Environmental Commissioner’s Report Promotes Increasing Soil Carbon
Raising carbon level in soil would enable farmers to better moderate effects of climate change Keep Reading
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Raising carbon level in soil would enable farmers to better moderate effects of climate change Keep Reading
Wide range of uses for Queen's University's surface coating innovation Keep Reading
Queen’s University is developing a new technology that may result in a surface coating to repel water and oil based contaminants, ice, paint, and fingerprints. Formulated by Chemistry researchers Guojun Liu and Dean Xiong, the coating could be used on a wide variety of surfaces including glass, metal, wood, ceramics, plastics and fibres. The researchers… Keep Reading
Aarlenne Khan, a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Neurosciences Studies at Queen’s University, is conducting research to test whether computer and tablet games may be able to improve cognitive function in people with Parkinson’s disease. The motor skills of patients with Parkinson’s gradually decline as nerve cells in the brain responsible for dopamine production… Keep Reading
App locates CPR trained people near 911 cardiac calls Keep Reading
Site displays photo directions to class, step by step Keep Reading
Commander Chris Hadfield tweeted a photo of Kingston this week that he snapped while in orbit on the International Space Station (left). Hadfield, who graduated from Kingston’s Royal Military College in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, was launched into space on December 19 aboard a Soyuz spacecraft and docked with the ISS two… Keep Reading
Karen Yeates, a Queen’s University researcher in Medicine, has created a cost-effective way to screen for cervical cancer using cell phone technology that is particularly useful in low-resource environments. “Using cell phones can help lower the barriers to large-scale screening and Pap smears in the developing world,” says Dr. Yeates, co-director of the Queen’s School… Keep Reading
Brant Peppley, Director of the Queen’s-RMC Fuel Cell Research Center (FCRC), has been presented with an award for his research with Fuel Cells. The annual Community Leadership Award was presented to him by SWITCH, a member-based, non-profit organization dedicated to turning Kingston into a hub for sustainable energy. “This is a wonderful award,” said Dr.… Keep Reading
Queen’s University is the first university in the country to teach undergraduate medical students in the use of handheld portable ultrasound machines – a new curriculum developed to enhance patient care. Until recently, ultrasound has involved large machines used by highly skilled operators. But the creation of handheld ultrasound (HHU) devices is now enabling physicians… Keep Reading
Innovative research at Queen’s University could result in more cost-effective biofuel creation through better understanding of bacteria’s contribution to breaking down biomass – the plants and trees used to make biofuel. Steven Smith and Zhongchao Jia (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences) and Edward Bayer (Weizmann Institute, Israel) co-authors of the recent university study, are concentrating on… Keep Reading