Science Canada: 11/12/10

Friday, November 12, 2010

UNESCO Science Report 2010

The Current Status of Science around the World
Nov 10, 2010
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/science-technology/prospective-studies/unesco-science-report/unesco-science-report-2010/

Communicating research for evidence-based policymaking

A practical guide for researchers in socio-economic sciences and humanities
Nov 4, 2010
European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/guide-communicating-research_en.pdf

Teens don't think scientists are cool: survey

Nov 9, 2010
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/11/09/16048056.html

Everybody keeps talking about innovation

Canada's inefficiencies might have more to do with the nature of the economy than how the government hands out funding
Nov 3, 2010
Jacob Serebrin
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/11/03/everybody-keeps-talking-about-innovation/

Productivity: Governor General says private sector should invest more in research and development
Nov 10, 2010
BRETT BUNDALE
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1301392

Science is suddenly sexy

Nov 10, 2010
Darah Hansen
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/workplace/archive/2010/11/10/science-is-suddenly-sexy.aspx

Global science: Climbing Mount Publishable

The old scientific powers are starting to lose their grip
Nov 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17460678

Research and development: USA, Europe and Japan increasingly challenged by emerging countries, says a UNESCO report

While the USA, Europe and Japan may still be leading the global research and development (R&D) effort, they are increasingly being challenged by emerging countries, especially China. This is one of the findings of the 2010 UNESCO Science Report, launched at the Organization’s headquarters on 10 November, World Science Day.
Nov 10, 2010
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/research_and_development_usa_europe_and_japan_increasingly_challenged_by_emerging_countries_says_a_unesco_report/

Brain gain

Top scientists make Canada home, thanks to federal program
Nov 8, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=64550514-2312-4665-a3cd-4cd46ece227b

Universities give grudging recognition to Maclean's rankings

Nov 11, 2010
Mark Iype
Postmedia News
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Universities+give+grudging+recognition+Maclean+rankings/3811305/story.html

Measuring excellence

Maclean's has spent 20 years gathering the best numerical data to compare the quality of Canadian schools. It isn't easy. Here's how we do it.
Nov 11, 2010
Mary Dwyer
Maclean's
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/11/11/measuring-excellence/

University senate – is it still useful?

Faculty and administrators hold lively discussion at international conference on higher ed governance
Nov 8, 2010
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/university-senate-is-it-still-useful.aspx

15 presidents make their way to India

Find out why India is on the minds of those who work at Canada’s universities
Nov 8, 2010
Tara Fraser
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/15-presidents-make-their-way-to-India.aspx

Ottawa scientists lands $100,000 Gates Foundation grant to develop contraceptive that prevents STD transmission

Nov 9, 2010
Catherine Lawson
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Ottawa+scientists+lands+Gates+grant+develop+contraceptive+that+blocks/3801787/story.html

Asian students suffering for success

Nov 10, 2010
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/article/888368--asian-students-being-forced-into-university-maclean-s

Dr. Jean L. Rouleau appointed scientific director of CIHR's Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health

Nov 12, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/12/c3714.html

All food production affects the environment

Closed-containment salmon farms not the panacea they are said to be
Nov 12, 2010
Mary Ellen Walling
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/food+production+affects+environment/3816388/story.html

Think again on labels

Nov 12, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/889569--think-again-on-labels

'Mega-quake' would likely spare B.C., study says

But the resulting tsunami could slam a wall of water into our coast
Nov 12, 2010
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Mega+quake+would+likely+spare+study+says/3816471/story.html

Space telescope $1.5B over budget

Nov 12, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/12/space-telescope-overbudget.html

Generic drugs not the same: experts

Nov 11, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Generic+drugs+same+experts/3816000/story.html

GE to buy 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015

Nov 11, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/11/generalelectric-electric-vehicles.html

Plastic waste polluting Manitoba lakes

Nov 11, 2010
Mychaylo Prystupa
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/11/man-f-plastic-pollution.html

Mutant mosquitoes released in dengue fight

Nov 11, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/11/mutant-mosquitos-release-denguefever.html

Dark matter hunt deepens at Ont. mine

Nov 11, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/10/dark-matter-snolab-collar.html

Too soon to ban bisphenol A, WHO says

Nov 11, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/11/11/too-soon-to-ban-bisphenol-a-who-says/

Science starting to prove Canada better get its fish farms on land, quickly

Nov 10, 2010
D.C. Reid
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Science+starting+prove+Canada+better+fish+farms+land+quickly/3805426/story.html

NDM-1 superbug cases jump to 8 in Canada

Nov 10, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/11/10/superbug-ndm-1-canada.html

Pollution-tracking website can pinpoint trouble spots

Nov 10, 2010
Hanneke Brooymans
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Pollution+tracking+website+pinpoint+trouble+spots/3809872/story.html

As Canada drops new cigarette warnings, U.S. moves ahead

Nov 10, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/11/10/as-canada-drops-new-cigarette-warnings-us-moves-ahead/

Labrador caribou count plummets

Nov 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/10/george-river-caribou-population-110.html

Sunburned whales linked to ozone depletion

Nov 10, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/10/science-whale-sunburn-ozone-layer.html

Tick-fighting study underway in N.S.

Aimed at curbing Lyme disease
Nov 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/10/ns-deer-bait-tick-study-lyme-disease.html

Invasive tunicate targeted by new test

Nov 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/pei-invasive-tunicate-test-584.html

Canada Targets Illegal Fishing in North Pacific Ocean

Nov 10, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Targets-Illegal-Fishing-in-North-Pacific-Ocean-1351284.htm

Quebec MDs warn against controversial MS treatment

Nov 9, 2010
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/quebec-mds-warn-against-controversial-ms-treatment/article1792585/

Forgo MS vein-opening clinics: Que. doctors

Nov 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/11/09/multiple-sclerosis-quebec-treatment.html

Energy plan needs trillion$

Nov 9, 2010
Paul Luke
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Energy+plan+needs+trillion/3798366/story.html

Ottawa too slow on new tobacco warnings, CMA

Nov 9, 2010
Amy Minsky
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Ottawa+slow+tobacco+warnings/3799420/story.html

Pan-Canadian strategy being developed to tackle mental health in prisons

Jurisdiction wrangling often leaves prisoners with mental problems feeling trapped and without access to mental health services
Nov 9, 2010
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/9nov10-pan-canadian-strategy-being-developed-to-tackle-mental-health-in-prisons.dtl

Check homes for radon gas, urge health groups

Nov 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20101109/radon-gas-health-101109/

Fish-farm sea lice more widespread than thought

Nov 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/science-salmon-sea-lice-fish-farm.html

BP rushed doomed well: panel chair

Former BP chief says the company wasn't ready for oil spill crisis
Nov 9, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/world-tony-hayward-bp-plc.html

Rising temperatures threaten wind energy: study

Nov 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/science-wind-climate-change-temperatures.html

Alberta carbon capture bill in controversy

Nov 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/alberta-carbon-capture-bill-taxpayers.html

Energy price spike looms, agency says

International Energy Agency says governments are unprepared for rise in demand
Nov 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/iea-world-energy-report.html

Lakes, rivers at risk due to knowledge gaps

Nov 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/water-knowledge-gaps.html

Bird beak deformities show big rise: study

Nov 9, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/science-bird-beaks-deformed.html

Let them eat broccoli!

Sorry, campaigners, the fight against obesity is doomed
Nov 9, 2010
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/let-them-eat-broccoli/article1790640/

Lung cancer in smokers may be different from lung cancer in nonsmokers: Vancouver study

Nov 9, 2010
PAMELA FAYERMAN
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Lung+cancer+smokers+different+from+lung+cancer+nonsmokers+Vancouver+study/3802627/story.html

Illegal bird sales see 3 N.L. men fined

Nov 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/11/09/nl-illegal-turr-1109.html

New lab dedicated to food safety

Nov 9, 2010
Rob O’Flanagan
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/718157

Canada's hallowed halls are open for business, India told

Nov 9, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+hallowed+halls+open+business+India+told/3802259/story.html

New Solar Panel Assembly Plant To Be Built In Hamilton

Joint Venture With Chinese Company Creating Up To 300 Jobs
Nov 9, 2010
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2010/11/new-solar-panel-assembly-plant-to-be-built-in-hamilton.html

Promoting Sustainable Development in Far North

McGuinty Government And First Nations Reach Important Milestone
Nov 9, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
http://news.ontario.ca/mnr/en/2010/11/promoting-sustainable-development-in-far-north.html

Canadian universities invest in India

Canadian university presidents announce over $4 million investment in India-specific initiatives
Nov 9, 2010
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/09/c2482.html