McGill researcher to head Facebook’s new Montreal AI lab

Published: 15 September 2017

Facebook is opening a new Artificial Intelligence Research Lab in Montreal — FAIR Montreal. This is the company’s first research and development investment in Canada, and only its fourth AI...

NASA's Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet

Published: 14 September 2017

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a planet outside our solar system that looks as black as fresh asphalt because it eats light rather than reflecting it back into space. This light-eating...

Brains are more plastic than we thought

Published: 19 July 2017

Practice might not always make perfect, but it’s essential for learning a sport or a musical instrument. It's also the basis of brain training, an approach that holds potential as a non-invasive...

Mouse Model Could Shed New Light on Immune System Response to Zika Virus

Published: 23 February 2017

A new mouse model with a working immune system could be used in laboratory research to improve understanding of Zika virus infection and aid development of new treatments, according to a study...

A new discovery in the human auditory system

Published: 6 April 2016

By Shawn Hayward, Montreal Neurological Institute...

It’s what's underneath that counts

Published: 27 October 2016

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...

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