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Warmer temperatures, rising sea levels, and increased atmospheric moisture collectively make weather events more extreme and destructive.

Researchers develop method to confine light inside an organic material to form a hybrid quantum state, creating new physical and chemical properties.

Canada's official poverty rate doesn't tell the full story of hunger and food insecurity in Canada according to a new landmark report: Measuring Poverty with a Material Deprivation Index (MDI): An Updated Index for Canada, published by Food Banks Canada.

The Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) includes samples from space missions, providing insight into short and long-term health impacts of spaceflight

Academic experts available to provide context or comment on the following topic: EU Elections & far-right surge

Urban green spaces may be harmful despite tree cover providing some protection

University of Ottawa surges to 189th worldwide in the influential QS World University Rankings 2025.

In Canada, rates of violent crime have returned to levels of 20 years ago and the homicide rate is second only to the United States and rising. Rates of homicide for Indigenous peoples are six times those of non-Indigenous people. Gender based and sexual violence is at epidemic levels. Our main response has been increased expenditures on policing – now close to $20 billion – and punitive legal ref...

During its upcoming spring Convocation, the University of Ottawa will confer Honorary Doctorates on eleven outstanding individuals to celebrate their storied accomplishments.

First of its kind in Canada, program to advance research in therapeutic potential of psychedelics