w New stamps, digital project mark centenary of Group of Seven's debut By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 13:58:48 EDT On the 100th anniversary of the Group of Seven's inaugural exhibit, the influential art collective is being recognized with efforts putting their distinctively Canadian paintings in front of a fresh crop of art lovers. Full Article News/Entertainment
w Deadpool 2 production company fined nearly $290K by B.C. agency after stuntwoman's death By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 23:54:52 EDT The production company behind the megahit Deadpool 2 has been fined nearly $290,000 for violating multiple safety rules leading to the death of a stuntwoman on a set in Vancouver in 2017. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
w 'You can convey love with just a glance:' grappling with making steamy telenovelas amid COVID-19 By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 12:38:36 EDT Some of the top creative minds at Mexican broadcaster Televisa are puzzling over an unexpected challenge: crafting their signature soap operas without a single love scene or even a tender kiss. Full Article News/Entertainment
w The royal disruptors: Options abound for Harry and Meghan in their Hollywood rebrand By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 04:00:00 EDT Amid the coronavirus lockdown, Prince Harry and Meghan have kept a fairly low profile since their recent move to California, but a Hollywood insider says they're already being shopped around for projects. Full Article News/World
w Pandemic-inspired street art in Canada and around the world By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 04:00:00 EDT Around the world, street artists, including world-renowned ones such as Banksy and Kobra, are creating pandemic-inspired street art. Full Article News/World
w The animated advantage: How Canadian cartoonists are staying home and staying busy By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 09:11:13 EDT As most film and television production grind to a halt, broadcasters are turning to animation studios for fresh content. Full Article News/Entertainment
w Neville names Man United star most likely to win Ballon d'Or By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:26:19 +0000 Man Utd great Gary Neville has given a detailed Q&A on social media in which he answered a range of different topics. Full Article Football News
w Watch the Hacienda live stream as the ultimate house party returns By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:30:00 +0000 Hacienda Classical will perform at the second stay-at-home rave from the legendary club and United We Stream Full Article Music & Nightlife
w New move could see TV cameras in Man City and Man United dressing rooms By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:37:20 +0000 The group has been set up to look at ways to enhance the TV product for fans when football returns. Full Article Football News
w Gary Neville explains how he would end Premier League season By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:45:17 +0000 The Premier League are set for crunch talks with its 20 clubs on Monday amid the suspension of football. Full Article Football News
w Man City have finally found their Yaya Toure replacement after two years By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 11:25:38 +0000 Two years ago, Yaya Toure played his final game for Manchester City after a brilliant 316 appearances for the club. Full Article Football News
w Why The Last Dance reminds Ole Gunnar Solskjaer of Manchester United By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 11:48:13 +0000 Man United were the team of the 90s in English football and the Chicago Bulls were the team of the 90s in the NBA and that has been the subject of a Netflix documentary. Full Article Football News
w More than 200 homes and businesses hit by power cut in Wythenshawe By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 12:47:40 +0000 Electricity North West said the power might not be restored until 6pm tonight Full Article Greater Manchester News
w Make way for the milkman as lockdown brings these old school businesses back By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 13:04:53 +0000 'That old fashioned, community spirit seems to be back' Full Article What's On
w Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman's body found in house By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 13:20:29 +0000 Police have arrested a 40-year-old man who remains in custody for questioning Full Article Greater Manchester News
w Man taken to hospital with head injury after 'violent disturbance' in Chorlton By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 13:52:44 +0000 A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of section 18 assault Full Article Greater Manchester News
w What happened to Sven-Göran Eriksson's 10 Man City signings By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 14:00:00 +0000 The former England boss spent just a year in charge at Manchester City before the club were taken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008. Full Article Transfer News
w Man City number 9s of the last 30 years ranked from best to worst By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 14:20:11 +0000 Niall Quinn was an £800,000 signing from Arsenal, while Gabriel Jesus arrived from Palmeiras for £27million. Full Article Football News
w Man United fans praise Brandon Williams for taunting Liverpool FC By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 14:26:26 +0000 Man Utd defender Brandon Williams liked a post on social media which referenced Liverpool's wait to win the Premier League. Full Article Football News
w Salomon Rondon reveals how close he came to Man United transfer By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Man Utd looked at signing Salomon Rondon in the January transfer window but Dalian Professional did not want to sell him. Full Article Transfer News
w Footage shows almost 30 cars ditched at Salford Quays gathering By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 15:24:27 +0000 Cars can be seen driving on pavements and going the wrong way around roundabouts Full Article Greater Manchester News
w Man in hospital after jumping from window of block of flats to escape fire By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 15:41:16 +0000 The fire started in the kitchen of a second floor flat on Wendon Road, in Baguley Full Article Greater Manchester News
w Can we estimate the time until the next recession? By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT As the world economy is falling into one of the biggest contractions of the last decades, a new study of economic recession patterns finds that the likelihood of a downturn was high even before the onset of the Coronavirus crisis. Full Article
w Beer was here! A new microstructural marker for malting in the archaeological record By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT A new method for reliably identifying the presence of beer or other malted foodstuffs in archaeological finds is described in a study published May 6, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andreas G. Heiss from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Austria and colleagues. Full Article
w Benthos in the Antarctic Weddell Sea in decline By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Over the past quarter-century, changes in Antarctic sea-ice cover have had profound impacts on life on the ocean floor. Full Article
w Molecule reduces multiple pathologies associated with Alzheimer's disease By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT When tested in brain cells and in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, a new compound significantly reduced the number of amyloid plaques in the brain, lessened brain inflammation and diminished other molecular markers of the disease. Full Article
w GW survey evaluates influence of social media in attracting patients By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT A recent survey from the George Washington University suggests that patients do not take social media into consideration when looking for a dermatologist and recommend that practitioners should use social media as a tool in engaging and educating patients. Full Article
w The Lancet Rheumatology: Small observational study of patients with severe COVID-19 treated with the arthritis drug anakinra finds clinical improvements By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT The first study to report use of the rheumatoid arthritis drug anakinra to treat COVID-19 patients found that high-dose anakinra was safe and was associated with respiratory improvements and reduced signs of cytokine storm [1] in 72% (21/29) of patients, according to results from patients studied for 21 days (enrolled from 17 to 27 March 2020) in a Milan hospital, published in The Lancet Rheumatology journal. Full Article
w Using digital twins to design more sustainable cities By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Over the past several years, a collaboration at HLRS has been developing a digital twin of Herrenberg, a small city just outside of Stuttgart, Germany. The Herrenberg study has already provided valuable information for city planners and government officials in the state of Baden-Württemberg, and paves the way for improving the model to include additional kinds of data. Full Article
w Do I look mad? Reading facial cues with the touch-screen generation By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Are today's children, who grew up with mobile technology from birth, worse at reading emotions and picking up cues from people's faces than children who didn't grow up with tablets and smartphones? A new UCLA psychology study suggests today's kids are all right. Full Article
w Traffic pollution drops in lockdown -- but other risks revealed by Manchester experts By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Traffic pollution for most parts of the UK is plummeting thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown but more urban ozone -- a dangerous air pollutant which can cause airway inflammation in humans -- is probably being generated, say experts from The University of Manchester. Observations in cities across the UK show marked decreases in nitrogen oxides but with corresponding increases in ozone during lockdown. Full Article
w Stem cells shown to delay their own death to aid healing By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT A new study shows how stem cells -- which can contribute to creating many parts of the body, not just one organ or body part -- are able to postpone their own death in order to respond to an injury that needs their attention. The study was done in planarians, which are tiny worms used as model organisms to study regeneration because of their ability to recover from any injury using stem cells. Full Article
w Prediction tool shows how forest thinning may increase Sierra Nevada snowpack By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Thinning the Sierra Nevada forest by removing trees by hand or using heavy machinery is one of the few tools available to manage forests. However, finding the best way to thin forests by removing select trees to maximize the forest's benefits for water quantity, water quality, wildfire risk and wildlife habitat remains a challenge for resource managers. Full Article
w Scientists measured electrical conductivity of pure interfacial water By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Skoltech scientists in collaboration with researchers from the University of Stuttgart, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Russian Quantum Center achieved the first systematic experimental measurements of the electrical conductivity of pure interfacial water, hence producing new results significantly extending our knowledge of interfacial water. Full Article
w Olanzapine may help control nausea, vomiting in patients with advanced cancer By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Olanzapine, a generic drug used to treat nervous, emotional and mental conditions, also may help patients with advanced cancer successfully manage nausea and vomiting unrelated to chemotherapy. These are the findings of a study published Thursday, May 7, 2020 in JAMA Oncology. Full Article
w By the third day most with COVID-19 lose sense of smell By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT The loss of the sense of smell and taste are early indicators of possible COVID-19 infection along with symptoms of respiratory distress. These prognostic markers might assist in determining use of antiviral treatments currently being used and tested on COVID-19 patients. Full Article
w Dendrimers finally have what it takes to break into the laser scene By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT A team including researchers from the University of Tsukuba has produced a family of dendrimers that form single-crystals and can harvest non-polarized light and transform it into polarized emission. The dendrimer crystals are both optically and mechanically stable to optical pumping, making them the first example of a crystalline material combining dendrimer properties and laser performance. The crystals are expected to have numerous applications in the field of laser optics, for example in displays. Full Article
w Controlling quantumness: Simulations reveal details about how particles interact By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT A recent study at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University has described new states that can be found in super-cold atom experiments, which could have applications for quantum technology. Full Article
w New invisibility concept and miniaturization of photonic circuits using ultrafast laser By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Thanks to its unique three-dimensional manufacturing capacity, ultrafast laser writing is a prime candidate to meet the growing demand for the miniaturization of photonic circuitry, e.g., for scaling up optical quantum computers capacity. Towards this goal, scientists from Canada discovered a phenomenon related to the material electronic resonance that allows a much greater miniaturization of the laser written devices. Surprisingly, the new phenomenon allows other intriguing applications such as a new concept of invisibility. Full Article
w How herpes simplex virus can evade the immune response to infect the brain By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT A research team has discovered a molecular mechanism that helps Herpes simplex virus (HSV1) evade the innate immune system and infect the brain causing a rare disease with high mortality. The study from Aarhus University, University of Oxford, and University of Gothenburg, led by first author Chiranjeevi Bodda in Søren Paludan's lab, will be published May 8 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM). Full Article
w New antigen test for detecting COVID-19 could help triage patients during the pandemic By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT A new antigen test for detecting COVID-19 can return results within 15 minutes. Researchers who evaluated the assay, which was developed by a biotech company in Belgium, say it could help with patient diagnostics in areas hardest hit by the pandemic. While not as sensitive as tests that use viral RNA to detect the presence of an antigen, the COVID-19 Ag Respi-Strip test could be a useful tool in slowing the spread of the virus. Full Article
w Newly discovered mechanism can explain increased risk of dementia By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Millions of people around the world use acid suppressants called proton pump inhibitors for conditions like heartburn, gastritis and stomach ulcers. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now report that how the long-term use of these drugs could increase the risk of developing dementia. Their results are published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia. Full Article
w How does the brain link events to form a memory? Study reveals unexpected mental processes By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT The brain has a powerful ability to remember and connect events separated in time. And now, in a new study in mice published today in Neuron, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have shed light on how the brain can form such enduring links. Full Article
w Disproportionate burden of COVID-19 for immigrants in the Bronx, New York By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT The authors explain why COVID-19 presents a greater burden for immigrant communities and this article advocates for a more equitable health care system. Full Article
w Flies sleep when need arises to adapt to new situations By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that flies sleep more when they can't fly, possibly because sleeping helps them adapt to a challenging new situation. Full Article
w How a molecular 'alarm' system in plants protects them from predators By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Some plants, like soybean, are known to possess an innate defense machinery that helps them develop resistance against insects trying to feed on them. However, exactly how these plants recognize signals from insects has been unknown until now. In a new study, scientists in Japan have uncovered the cellular pathway that helps these plants to sense danger signals and elicit a response, opening doors to a myriad of agricultural applications. Full Article
w Canadian study finds temperature, latitude not associated with COVID-19 spread By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Temperature and latitude do not appear to be associated with the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to a study of many countries published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), but school closures and other public health measures are having a positive effect. Full Article
w A pioneering study into the description of the architecture of a new standard for telecommunications By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a United Nations Organization agency commissioned to regulate international telecommunications between different operating administrations and businesses. Pursuant to specific recommendations by this organization, on 1 July, standard Y.3172, an architecture for machine learning in future networks (5G and beyond), was approved for telecommunications networks. Full Article
w Scientists have created new nanocomposite from gold and titanium oxide By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT ITMO University researchers together with their colleagues from France and the USA have demonstrated how a femtosecond laser can be used to tune the structure and nanocomposite properties for titanium dioxide films filled with gold nanoparticles. Full Article
w Newly discovered cell type plays crucial role in immune response to respiratory infections By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT With a discovery that could rewrite the immunology textbooks, an international group of scientists, including the teams of Bart Lambrecht, Martin Guilliams, Hamida Hammad, and Charlotte Scott (all from the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) identified a new type of antigen-presenting immune cell. Full Article