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KFDX, in a story posted July 27, reported that the insect that carries the deadly Chagas parasite is becoming a pest in Texas. The kissing bug, and Texas is home to seven species of the insect, is responsible for the spread of a parasite that can be deadly to humans. Chagas is endemic to much of Central and South America, …

AstraZeneca PLC said Monday it is working with Roche Holding AG and QIAGEN NV to develop companion diagnostic tests to support its portfolio of lung cancer medicines.

A daily injection to the belly for pregnant women at risk of developing blood clots is ineffective, according to a study by researchers at the Ottawa Hospital.

A team of researchers led by Xiang Zhang, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, has created a lasing plasmon explosives-sniffing nanosensor that is free of metal losses and operates at a scale far below the diffraction limit for visible light.1 The sensor consists of a layer of the semiconductor cadmium sulfide on top of a silver …

Canada has joined other counties in demanding that pro-Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine withdraw from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 to allow for an “unimpeded and international investigation” into the facts surrounding the passenger plane that was shot down earlier this week.

Testosterone replacements can increase the risk of serious heart and blood vessel problems, Health Canada says. The regulator said 12 testosterone replacement products are available, such as Androderm, Andriol, Delatestryl, Androgel, Axiroin, Depo-Testosterone, Testim, and their equivalent generics.

New research has proven that boron has the ability to form a cage-like molecule similar to a buckyball that has helped bring in the nanotechnology era. Scientists working together from Brown University and Shanxi University and Tsinghua University in China have shown that a cluster of 40 boron atoms forms a hollow molecular cage similar to a carbon buckyball.

Baboons groom other, more powerful members of their groups early in the morning so that they will be favoured through the rest of the day, a study has found.

The colors you wear can speak volumes. Men are apparently more attracted to a woman in red than, say, a woman in white, and women see red when they see other women in red. Through five psychological experiments, Andrew Elliot, professor of psychology, and Daniela Niesta, post-doctoral researcher, demonstrate that the color red makes men feel more amorous toward women. …

The National Energy Board will review proposals by Chevron Corp. and Imperial Oil Ltd. for alternatives to same-season relief wells in future Arctic drilling, in the first tests of a recent change to long-standing policy.

For whale enthusiasts in British Columbia and Washington Springer (A73), a member of B.C.’s A4 pod of northern resident killer whales, is a household name. She made headlines in 2002 after becoming orphaned at two-years-old and was found sick and alone near Seattle, hundreds of kilometres from home. A few months later Springer was successfully rescued, rehabilitated and released back …