External /science/taxonomy/term/4/all en 2018 Undergraduate Research Conference, Faculty of Science /science/urc-2018-10-04 <p><strong>Science students present their research projects.</strong> Come check out their posters and talk with the scientists of tomorrow!</p> Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:06:13 +0000 victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca 623637 at /science 2017 Undergraduate Research Conference, Faculty of Science /science/urc-2017-10-26 <p><strong>Science students present their research projects.</strong> Come check out their posters and talk with the scientists of tomorrow!</p> Thu, 19 Oct 2017 01:41:50 +0000 victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca 591421 at /science 2017 Trottier Public Science Symposium: MIND MATTERS - The Body-Mind Connection /science/trottier-symposium-2017 <p><em>"The mind can make a heaven of hell and a hell of heaven." (John Milton)</em></p> Wed, 09 Aug 2017 22:18:18 +0000 victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca 585049 at /science 涩里番 Sustainability Systems Initiative Research Themes Launch / Invited Speaker Amy Luers /science/20170926-mssi-launch <p><a href="/mssi/">The 涩里番 Sustainability Systems Initiative</a> is pleased to invite you to the inaugural MSSI event for the 2017-18 academic year<strong>.</strong></p> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:43:47 +0000 victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca 590023 at /science Science Literacy Week @ 涩里番 2017 /science/science-literacy-week-201709 <p>Science Literacy Week @ 涩里番 is happening from September 18 to 24! 涩里番 Library, Let鈥檚 Talk Science 涩里番, Graphos, and Redpath Museum, have planned a wide range of activities across both campuses, including a lecture by Dr.</p> Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:22:33 +0000 victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca 589396 at /science 2016 Undergraduate Research Conference, Faculty of Science /science/2016-urc <p><strong>Science students present their research projects.</strong> Come check out their posters and talk with the scientists of tomorrow!</p> Mon, 17 Oct 2016 02:22:44 +0000 victor.chisholm@mcgill.ca 440316 at /science Proactively exposing ecosystems to mild environmental stressors appears to offer protection, study finds /science/channels/news/proactively-exposing-ecosystems-mild-environmental-stressors-appears-offer-protection-study-finds-363762 <p>Mild, proactive exposure to environmental stress can help biological communities resist severe disturbances and maintain genetic diversity, a <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00067-3">recent study</a> from 涩里番 has found.</p> Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:05:32 +0000 admin 1029654 at /science Researchers identify two new crocodile species /science/channels/news/researchers-identify-two-new-crocodile-species-365063 <p>涩里番 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 Yucat谩n Peninsula. The <a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108341">findings</a> challenge long-held assumptions about the American crocodile (<i>Crocodylus acutus</i>) and highlight the urgent need for conservation efforts, the researchers say.</p> Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:59:51 +0000 admin 1029649 at /science When using music to alleviate pain, tempo matters /science/channels/news/when-using-music-alleviate-pain-tempo-matters-362884 <p>Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a 涩里番 research team has discovered.</p> <p>This suggests it may be possible to reduce a patient鈥檚 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.</p> <p>The discovery was the subject of a paper published this week in <i>Pain</i>, the top journal in the field of pain medicine and research.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:32:01 +0000 admin 1029657 at /science 鈥楲ast Ice Area鈥 in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought聽 /science/channels/news/last-ice-area-arctic-could-disappear-much-sooner-previously-thought-362937 <p>The Arctic鈥檚 鈥淟ast Ice Area鈥 (LIA) 鈥 a vital habitat for ice-dependent species 鈥 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 <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02034-5">new study</a> by 涩里番 researchers using a high-resolution model has found.聽聽</p> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:17:23 +0000 admin 1029658 at /science Humpback whales鈥 use of memory to time their migration could prove less effective amid climate change /science/channels/news/humpback-whales-use-memory-time-their-migration-could-prove-less-effective-amid-climate-change-364556 <p>A new study led by 涩里番 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.聽</p> Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:09:16 +0000 admin 1029650 at /science Researchers link mysterious cosmic signals to collapsed stars聽 /science/channels/news/researchers-link-mysterious-cosmic-signals-collapsed-stars-362290 <p>An international team of scientists led by 涩里番 researchers has provided the clearest evidence yet that some fast radio bursts (FRBs) 鈥 enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio waves from space 鈥 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鈥檚 most perplexing phenomena.聽</p> Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:05:40 +0000 admin 1029665 at /science Dead galaxies, live signals: Astronomers uncover a fast radio burst鈥檚 surprising location /science/channels/news/dead-galaxies-live-signals-astronomers-uncover-fast-radio-bursts-surprising-location-362730 <p>Astronomers studying the origins of enigmatic fast radio<a>聽</a>bursts (FRBs) have made a groundbreaking discovery that could transform our understanding of the universe鈥檚 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.</p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:41:09 +0000 admin 1029660 at /science Study suggests we don鈥檛 just hear music, but 鈥榖ecome it鈥櫬 /science/channels/news/study-suggests-we-dont-just-hear-music-become-it-365203 <p>An international study co-authored by 涩里番 psychologist Caroline Palmer suggests our brains and bodies don鈥檛 just understand music, they physically resonate with it. These discoveries, based on findings in neuroscience, music, and psychology, support Neural Resonance Theory (NRT).聽</p> <p>NRT maintains that rather than relying on learned expectations or prediction, musical experiences arise from the brain鈥檚 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.聽</p> Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:56:55 +0000 admin 1029646 at /science Apex predators in prehistoric Colombian oceans would have snacked on killer whales today: 涩里番 study聽聽 /science/channels/news/apex-predators-prehistoric-colombian-oceans-would-have-snacked-killer-whales-today-mcgill-study-362443 <p>Predators at the top of a marine food chain 130 million years ago ruled with more power than any modern species, 涩里番 research into a marine ecosystem from the Cretaceous period revealed.聽</p> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:09:21 +0000 admin 1029663 at /science