McGill gets $1.65 M from NSERC for training project
McGill Newsroom
CREATE project to prepare graduates for high-skills work in surgical-devices industry
A team led by McGill University professor Jake Barralet will receive $1.65 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to provide nearly 90 students with cross-disciplinary training to prepare them for high-skill jobs in the surgical devices industry.
A new discovery in the human auditory system
By Shawn Hayward, Montreal Neurological Institute
Discovery will inform further research into hearing disorders and brain training
Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at McGill University have made an important discovery about the human auditory system and how to study it, findings that could lead to better testing and diagnosis of hearing-related disorders.
City birds are smarter than country birds
By Cynthia Lee, McGill Newsroom
Life in the city changes cognition, behavior and physiology of birds to their advantage
Birds living in urban environments are smarter than birds from rural environments.
Mysterious cosmic radio bursts found to repeat
By Chris Chipello, McGill Newsroom
Astronomers for the first time detect repeat ‘fast radio bursts’ from same sky location
From backyard pool chemical to nanomaterial
By Chris Chipello, McGill Newsroom
Could a cheap molecule used to disinfect swimming pools provide the key to creating a new form of DNA nanomaterials?
Want to rewire a neuron? You’ve got to take it slow
By Katherine Gombay, McGill Newsroom
New technique offers potential to reconnect neurons of people with central nervous system damage
Cost burden of Quebec’s carbon market seen as modest
By Chris Chipello, McGill Newsroom
Study by McGill researchers assesses short-run impacts on households, industries
The cost burden of Quebec’s carbon-pricing policy, is likely to be modest across income groups and industries, according to a McGill University research team.
Nearing the limits of life on Earth
By Katherine Gombay, McGill Newsroom
Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars
Human sounds convey emotions better than words do
By Katherine Gombay, McGill Newsroom
Brain uses “older” systems/structures to preferentially process emotion expressed through vocalizations
Overcoming hurdles to Arctic climate change adaptation
By Katherine Gombay, McGill Newsroom
Arctic peoples inherently able to adapt given changes to various non-climatic factors
Could metal particles be the clean fuel of the future?
Can you imagine a future where your car is fueled by iron powder instead of gasoline?
