Hub supports entrepreneurship, economic growth in Georgina and East Gwillimbury TORONTO, Aug. 5, 2022 — In partnership with the Towns of Georgina and East Gwillimbury, York University is pleased to officially open a new YSpace location in northern York Region – supporting local start-ups and existing businesses during the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. From left to right: […]
eDNA monitoring could be a non-invasive way of tracking biodiversity, Professor Elizabeth Clare tells ABC radio in Australia
The lockdown had uneven impacts across Toronto. There were significant differences between rich and poor, office and essential workers, households saddled with caregiving responsibilities and those without.
International treaties are often used by countries to address concerns that cross national boundaries, including the environment, human rights, humanitarian crises, maritime issues, security and trade. But while over 250,000 international treaties exist, no study has ever compiled and analyzed the decades’ worth of research that assesses such treaties’ effectiveness. That changed on Aug. 2 […]
If AI is central to our future, we need to pay careful attention to the assumptions around harms and benefits programmed into these products. As it stands, there is a perverse incentive to design AI that is artificially innocent.
A fascinating fact was discovered by a York University-led research team that explored bacteria’s quorum-sensing trait, a sophisticated form of co-operation, using which bacteria can regulate gene expression according to their population density.
Study draws attention to insufficient clinical care and support for those who discontinue or seek to reverse prior gender-affirming interventions
As intense heatwaves grip the UK, Spain, France and Portugal, at times exceeding temperatures 40C, as well as parts of North America, lakes are feeling the heat from climate change...
[Nurses] work through their lunches. They come in early, they stay late. They“[Nurses] work through their lunches. They come in early, they stay late. They work double shifts. You can’t survive on doing that, especially given this very intense work that they do.” - Sociology Professor Emeritus Pat Armstrong, Distinguished Researcher, LA&PS.
