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The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated. The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute, which awarded the prize, said the duo’s discovery is “proving to be fundamentally important” …
Read More »38 days, 5,000 km: Pair of B.C. biologists help claim victory in ‘World’s Toughest Row’
A four-woman team, including a pair of B.C. residents, has claimed victory in one of the world’s most grueling races and raised more than a quarter-million dollars for ocean conservation while they were at it. The “Salty Science” crew claimed first place in the women’s class of the World’s Toughest …
Read More »Biologists, residents watching marine bird populations as hundreds more found dead on southern Avalon
A dead gannet in Point Lance, N.L. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada) Dead and dying sea birds have been showing up on the south coast of Newfoundland over the last two weeks — from the Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve to the public beaches in St. Vincent’s, Point Lance and the southern Burin …
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