New Technology For Ancient Texts
The advent of optical character recognition software has created an explosion of online texts available for readers. Witness the success of the Google Books initiative that has already scanned and
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Deciphering the Role of the Invisible Marine Life
In terms of impact and sheer numbers, microbes dominate our planet. The tiny single-celled organisms invisible to the naked eye live everywhere on Earth – in the atmosphere, the earth’s
Designing New Molecules
Jason Masuda has something in common with the alchemists of old. But instead of trying to turn lead into gold, he’s building substances that have never been seen on Earth
Understanding the mechanisms that make life possible
James Polson spends much of his time trying to understand the mechanisms that make life possible. Polson is an associate professor of physics with the University of Prince Edward Island.
In search of other life in the universe
The Kepler Space Telescope arose out of the U.S., but it was Canadian researcher Jason Rowe who discovered a planet that is the same size as Earth, and, more
An apple a day
Though his background is in human genetics, Sean Myles studies the genetic composition of apples. So how did he come to be studying apples? The Associate Professor and Faculty
Massive galaxy cluster discovery sheds new light on how the largest structures in our universe are formed
Galaxy clusters are the largest objects in our universe. With masses comparable to a million-billion suns, they contain as many as 1,000 galaxies, vast amounts of dark matter, gargantuan