Friday, November 13, 2026

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Defence startup Millibeam launches drone jammer after scoring $4.6 million in government grants

Called Rakurai, the counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) can disrupt multiple radio frequencies (RF) simultaneously, thanks to custom-designed chips and antennas that overcome the weight and power limitations of existing handheld systems. As Ukraine’s response to Russia’s invasion demonstrated, drones are...

The line that kindness takes a moment but means the world turns out to be an understatement: across a run of experiments, the people...

Kindness takes a moment but means the world is the sort of line that ends up printed on a tote bag, agreeable and weightless. What is worth noticing is that psychologists have spent the last few years measuring the...

What looks like ‘not caring’ in later life is often a refusal to spend finite attention on every opinion or conflict; that selectivity can...

There is a particular kind of older person who can look, from the outside, as though they have simply stopped caring. They no longer explain every decision. They let a minor misunderstanding remain minor. They wear what they like, decline...

People who politely shut down rude behaviour are not difficult; they understand that kindness does not require making themselves available for disrespect, and they...

Some people can stop a rude exchange without raising their voice, delivering a clever comeback or pretending nothing happened. They name the problem, draw a line and leave the other person with nowhere useful to take the performance. I used...

People whose age ends in nine are 48 percent more likely than everyone else to be running their first marathon, and psychologists have linked...

People whose age ends in nine are 48 percent more likely than everyone else to be running their first marathon. That’s a strange, specific thing for a birthday to predict, and it comes from a real study, not a...

Lab2Market Opens Applications for Free Fall Commercialization Program

Graduate researchers across Canada who are curious about the commercial potential of their work can now apply for a free program designed to help them take their first steps from lab to market. Lab2Market Validate Foundations Pacific returns this fall...

BC Tech Finalist POINTVALUES Is Turning Mustard Waste Into Higher-Value Materials

This article is part of a series presented in partnership with BC Tech, profiling the finalists for the 2026 Technology Impact Awards‘ Company of the Year – Startup category. Canada produces more than 200,000 tonnes of mustard seed annually but...

How 3C Therapeutics Is Applying AI to Accelerate Drug Discovery

Built in B.C. | Building B.C. A series exploring how Innovate BC-supported projects are helping organizations solve real-world challenges through made-in-B.C. innovation. 3C Therapeutics is developing next-generation cancer therapies and exploring new ways to accelerate the drug discovery process. Its...

In 1997, researchers identified a hormone surge that happens to nearly everyone in the first 30 to 45 minutes after waking, whatever time that...

In 1997, a researcher called Jens Pruessner and his colleagues noticed something in saliva samples that had nothing to do with whether the person giving them was an early riser or not. Within the first thirty to forty five...

Most self-improvement plans stop at ‘I will’; a meta-analysis of 642 tests found plans worked better when they linked one clear cue to one...

Most self-improvement plans sound convincing while we are making them. I will exercise more. I will read before bed. I will stop checking my phone while I work. The intention is sincere, the future looks orderly, and then an ordinary...
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Claim for damages filed against Auburn for man beaten by officer

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The attorney for the man repeatedly punched by a Auburn Police officer has filed...
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