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Canadian Researchers Join Mission to Capture Antimatter

Canadian Researchers Join Mission to Capture Antimatter

Several scientists that include experts from Canada are claiming that they have done the impossible: capture antimatter. In basic terms, antimatter is electronically...

 
 
Study to Prevent Asian Carp from Entering Great Lakes

Study to Prevent Asian Carp from Entering Great Lakes

Government and Environmentalists on both sides of the border are tackling one of the many challenges facing the biological integrity of the shared Great Lakes. Because...

 
 
Petition Seeks to Ban Fracking in Nova Scotia

Petition Seeks to Ban Fracking in Nova Scotia

The Nova Scotia provincial legislature has introduced a petition to ban the controversial method of oil and gas extraction called fracking. The group who tabled...

 
 
Ontario and Asia Form Green Energy Ties to Solve City Growth Issues

Ontario and Asia Form Green Energy Ties to Solve City Growth Issues

Last week, business executives from the Ontario Technology Corridor attended Eco Expo Asia 2010 where they introduced environmental technology companies aimed at...

 
 
Climate Modellers to Predict Hurricanes Years in Advance

Climate Modellers to Predict Hurricanes Years in Advance

According to a report by UK Scientists, a new method has been developed that can forecast the number of storms that will occur in the Atlantic Ocean for years in...

 
 
NASA to Send Humanoid Robot to the Moon

NASA to Send Humanoid Robot to the Moon

According to an announcement by NASA officials this week, a humanoid robot will land on the moon within the next three years. Robonaut 2 (R2) is promoted as being...

 
 
Scientists Developing Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak

Scientists Developing Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak

Scientists in the U.K. have announced the development of a new flexible film able to manipulate light rays in a manner that renders solid objects invisible. The...

 
 
Vacuuming with UV Light Almost Doubles Reduction of Carpet Microbes

Vacuuming with UV Light Almost Doubles Reduction of Carpet Microbes

A new study indicates that adding ultraviolet light to the agitation and suction of a vacuum cleaner can almost double the reduction of potentially dangerous microorganisms...

 
 
Archaeologists Find Running Baby Dinosaur Footprints

Archaeologists Find Running Baby Dinosaur Footprints

The hind paw print of a baby sauropod in preserved trackway. A penny is shown to provide perspective. 148 million years ago, a baby sauropod – about the size...

 
 
Astronomers Discover Oldest Galaxy

Astronomers Discover Oldest Galaxy

The oldest existing galaxy that’s visible from Earth has now been discovered. Astronomers were able to identify the galaxy as having formed 600 million years...