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2018 Undergraduate Research Conference, Faculty of Science

victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:06:13 +0000

Science students present their research projects. Come check out their posters and talk with the scientists of tomorrow!

2017 Undergraduate Research Conference, Faculty of Science

victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 01:41:50 +0000

Science students present their research projects. Come check out their posters and talk with the scientists of tomorrow!

2017 Trottier Public Science Symposium: MIND MATTERS - The Body-Mind Connection

victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 22:18:18 +0000

"The mind can make a heaven of hell and a hell of heaven." (John Milton)

ɬ�﷬ Sustainability Systems Initiative Research Themes Launch / Invited Speaker Amy Luers

victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:43:47 +0000

The ɬ�﷬ Sustainability Systems Initiative is pleased to invite you to the inaugural MSSI event for the 2017-18 academic year.

Science Literacy Week @ ɬ�﷬ 2017

victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:22:33 +0000

Science Literacy Week @ ɬ�﷬ is happening from September 18 to 24! ɬ�﷬ Library, Let’s Talk Science ɬ�﷬, Graphos, and Redpath Museum, have planned a wide range of activities across both campuses, including a lecture by Dr.

2016 Undergraduate Research Conference, Faculty of Science

victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 02:22:44 +0000

Science students present their research projects. Come check out their posters and talk with the scientists of tomorrow!

Proactively exposing ecosystems to mild environmental stressors appears to offer protection, study finds

admin — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:05:32 +0000

Mild, proactive exposure to environmental stress can help biological communities resist severe disturbances and maintain genetic diversity, a recent study from ɬ�﷬ has found.

Researchers identify two new crocodile species

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:59:51 +0000

ɬ�﷬ researchers, in collaboration with Mexican scientists, have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of Banco Chinchorro, both off the Yucatán Peninsula. The findings challenge long-held assumptions about the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and highlight the urgent need for conservation efforts, the researchers say.

When using music to alleviate pain, tempo matters

admin — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:32:01 +0000

Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a ɬ�﷬ research team has discovered.

This suggests it may be possible to reduce a patient’s level of pain by using technology to take a piece of music someone likes and adjust the tempo to match their internal rhythm, the researchers said.

The discovery was the subject of a paper published this week in Pain, the top journal in the field of pain medicine and research.

‘Last Ice Area’ in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought

admin — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:17:23 +0000

The Arctic’s “Last Ice Area” (LIA) — a vital habitat for ice-dependent species — might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to occur sometime around mid-century, a new study by ɬ�﷬ researchers using a high-resolution model has found.

Humpback whales’ use of memory to time their migration could prove less effective amid climate change

admin — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:09:16 +0000

A new study led by ɬ�﷬ researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time environmental cues with their memories of conditions in their Antarctic feeding grounds to determine when to embark on their annual 10,000-kilometre journey. With climate change accelerating, the researchers warn this strategy may become less effective amid shifting ocean conditions.

Researchers link mysterious cosmic signals to collapsed stars

admin — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:05:40 +0000

An international team of scientists led by ɬ�﷬ researchers has provided the clearest evidence yet that some fast radio bursts (FRBs) — enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio waves from space — originate from neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of massive stars that have exploded in a supernova. This finding, based on an analysis of the radio signal of a single FRB, advances our understanding of one of the universe’s most perplexing phenomena.

Dead galaxies, live signals: Astronomers uncover a fast radio burst’s surprising location

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:41:09 +0000

Astronomers studying the origins of enigmatic fast radio bursts (FRBs) have made a groundbreaking discovery that could transform our understanding of the universe’s most powerful and mysterious signals. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst (CHIME/FRB) collaboration has pinpointed the location on the sky of a repeating FRB, known as FRB 20240209A, outside a dead galaxy, a finding unprecedented in FRB science. The researchers believe the FRB may have originated in a cluster of old, dead stars orbiting the dead galaxy.

Study suggests we don’t just hear music, but ‘become it’

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:56:55 +0000

An international study co-authored by ɬ�﷬ psychologist Caroline Palmer suggests our brains and bodies don’t just understand music, they physically resonate with it. These discoveries, based on findings in neuroscience, music, and psychology, support Neural Resonance Theory (NRT).

NRT maintains that rather than relying on learned expectations or prediction, musical experiences arise from the brain’s natural oscillations that sync with rhythm, melody and harmony. This resonance shapes our sense of timing, musical pleasure and the instinct to move with the beat.

Apex predators in prehistoric Colombian oceans would have snacked on killer whales today: ɬ�﷬ study

admin — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:09:21 +0000

Predators at the top of a marine food chain 130 million years ago ruled with more power than any modern species, ɬ�﷬ research into a marine ecosystem from the Cretaceous period revealed.