The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed late Friday night that the country’s first case of the South African variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Alberta.
On Friday afternoon, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced on Twitter that the province had detected its first case...
New study led by the University of South Florida has uncovered one of the reasons jellyfish have come to be known as the "world's most efficient swimmer." Brad Gemmell, associate professor of integrative biology, found jellyfish produce two vortex rings, which are donut-shaped bodies of fluid underneath their translucent...
Health officials in BC are scheduled to give a written update on COVID-19 in the province on Friday afternoon.
The announcement follows a total of 761 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the province to 56,015.
There are currently 6,349 active cases of COVID-19...
Manitoba public health officials say 12 more people have died and the province has recorded 208 new cases of the coronavirus Thursday.
The deaths include:
a man in his 30s from Northern health region;
a man in his 60s from Prairie Mountain Health;
a woman in her 90s from Prairie Mountain Health, linked...
The province's dentists are lobbying for early access to vaccinations against the COVID-19 virus.
The Ontario Dental Association has called on the government to include dentists in the initial groups of vaccine recipients.
The ODA says it sent a letter to Health Minister Christine Elliott weeks ago, requesting that dentists and...
Is the Earth spinning faster? Scientists think so.
They believe each day is a smidge shorter than 24 hours because the planet is rotating faster than it has in 50 years, according to the Daily Mail.
Since last year, a full day has been taking less than the normal 24 hours....
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said there were 206 new cases of COVID-19 in Waterloo Region on Wednesday.
In her daily update on Twitter, she lists public health units that have seen significant case increases. On Wednesday, that list included Waterloo Region.
The increase marks the largest single-day increase ever in...
Researchers have peered out into the vast expanse and discovered what they believe is the oldest, most distant galaxy till date.
We’ve all asked ourselves the big questions at times: “How big is the universe?” or “How and when did galaxies form?” Astronomers take these questions very seriously, and use...
University of Liverpool archaeologists carrying out an Iron Age experiment in Wales have instead uncovered the ‘Plastic Age’ – the plastic dominated archaeology left behind by modern society.
The researchers were investigating the remains of reconstructed Iron Age roundhouses built on the original sites at Castell Henllys Iron Age fort.
These...
Inspired by the color-changing skin of cuttlefish, octopuses and squids, Rutgers engineers have created a 3D-printed smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light, becomes "artificial muscle" and may lead to new military camouflage, soft robotics and flexible displays.
The engineers also developed a 3D-printed stretchy material that can...