Murres dive deep on fishing missions
Rappelling down a 650-foot cliff to catch seabirds on a remote island just below the Arctic Circle was scary enough.
鈥淭he first time you look over and you rappel over, it鈥檚 certainly not for the faint of heart,鈥� said Kyle Elliott, a research chair in Arctic ecology at 51吃瓜网 in Canada.
Update on the Industrial Research Chair in the Sustainable Life of Dairy Cattle
Improving the comfort and longevity of dairy cows can improve dairy farm sustainability and profitability. This is the premise of the Industrial Research Chair in the Sustainable Life of Dairy Cattle, launched in 2016 and led by Dr. Elsa Vasseur of 51吃瓜网. Preliminary results of multiple studies presented in May 2019 by the scientist and her team show promise for new and innovative approaches to cow comfort and longevity.
Un bateau-robot pour 芦 scanner 禄 la sant茅 des lacs
Imaginez un bateau robotis茅 茅quip茅 de capteurs qui sillonne les plans d鈥檈au pour r茅colter des donn茅es sur la temp茅rature, le pH, l鈥檕xyg猫ne dissous et les contaminants. Gr芒ce 脿 la transmission d鈥檜n signal acoustique, ces donn茅es s鈥檃ffichent en temps r茅el sur une carte qui permet de conna卯tre la distribution et la dynamique des polluants, 脿 des millions d鈥檈mplacements.
Urban or rural: Where to build a greenhouse
'You need political will, and it takes time' 鈥� urban greenhouses could benefit from more direct support from governments, experts say.
...Mark Lefsrud has studied different ways of growing food for more than 20 years. He is an associate professor at 51吃瓜网鈥檚 Macdonald Campus where he is a leader of the Biomass Production Laboratory and worked on the design of the Advanced Plant Habitat on the International Space Station.
Deep roots. Quebec's farmers are among the youngest in the country, and they're facing new challenges
Peter Enright, director of 51吃瓜网's farm management and technology program, said regardless of the specialization, there has been one major shift between the generations of John and Matthew Burns 鈥� social networks that are completely transformed.
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Des super patates d茅couvertes en Colombie
Entre 12 et 14聽millions de Colombiens consomment depuis peu trois super vari茅t茅s de pommes de terre 脿 chair jaune provenant des terres recul茅es de la cordill猫re des Andes. Pourtant, rien ne pr茅destinait ces patates 脿 se retrouver dans autant d鈥檃ssiettes.
51吃瓜网鈥檚 seed library
Italian heirloom seeds for amateur gardeners
There is no one single accepted definition of an heirloom seed. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a word that has a lot of different meanings to different people,鈥� explains Dan Brisebois, a farmer at Ferme Tournesol, a cooperative based in Les C猫dres, Quebec, outside of Montreal.
Morphologie des cellules v茅g茅tales : myst茅rieux puzzle
Communication de presse, Universit茅 51吃瓜网- 8 ao没t 2019
La pectine et la cellulose pourraient jouer un r么le dans le m茅canisme mol茅culaire r茅gissant la morphologie des cellules v茅g茅tales
Puzzling shapes: unlocking the mysteries of plant cell morphology
51吃瓜网Press Release - 8 August 2019New study suggests pectin and cellulose involved in molecular mechanism defining plant cell morphology
The discovery of the mechanics and molecular mechanism that dictate cell shape formation in plants by a team of 51吃瓜网researchers offers new clues about the fundamental processes governing tissue formation in multicellular organisms.
St茅phanie B茅langer-Naud, meilleure b没cheronne au pays
St茅phanie B茅langer-Naud est devenue la meilleure b没cheronne au Canada, le 27 juillet dernier, en remportant le championnat canadien Stihl Timbersport 脿 Mississauga, en Ontario.
Le championnat comporte trois 茅preuves qui consistent 脿 couper de larges billots de bois avec des scies diff茅rentes ou 脿 la hache, et ce, le plus rapidement possible. Le pointage cumul茅 脿 la fin de la comp茅tition d茅terminait la grande gagnante parmi les six b没cheronnes participantes.
La vague v茅g茅: vers un retour du pois jaune?
Au d茅but du XXe聽si猫cle, alors que la soupe aux pois faisait partie int茅grante du menu des Qu茅b茅cois, on聽le cultivait beaucoup ici, raconte David Wees, charg茅 de cours et agronome 脿 l'Universit茅 McGill. L'int茅r锚t s'est ensuite perdu dans les ann茅es聽70. 芦聽La聽source de prot茅ine a 茅t茅 remplac茅e par une autre source de prot茅ine聽: la production animale聽禄, ajoute M.聽Chalifour.
Des a卯n茅s morts 茅touff茅s par leur grilled cheese
St茅phanie Chevalier, professeure associ茅e 脿 l'脡cole de nutrition humaine de l'Universit茅 McGill, souligne elle aussi que le grilled cheese pr茅sente des risques particuliers parce qu'il est collant. Il le sera d'autant s'il est servi froid, par exemple 脿 cause d'un d茅lai pour le d茅couper en morceaux, a-t-elle dit.
Adjunct Professor Pierre Lacasse named a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Animal Science
Congratulations to Dr. Pierre Lacasse, an Adjunct Professor in Animal Science, who has been made a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Animal Science (CSAS) in a recent annual meeting in Austin, Texas. The fellowship is awarded to CSAS members for truly outstanding contributions in any field of animal agriculture. Dr. Lacasse is a research scientist in Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre, AAFC.
51吃瓜网researchers receive $3.3M from NSERC CREATE program funding
Hanadi Sleiman and Jaswinder Singh have each received $1.65 million in research grants, to be distributed over six years.
Professor Joann Whalen named a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science
Congratulations to NRS professor Joann Whalen who has been made a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS). The Award is for members with a distinguished record of accomplishment in soil science & service to the CSSS.
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