With climate change so high today on the environmental and political agenda, substitutes for fossil fuels are under examination.
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NBT: Going Beyond Passwords, to Virtual Identities
Using the Internet today can be a frustrating experience.
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NBT: Saying Goodbye to HIV in Canada
At the risk of sounding like a cockeyed optimist, I can see a time in the not too distant future when HIV has been all but eliminated from Canada.
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NBT: A New Way to Assess Local Ecosystems Sustainability
Ecosystems are in flux around the world. Important species are disappearing due to mismanagement and climate change, while invasive new species are appearing.
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The False Hope of the Next Big Thing
Physical therapy is the quintessential non-invasive health care profession.
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NBT: Floating Speed Trains
In our interconnected global world, people have now have not had a clean alternative to pollution-creating jet travel.
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NBT: Computing at Light-speed
It is an incredible time to be an electrical engineer at the University of British Columbia.
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NBT: Doing Business 2.0
Facebook, Secondlife, Linkedin, Flickr -- these websites are more than just digital entertainment, but rather the experimental frontline of a new way of communicating and doing business.
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NBT: The New Field of Neuroethics
Tremendous advances in neuroscience have enhanced our capacity to alter the way we diagnose and cure disease, treat the mentally ill and predict future illness, educate children, formulate public policy to deal with criminals, and understand the inner workings of the brain.
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NBT: Committing to the World’s Children
Can you imagine that you are the parent of a delightful four-year-old girl who yesterday was full of life, but today is going to die?
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