Two research teams working in the same laboratories at UNSW Australia have found distinct solutions to challenges facing the realisation of super powerful quantum computers. The teams are said to have created two types of quantum bits – qubits –that each process quantum data with an accuracy above 99 per cent. The two findings have been published simultaneously in the …

A species of mussel which threatens to wipe out thousands of native animals and fish has been discovered in a reservoir near London Heathrow Airport. Quagga mussels are less than 5cm long but breed so prolifically their vast colonies, which attach on to hard surfaces, can smother boat hulls, block pipes and potentially cause flooding.

Alberta Health Services says there is no risk to the public as they care for a patient with a potential contagious illness at an Edmonton hospital. Officials would not say what the illness was but have put the patient in isolation as a precaution and to reduce any potential risk to other patients, staff and the public.

At the VIFF closing gala, The Vancouver Asahi , a feature film based on the legendary Japanese-Canadian baseball team prior to the Second World War, won the Rogers People’s Choice Award.

Authorities say a convicted murderer beat his mother to death during an argument, just two days after he was freed from prison.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. was rebuffed after approaching U.S. railroad CSX Corp. about a possible combination, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing unidentified people who had been briefed on the situation.

The emerald ash borer, which is destroying ash trees in a large swath of the nation, has apparently spread to a different tree, a researcher at Wright State University suspects. Biology professor Don Cipollini, Ph.D., director of the Environmental Sciences Ph.D. Program, has found that the invasive green beetle has apparently begun to attack white fringetree.

An infant survived beneath her father’s decomposing body for as many as three days, the Associated Press reported. The 10-month-old girl is recovering at a Louisiana hospital.

Peel Police confirm that three adults were found dead in apparent murder-suicide in Brampton on Sunday. The deceased are reportedly two males and one female.

A hunter being mauled by a grizzly was shot as his partner tried to stop the attack.

Calgarians have dealt with floods, wind storms and a crippling September snowfall. Now they can add a downtown power outage to their list of unforeseen calamities.