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Transient Awakening: Sleeping Supermassive Black Holes Stirred by Shredded Stars
A new investigation into an obscure class of galaxies known as Compact Symmetric Objects, or CSOs, has revealed that these objects are not entirely what they seem. CSOs are active galaxies that host supermassive black holes at their…
Study Finds Species Diversity Enhances Ecosystem Stability, Highlights Risk of Accelerated…
What maintains stability within an ecosystem and prevents a single best competitor from displacing other species from a community? Does ecosystem stability depend upon the presence of a wide variety of species, as early ecologists believed,…
McGill University Prize-Winning Scholars Champion Immigrant Women, Killer Whales, and Balanced…
McGill University is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of the 2024 President’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media. The Prize was created to recognize outstanding achievement among those who share their knowledge on a…
Report Reveals Over 2 Million Quebecers Lack Access to Primary Care: OurCare Findings
More than two million people in Quebec don’t have access to primary care, the front door to the healthcare system, according to the newly released OurCare report on Canada. This is among the worst rates in the country, the report…
McGill University: Mapping Out Strategies to Address Healthcare Disparities in Northern Quebec
Indigenous communities in northern Quebec face significant hurdles to healthcare access. The Nunavik region is remote, with limited transportation options and extreme weather conditions. As a result, its population faces lower life…
ASU: Interplanetary Initiative Secures ISS National Laboratory Grant
The Interplanetary Initiative at Arizona State University has won a grant from the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory to develop a new professional development program to help middle school teachers incorporate…
ASU Researchers Achieve Milestone: First Fully Sequenced Gila Monster Genome, Thanks to…
The Sonoran Desert is full of wild creatures, from sharp-tailed scorpions that glow under black light to desert toads that secrete hallucinogenic toxins from their skin. Perhaps no creature, though, is more unique –– or beloved –– than the…
ASU Launches Innovative ‘Stackable Microcredentials’ Pilot Program
Arizona State University's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering is at the forefront of transforming engineering and technology education through "stackable microcredentials."
These microcredentials address the urgent demand for adaptable…
ASU-Led EPIXC Initiative Aims to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Arizona State University is at the forefront of a “clean energy revolution.”
Those were the words of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk at the EPIXC launch event held Thursday at the Rob and Melani Walton Center for…
Forensic Science Advancements Enhance Accuracy of Time-of-Death Estimates
Accurate time-of-death estimates are a mainstay of murder mysteries and forensic programs, but such calculations in the real world are often complex and imprecise.
In a first-of-its-kind study, Arizona State University researchers and…