As more people move to urban areas, cities around the world are experiencing increased water stress and looking for additional water supplies to support their continued grow.

Classified as: water, cities, Gleeson, global database, Grill, groundwater, Lehner, Nature Conservancy, sources, water-stressed, watershed
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Published on: 3 Jun 2014

Risk analysis finds savings for homeowners and local governments of excluding invasive pests like the emerald ash borer outweigh added cost to imported goods

Classified as: invasive species, beetles, brian leung, emerald ash borer, pests, trees
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Published on: 28 May 2014

Montreal, May 16, 2014 –The Cole Foundation continues its support of promising young scientists conducting research on leukemia and lymphomas in children and young adults with the announcement of fourteen new fellowship grants and one new investigator grant for a total funding value of $700,000. 

Classified as: young scientists, leukemia, Cole Foundation
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Published on: 16 May 2014

An innovative proposal to harvest water in some of the world’s most arid locations has won the international competition Shell Ideas360. A team of Concordia and McGill students beat out more than 600 submissions to emerge as the only North American competitors in the top five presenting to an international panel of judges in Amsterdam.

Classified as: news, Ideas360, Sami Sayegh, Shell
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Published on: 15 May 2014

What is the secret to aging more slowly and living longer? Not antioxidants, apparently.

Classified as: news, Biology, aging, apoptosis, Cell, longevity, Siegfried Hekimi
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Published on: 8 May 2014
Classified as: Quebec, Suzanne Fortier, Philippe Couillard, cabinet
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Published on: 23 Apr 2014

“Not tonight, dear, I have a headache.” Generally speaking, that line is attributed to the wife in a couple, implying that women’s sexual desire is more affected by pain than men’s.

Classified as: pain, sex, chronic pain, female, male, mice, Mogil, sexual behaviour, sexual problems
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Published on: 22 Apr 2014

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