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A ۲ݮƵ University-led research team working in collaboration with a French team (CNRS, INSERM and Sorbonne university) believes it has identified both the neurological mechanism underlying anorexia nervosa as well as a possible cure.

Classified as: Douglas Research Centre, Salah El Mestikawy, Department of Psychiatry, Anorexia
Published on: 8 Jul 2024

A ۲ݮƵ-led research team has developed the first real-time, on-site technology capable of detecting and deciphering nanoplastics from all other particles in water, a capacity akin to being able to find a needle in a haystack within milliseconds.

Microplastic pieces are between 1 micrometre and 5 millimetres, roughly equivalent to a grain of rice. Nanoplastics are far tinier - a single nanometre is just 0.000001 millimetres. For comparison, a human hair is approximately 80,000–100,000 nanometers wide.

Classified as: mcgill research, Parisa Ariya, department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, Department of Chemistry, nanoplastics, plastic pollution, Artificial intelligence, AI
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Published on: 4 Jul 2024

Understanding how gold forms is crucial for knowing where to find it and how to extract it sustainably. ۲ݮƵ researchers have answered a long-standing question in geology that could lead to new ore discoveries.

Classified as: Anthony Williams-Jones, Duncan McLeish, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
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Published on: 3 Jul 2024

As the climate warms, many species are on the move, raising new challenges for policy-makers around the world. Shifts in the ranges of mosquitoes and disease-bearing ticks and bats are introducing illnesses such as malaria and Lyme disease into regions where health-care systems are unprepared. Movements of commercially important fish from one jurisdiction to another are shifting job opportunities and causing trade disputes.

Classified as: climate change, Department of Biology, jennifer sunday
Published on: 2 Jul 2024

This spring, over 1,500 cyclists participated in a survey by Transportation Research at ۲ݮƵ to identify dangerous intersections for cyclists in Montreal. A reveals the 10 most mentioned spots.

The researchers say there is a critical need for safer cycling infrastructure, to promote sustainable travel and prevent fatal collisions caused by poor road design.

Classified as: Transportation Research At ۲ݮƵ, ۲ݮƵ School of Urban Planning, Ahmed El-Geneidy, Hisham Negm, Cycling
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Published on: 25 Jun 2024

In the “15-minute city,” a concept popularized in Europe, everything a resident might need on a daily basis is a short walk or bicycle ride away. A study by Transportation Research at ۲ݮƵ University (TRAM) suggests, however, that this model may not be easily achieved in large North American cities such as Montreal.

Classified as: mcgill research, Ahmed El-Geneidy, School of Urban Planning, 15-minute city, urban planning, local lifestyle
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Published on: 21 Jun 2024

Beginning in the Fall of 2024, ۲ݮƵ University will cover tuition and mandatory fees for Indigenous students who are members of local/proximate First Nation communities as well as Indigenous students learning within programs delivered through Indigenous partnership agreements within the School of Social Work, the School of Continuing Studies and the Office of First Nations and Inuit Education.

Classified as: Indigenous Initiatives, 52 Calls to Action, Indigenous tuition initiative
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Published on: 20 Jun 2024

It’s important that programs promoting safer sexting behaviours consider the specific needs of adolescents with behavioural problems, a by ۲ݮƵ University researchers suggests.

Adolescents with behavioural problems engage in elevated levels of sexting compared with their peers without such problems. While this is the case both for male and female teens, the researchers found, the link was stronger for the young women.

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Published on: 19 Jun 2024

A new study from ۲ݮƵ University warns that cutting public transit service could lead to a "doom spiral" resulting in a collapse of the system.

The researchers describe a vicious circle in which service cuts brought on by budget deficits drive transit users away; this drop in ridership triggers additional service cuts, which lead to further declines in usage.

Classified as: Ahmed El-Geneidy, ۲ݮƵ School of Urban Planning, public transit, Faculty of Engineering
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Published on: 13 Jun 2024

Many health-care professionals are ill-equipped to assess pain in children who have suffered abuse, a new study by ۲ݮƵ researchers suggests. This can lead to inadequate pain treatment, making the physical and emotional effects of abuse even worse.

"Our findings show a critical need for training programs for health-care providers about the effects of child maltreatment,” said Matthew Baker, the study's lead author and a PhD student in the School/Applied Child Psychology program at ۲ݮƵ.

Classified as: paediatrics, healthcare, Matthew Baker, Shanna Williams, ۲ݮƵ
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Published on: 12 Jun 2024

Despite the walkout by encampment representatives from discussions, ۲ݮƵ remains steadfast in its commitment to an open and transparent dialogue conducted in good faith. Yesterday, the University extended an updated offer to members of its community in the encampment, going beyond previous proposals.

This continued effort to reach a peaceful resolution to the encampment, which has been in place on the lower field for over six weeks, comes in addition to the University’s renewed suggestion to appoint a neutral third-party mediator to facilitate discussions.

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Published on: 11 Jun 2024

Two ۲ݮƵ-led climate change mitigation projects receive funding from the New Frontiers in Research Fund’s (NFRF) International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition. Thirteen researchers receive grants through the NFRF Exploration Competition.

Classified as: climate change, whales, food security, coastal, community
Published on: 5 Jun 2024

Quebec-based projects awarded over half of the total national allotment, demonstrating the province’s strength in the transformative science of genomics

Classified as: Genome Québec, Genome Canada, Research and Innovation
Published on: 30 May 2024

As Canada faces the dual challenges of contending with a housing crisis at the same time as facing the impacts of severe climate change, the need to find innovative and practical solutions remains one of the nation’s highest priorities. ۲ݮƵ’s Professor Daniele Malomo was recently awarded $1.7 million by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) for a proposed solution that addresses both problems.

Classified as: Daniele Malomo, affordable housing, Sustainability, Research and Innovation
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Published on: 29 May 2024

The global shift to electric vehicles is gaining momentum, yet the extraction of battery materials has a significant environmental footprint that comes with high costs.

Now, two groundbreaking studies led by ۲ݮƵ University researchers offer hope in the search to manufacture cheaper and greener lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs).

Their findings unlock the potential to produce batteries using more sustainable and less costly metals, known as disordered rock-salt-type (DRX) cathode materials.

Classified as: Richie Fong, Jinhyuk Lee, Electric vehicles, Sustainability
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Published on: 28 May 2024

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