Virtual Reality Game Is an Effective Tool for Vaping Prevention Among Teens
Yale researchers have developed an immersive, virtual reality video game that helps teens learn about the dangers of e-cigarettes and
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Wildfires are causing the price of lumber to spike again
The price of lumber rose at its fastest pace in more than a year on Thursday, after timber companies warned
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Using snakes to monitor Fukushima radiation
Ten years after one of the largest nuclear accidents in history spewed radioactive contamination over the landscape in Fukushima, Japan, a
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China Telecom approved to list in Shanghai · TechNode
China’s securities regulator on Thursday approved China Telecom to list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, two months after the state-owned
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Orcas of J-Pod haven’t been spotted in the Salish Sea for more than 100 days
A group of famed southern resident killer whales haven’t been behaving like residents of the Salish Sea for the last few months. J-Pod,
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‘Cool flames’ ignited in space
An entirely new class of fire, spherical cool diffusion flames, appropriately referred to as “cool flames,” has been documented by
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In Saskatchewan, the story of a Cold War-era Canadian-designed rocket comes to an end
South of the Saskatoon, nestled in the plains of Saskatchewan, there lies an underappreciated hub of the Canadian military. Canadian Forces
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FoleyGAN: Visually Guided Generative Adversarial Network-Based Synchronous Sound Generation in Silent Videos
Nowadays, film production teams use so-called Foley tracks when background sound is not available. Nevertheless, mimicking necessary sound in a
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Report outlines ‘violent, fraught’ history of Wood Buffalo National Park and impact on First Nation
A new report details the “fraught” and “violent” history of Wood Buffalo National Park, which includes the removal of hundreds
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5 Steps to Promoting Your Product to Scientific and Technology Enthusiasts
Technology marketing can appear daunting and far outside the comfort zone for many scientists, researchers and technology experts. We’ve compiled
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U of S research team investigates long-term effects of COVID-19
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have published findings that delve into the effects of COVID-19 on other organs and potential
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What Vaping Does to the Human Body?
The topic of vaping is subject to many ongoing discussions. Manufacturers often say this is ‘less harmful’ alternative to typical
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African Lion Safari ended elephant rides after 2019 attack. So why are they still allowed in Canada?
Maggie stood nearly three metres tall and weighed more than 3,900 kilograms. Born in Burma, the Asian elephant was ridden for 25 years
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Noise2Sim: New Solution to Image Denoising
In Audio conversations, noise is considered as the background sound that is not required but is present. It makes the
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Chinese tech giants donate RMB 1 billion to flood-hit Henan · TechNode
As deadly floods hit central Henan province, Chinese tech majors are jumping in to provide donations and aid to the
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Researchers discover inorganic material with lowest thermal conductivity ever reported
A collaborative research team, led by the University of Liverpool, has discovered a new inorganic material with the lowest thermal
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B.C. declares state of emergency as wildfires grow, forcing more evacuations
A provincewide state of emergency has been declared in B.C. as wildfires continue to grow, forcing hundreds from their homes and putting
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Sandia designs better batteries for grid-scale energy storage
New molten sodium batteries operate at lower temperatures using low- cost materials ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories
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NASA’s rover to collect first rock sample from Mars
WASHINGTON: The Perseverance Mars rover is preparing to collect its first rock sample from the site of an ancient lake
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Ottawa kickstarts ‘transition’ process for oil and gas workers
The federal government is launching a long-awaited process to come up with a plan to support oil and gas workers as
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Nanostructures enable record high-harmonic generation
Cornell researchers have developed nanostructures that enable record-breaking conversion of laser pulses into high-harmonic generation, paving the way for new
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Grasshopper invasion described as ‘horror movie’ traps residents indoors in Lethbridge, Alta.
The apocalypse is coming to southern Alberta and it’s in the form of grasshoppers. Maybe it isn’t really the apocalypse, but
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Why AI Struggles To Recognize Toxic Speech on Social Media
Facebook says its artificial intelligence models identified and pulled down 27 million pieces of hate speech in the final three
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Setting the (temperature) record straight in the Northwest Territories
It was hot at the end of June throughout much of the Northwest Territories, but no all-time, territory-wide weather records
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Scientists Can Predict and Design Single Atom Catalysts for Important Chemical Reactions
Researchers at Tufts University, University College London (UCL), Cambridge University and University of California at Santa Barbara have demonstrated that
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