Researcher aims to improve breast cancer treatment

Researcher aims to improve breast cancer treatment

   An professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, he has recently received a three-year, $307,611 grant from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF) to support his research.

Posted : Thu, Jan 10, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Cancer researchers take top Canadian honours

Cancer researchers take top Canadian honours

   Three renowned researchers from Queen's Cancer Research Institute are inaugural winners of the National Cancer Institute of Canada's (NCIC) Diamond Jubilee Award.

Posted : Wed, Nov 28, 2007

Category : Science / Environment News

"Time-sharing" birds key to evolutionary mystery

"Time-sharing" birds key to evolutionary mystery

   Whereas most birds are sole proprietors of their nests, some tropical species "time share" together - a discovery that helps clear up a 150-year-old evolutionary mystery, says Biology professor Vicki Friesen.

Posted : Sat, Nov 17, 2007

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Second Rembrandt donated to Queen's University gallery

Second Rembrandt donated to Queen's University gallery

   The Agnes Etherington Art Centre announces the acquisition of its second painting by the celebrated 17th century Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669).

Posted : Tue, Oct 02, 2007

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Arctic heat wave stuns climate change researchers

Arctic heat wave stuns climate change researchers

   Unprecedented warm temperatures in the High Arctic this past summer were so extreme that researchers with a Queen's University-led climate change project have begun revising their forecasts.

Posted : Sat, Sep 29, 2007

Category : Science / Environment News
 
 
 
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