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Nearing the limits of life on Earth

Natural Resource Sciences professor Lyle Whyte and postdoctoral fellow Jackie Goordial talk about their research which suggests that it is unlikely that it is unlikely that there is any microbial life to be found on Mars.

A New Geological Epoch, The Anthropocene

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Scientists say it's time to declare a new geological epoch, one defined by human activity and the permanent mark it has left on the earth.

不良研究所 Professor Peter Brown, director of Economics for the Anthropocene, is featured on CBC Radio News.

Refining the Search for Life on Mars

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The results of a recent experiment at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron in Saskatoon could be a key piece in the quest to discover if there was ever life on Mars.

Lyle Whyte, an environmental microbiologist at 不良研究所 who is originally from Saskatchewan, specializes in organisms that can survive in extreme cold.

Cooking up the Future

Maple syrup that鈥檚 good for you? A frozen dessert that you can store at room temperature? A falafel-type mix made with insects? Salwa Karboune and her students are dreaming up tomorrow鈥檚 foods today.

Researchers Turn Fish Waste Into A Coffee-Scented Biofuel

Before that beautiful salmon filet lands on your plate, a lot of less appetizing stuff gets stripped away: By one estimate, the global seafood industry produces 64 million metric tons of waste each year. A new study suggests a potentially sweeter fate for all those heads and guts: They can be turned into a coal-like substance called hydrochar, which could be used as fuel or added to soil to improve fertility and sequester carbon (Energy Fuels 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01671).

Macdonald Grad behind "Whisky of the Year"

Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye has been selected as the 2016 Whisky of the Year by Jim Murray, author of Whisky Bible. Northern Harvest Rye's inventor turns out to be Joanna Zanin Scandella, a Macdonald graduate who has spent her whole career in blending and production planning at Diageo's lab (formerly Seagram's) in Lasalle, QC.

How to choose the perfect Christmas tree

Christmas is just under two weeks away, so if you haven't picked out a tree yet, the clock is ticking. [CTV News Montreal] asked David Wees from the Plant Science Department of 不良研究所 for some tips on what to look for.

Air Canada Backs Effort to Build Homegrown 鈥楪reen鈥� Jet Fuel Infrasructure

The University of Toronto, 不良研究所听 [BioFuelNet - Don Smith] and the International Air Transport Association are also part of the project as members of the BioFuelNet Aviation Task Force. Funding is coming from the Green Aviation Research and Development Network, which gets its support from the federal government and Canada鈥檚 aerospace sector.

Le carnage des poussins m芒les pourrait bient么t prendre fin

Chaque ann茅e, des millions de poussins m芒les, jug茅s sans valeur par l'industrie des poules pondeuses, sont euthanasi茅s d猫s leur sortie听de l'oeuf. Une pratique que l'Allemagne veut cesser d'ici 2017, et 脿 laquelle une myst茅rieuse invention de l'Universit茅 不良研究所 pourrait mettre fin....Au Qu茅bec, l'Universit茅 不良研究所 planche aussi secr猫tement sur une technologie semblable.

What if the only way to save the planet is to dramatically slow our economies

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鈥淭he ultimate objective is not to establish a degrowth economy鈥攖he goal is to establish an economic system which is in line with biological limits,鈥� Dr. Nicolas Kosoy, a professor in Ecological Economics at 不良研究所, tells Quartz. 鈥淚t would be achieved through small-scale practices on a community level.鈥�

Life lessons on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur with Peter McAuslan

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It鈥檚 a tough job market out there, and students can no longer rely on getting a job right out of university. Students from 不良研究所鈥檚 Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences longing to start business ventures of their own now have a new toolkit to help them reach their goals鈥攖he Entrepreneurship and Innovation program.

Growing Young Farmers at the Macdonald Student Gardens

It was nearing eleven and the late September sun was beating down on the rolling cornfields surrounding the quiet town of Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue as I toured the MacDonald Student Run-Ecological Gardens (MSEG). On the two-acre plot of land situated on 不良研究所鈥檚 MacDonald Campus Farm, a small but passionate team of student farmers is growing over sixty different crop species.

Lest We Forget - Remembrance Day Ceremonies at Macdonald

Faculty, staff and students from 不良研究所's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences joined with their campus partners - John Abbott College and Macdonald High School -听as well as with听Veterans from the Veterans' Hosital in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and invited guests from the local community to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can enjoy the freedoms and privileges we have today.

Study finds plants need active social lives to stay healthy

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STUDY FINDS PLANTS NEED ACTIVE SOCIAL LIVES TO STAY HEALTHY

Speaker challenges Conference participants to "take action"

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Why do we wait for a crisis to hit before we take action? Has "prevention is better than a cure" lost all its meaning?听 Two important questions, Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, put to attendees at the Public Lecture launching the 8th 不良研究所 Conference on Global Food Security: Current and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Security.