Paul Webster

Canada Launches Massive Study of Adult Cancer Precursors

Canada has joined the global stampede of countries gathering biological data over decades on a large population cohort in hopes of better understanding the genetic, social, and environmental factors that affect human health.

Canadian Editors Fired in Row With Association

TORONTO-- The editor of Canada9s premier medical research journal and a top assistant have lost their jobs after a long-running feud with the publisher over editorial independence. (Read more.)

Open Journal to Open

TORONTO, CANADA— A new competitor journal has emerged as the Canadian Medical Association Journal ( CMAJ ) has reformed itself. Following last winters battle over editorial independence ( Science , 24 March, p. [1695][1]), CMAJ last month restored ownership to the association and bolstered

Ontario to Mothball Two CANDU Reactors

NUCLEAR POWERFacing a

Russia Revives Sagging Research Program

1.6-billion repair bill, the government of Ontario decided this month to mothball two 540-megawatt Canada Deuterium-Uranium (CANDU) nuclear reactors more than a decade before their projected retirement date, leading to questions about the future of CANDU.

A Plastid of Probable Green Algal Origin in Apicomplexan Parasites

NUCLEAR WEAPONSRussia is also moving ahead with a program to modernize its nuclear weapons, matching steps by the United States to resume research on low-yield and earth-penetrating weapons (see main text).