MyResearch – Research foundations

Monday, March 1, 2021 10:00to12:00

Online workshop for Graduate Students/macdonaldCategory: Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Macdonald Campus Macdonald Campus Library

Major European grant backs McGill research on rare condition

Published: 27 January 2021

The European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD) has granted 1.6 million euros in support of an international research collaboration specific to the ultra-rare genetic disease, Schinzel...

LSD may offer viable treatment for certain mental disorders

Published: 26 January 2021

Researchers from McGill University have discovered, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that contributes to the ability of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to increase social...

Methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells underestimated

Published: 20 January 2021

Bubbles of methane gas in water around an unplugged oil/gas well in Pennsylvania. CREDIT: Mary Kang

Discovery of new praying mantis species from the time of the dinosaurs

Published: 19 January 2021

Artist’s interpretation of Labradormantis guilbaulti in liftoff among the leaves of a sycamore tree, Labrador, around 100 million years ago. The interpretation is based on fossils (for the wings)...

Well-built muscles underlie athletic performance in birds

Published: 15 January 2021

Muscle structure and body size predict the athletic performance of Olympic athletes, such as sprinters. The same, it appears, is true of wild seabirds that can commute hundreds of kilometres a day...

As oceans warm, large fish struggle

Published: 13 January 2021

Warming ocean waters could reduce the ability of fish, especially large ones, to extract the oxygen they need from their environment. Animals require oxygen to generate energy for movement, growth...

Making your work open access (psst: it doesn’t have to cost money)

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 12:00to12:30

/involvementCategory: Communicate Ideas—Writing Expand your expertise—Subject Knowledge Libraries Macdonald Campus Macdonald Campus Library Remote

Identifying Canada’s key conservation hot spots highlights problem

Published: 5 January 2021

To stop biodiversity loss, Canada recently committed to protecting 30% of its land and sea by 2030. But making conservation decisions about where to locate new protected areas is complicated. It...

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