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February 9, 2012 5:26 pm

Science briefs

A short round-up of interesting science stories this week.

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  • February 8, 2012 3:51 pm

    Canada’s presence at COP17

    The most recent fight for a legally binding global climate change agreement took place from Nov. 28 to Dec. 9, 2011 in Durban, South Africa. In attendance were world delegates, environmental ministers, business leaders, media personnel, NGO representatives, and impassioned activists, some of whom were students. The Muse spoke to one of these members of the Canadian Climate Coalition.

  • February 6, 2012 1:09 pm

    UNB researchers investigate deadly bat fungus

    Researchers in the faculty of biology at the University of New Brunswick are searching for a way to explain and stop a phenomenon that has killed nearly seven million little brown bats in just six years. The fungus has been pushing the species to the verge of extinction, and recently arrived in New Brunswick.

  • February 3, 2012 11:11 am

    Time out

    The leaders of several top virology labs have agreed to a 60-day halt on research involving new strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The new strains are more transmissible in mammals than ordinary bird flu and the scientific community has split over the question of whether to publish the results of this research in scientific journals.

  • February 2, 2012 5:48 pm

    Space 'burps' offer clues on new galaxies

    By pinpointing the exact moment when a black hole launched fast-moving material from the region surrounding it, a University of Alberta astronomer has uncovered an important clue for discovering how new galaxies are formed.

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