/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1312/all en /newsroom/channels/news/sustainable-data-science-training-program-awarded-165-m-nserc-create-357359 <p>Today, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)<a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/NewsDetail-DetailNouvelles_eng.asp?ID=1461"> announced </a>more than $26 million in funding for <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATEResults-ResultatsFONCER_eng.asp?Year=2024">16 new training initiatives</a> through its <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATE-FONCER_eng.asp">Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE)</a> program.</p> Thu, 16 May 2024 14:35:33 +0000 admin 310496 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/ehab-abouheif-named-fellow-american-association-advancement-science-356867 <p><a href="/biology/ehab-abouheif">Ehab Abouheif</a>, James ����ֱ�� Professor in the Department of Biology at ����ֱ��, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the highest distinctions in the global science community, which recognizes contributions to science and technology, scientific leadership, and extraordinary achievements across disciplines.</p> Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:11:25 +0000 admin 310453 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/model-evolution-intelligence-355739 <p>When certain species of wild birds and primates discover new ways of finding food in the wild, it can serve to measure their flexibility and intelligence.</p> <p>In the largest experimental study ever conducted on this topic, a team of researchers from Rockefeller University headed by postdoctoral fellow Jean-Nicolas Audet have shown, in collaboration with ����ֱ��’s Louis Lefebvre, that foraging problems requiring overcoming obstacles, such as removing the lid off a container of food, are the only predictors of brain size and innovative behaviour in the wild.</p> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:24:32 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 308746 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/energy-poverty-canada-355502 <p>As many as one in five Canadian households can be considered to be in energy poverty, according to researchers from ����ֱ��. Energy poverty occurs when households cannot afford or access the levels of energy necessary to meet their daily needs, live decent lives, and maintain healthy indoor temperatures all year round. More Canadians potentially suffer from energy poverty than from food insecurity.</p> Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:12:08 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 308044 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/uncertainty-measuring-biodiversity-change-could-hinder-progress-towards-global-targets-nature-355491 <p>More than ever before, there is a growing interest in dedicating resources to stop the loss of biodiversity, as recently exemplified by the <a href="//Users/../../../../../../../Users/andy/Downloads/The%2520GBF%2520focuses%2520on%2520understanding%2520why%2520biodiversity%2520is%2520declining%2520and%2520what%2520actions%2520are%2520needed%2520to%2520reverse%2520this%2520trend.%2520However,%2520implementing%2520the%2520plan%2520is%2520challenging%2520because%2520information%2520about%2520biodiversity%2520changes%2520is%2520not%2520evenly%2520available%2520everywhere,%2520meaning%2520that%25</body></html>"></a></p> Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:41:59 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 307802 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-understanding-avian-eggshell-attachment-355398 <div> <div></div></div> Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:25:13 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 307702 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/surprising-new-evidence-happiness-and-wealth-355286 <p>Global polls typically show that people in industrialized countries where incomes are relatively high report greater levels of satisfaction with life than those in low-income countries.</p> <p>But now the first large-scale survey to look at happiness in small, non-industrialized communities living close to nature paints quite a different picture.</p> <p><b>Looking at happiness in non-industrialized settings</b></p> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:27:06 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 307690 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/m87-one-year-later-proof-persistent-black-hole-shadow-354399 <p>The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, including Professor Daryl Haggard at ����ֱ��, <a href="https://eventhorizontelescope.org/M87-one-year-later-proof-of-a-persistent-black-hole-shadow">has released new images of M87*</a>, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, using data from observations taken in April 2018. With the participation of the newly commissioned Greenland Telescope and a dramatically improved recording rate across the array, the 2018 observations give us a view of the source independent from the first observations in 2017.</p> Wed, 17 Jan 2024 21:14:37 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307597 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/stuck-traffic-researchers-identify-cellular-traffic-jams-rare-disease-354128 <p>Researchers from ����ֱ��, led by Professor Alanna Watt of the Department of Biology, have identified previously unknown changes in brain cells affected by a neurological disease. Their <a href="http://elifesciences.org/articles/90510">research</a>, published in <i>eLife,</i> could pave the way to future treatments for the disease.</p> Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:56:10 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307577 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-does-one-species-become-many-353924 <p>Evolutionary biologists have long suspected that the diversification of a single species into multiple descendent species – that is, an “adaptive radiation” – is the result of each species adapting to a different environment. Yet formal tests of this hypothesis have been elusive owing to the difficulty of firmly establishing the relationship between species traits and evolutionary “fitness” for a group of related species that recently diverged from a common ancestral species.</p> Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:16:32 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307568 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-do-temperature-extremes-influence-distribution-species-352706 <p>As the planet gets hotter, animal and plant species around the world will be faced with new, potentially unpredictable living conditions, which could alter ecosystems in unprecedented ways.</p> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:34:14 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307447 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/searching-signs-alien-life-our-own-solar-system-349046 <p>Scientists have long been captivated by the possibility of discovering evidence for extraterrestrial life in the universe. While many of the world’s largest telescopes are pointed toward distant galaxies and star systems, however, some think there’s a strong possibility that life could be detected much closer to home.</p> Wed, 12 Jul 2023 15:30:42 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 305781 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/what-areas-should-canada-protect-save-species-risk-extinction-347605 <p>At the recent COP 15 conference in Montreal, Canada committed to protecting 30% of its land by 2030, but which areas are most crucial to protect for at-risk species such as the spotted turtles? In <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2022.2307" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">a new study</a> published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, ����ֱ�� researchers overlayed maps of species at risk to find hotspots where many species live together. They found that hotspots often overlap.</p> Wed, 05 Apr 2023 13:57:28 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 298476 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cutting-down-social-media-improve-teens-and-young-adults-body-image-347606 <p>Teens in North America are spending several hours per day on screens, and there’s growing concern over how social media may affect their mental health.</p> Wed, 05 Apr 2023 14:21:13 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 298479 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/one-step-closer-developing-potentially-ultraprotective-sunscreen-our-own-melanin-348237 <p>A new discovery about the structure of melanin has brought scientists one step closer to developing <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-023-01175-4">a new, potentially ultra-protective sunscreen</a> derived from a biological substance found in nearly all organisms. Researchers from ����ֱ��’s Department of Chemistry, in collaboration with The Ohio State University and the University of Girona, have announced a major advance in understanding the fundamental structure of melanin and one of its components that turns light into heat, protecting the body from sun damage.</p> Mon, 08 May 2023 15:31:09 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 299571 at /newsroom