It’s what's underneath that counts
To the naked eye, ancient rocks may look completely inhospitable, but in reality, they can sustain an entire ecosystem of microbial communities in their fracture waters isolated from sunlight for millions, if not billions, of years. New scientific findings discovered the essential energy source to sustain the life kilometres below Earth’s surface with implications for life not only on our planet but also on Mars.
Canada Foundation for Innovation provides $1.1M for CBRAIN computing platform at McGill
McGill University will receive more than $1.1 million for CBRAIN, one of the world’s most advanced computing platforms for brain research, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Cyberinfrastructure Initiative. Marc Miller, Member of Parliament for Ville-Marie — Le Sud-ouest — Île-des-sœurs, made the announcement at McGill on behalf of the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, the Minister of Science. CBRAIN, a nationalDon’t scan so close to me
What does the 1960s Beatles hit “Girl” have in common with Astor Piazzolla’s evocative tango composition “Libertango”?
Hot ‘new’ material found to exist in nature
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Rare minerals from Siberia found to have same structure as some man-made metal-organic frameworks
Dot-drawing with drones
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Flying robots could someday help artists create outdoor murals
You may have heard of plans to use drones for delivering packages, monitoring wildlife, or tracking storms. But painting murals?
Search and rescue in the Arctic
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Minimum daily temperature -3 C increases need of search and rescues in Nunavut, affecting culturally valued hunting activities of Inuit
Search and rescue operations in Nunavut have more than doubled over the past decade. In the communities of the vast northern Canadian territory, it’s commonly felt that climate change is one factor making hunting riskier in the spring and fall.
What hibernating toads tell us about climate
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24-year study of spring emergence of Fowler’s Toads creates model for predicting climate-change effects
The ability to predict when toads come out of hibernation in southern Canada could provide valuable insights into the future effects of climate change on a range of animals and plants.
New vision, model for genomic and clinical data sharing
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Podcast: Pedro Valdes-Sosa
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Spotlight on neurosciences
Neuroinformatics stands at the intersection of neuroscience and information science. One of the world leaders in this discipline is Prof. Pedro Valdes-Sosa, General Vice-Director for Research of the Cuban Neuroscience Center (CNEURO) which he co-founded in 1990.
‘Baby talk’ can help songbirds learn their tunes
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The research has implications for understanding human developmental disorders such as autism
Victor Phillip Dahdaleh supports neuroscience research
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Gift expands scholarship program at McGill with $3.5 million gift
Converting cells to burn fat, not store it
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McGill-led discovery could help fight obesity, metabolic disorders
Researchers have uncovered a new molecular pathway for stimulating the body to burn fat – a discovery that could help fight obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Key mechanism identified in brain tumor growth
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Discovery offers hope for more effective treatments of deadly glioblastomas
A gene known as OSMR plays a key role in driving the growth of glioblastoma tumors, according to a new study led by a McGill University researcher and published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Alzheimer’s disease : It takes two (proteins) to tango
For years, neuroscientists have puzzled over how two abnormal proteins, called amyloid and tau, accumulate in the brain and damage it to cause Alzheimer's disease (AD). Which one is the driving force behind dementia? The answer: both of them, according to a new study by researchers at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.
$1.2 M for McGill from CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund
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To support six research projects in fields from neuroscience to food safety and Arctic ecosystems