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Listening to ancient colours
A team of McGill chemists have discovered that a technique known as photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy could be used to identify the composition of pigments used in art work that is decades or even centuries old.
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McGill partners with leading Swiss neuroscience research group
Building on its worldwide reputation as a leader in neuroscience research, McGill University today joined with two leading Swiss research institutions – the University of Zurich (UZH) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) – to enhance neuroscience research.
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Provocative new Montreal study probes link between breast cancer and air pollution
Air pollution has already been linked to a range of health problems. Now, a ground-breaking new study suggests pollution from traffic may put women at risk for another deadly disease.
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$12 million to be invested in genome research at McGill
The Government of Quebec has offered to match funding for new genome research at McGill, to the tune of approximately $6 million dollars. The rest of the project funds will come from a variety of sources.
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Canadian leads publishing of first results from Large Hadron Collider
Researchers used Einstein's famous E=mc2 equation and the Large Hadron Collider to recreate a miniature version of the event at the origins of our Universe. Dr. Andreas Warburton of McGill's Department of Physics made leading contributions to the analysis of data from the experiment, known as "ATLAS," meaning the findings have a special significance for Canadian science.
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Bedouin tribe reveals secrets to McGill's GA-JOE
As part of McGill's "RaDiCAL" project (Rare Disease Consortium for Autosomal Loci), collaborators in Qatar conducted field research with three patients from biologically interrelated Bedouin families, and sent samples to Canada for analysis by GA JOE – a high-tech genome analyzing machine.
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An innovative medical education program in Outaouais: integrated externship
The Outaouais Health Campus, McGill University and their partners are happy to announce the inauguration of a new decentralized predoctoral medical education program: integrated externship. The first cohort, composed of nine students, arrived this August to pursue their medical education. The program combines clinical exposure, teaching and learning by clinical reasoning.
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McGill announces three senior appointments
One of North America’s leading librarians, a veteran operations executive and a top Canadian researcher/research administrator join leadership team.
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Media advisory: Dr. Muhammad Yunus to present ‘social business’ vision at McGill University
Nobel Peace Prize recipient allies with McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence.
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Striding toward a new dawn for electronics
A team of McGill University researchers have reported how to visualize and study the process of energy transport along one single conductive polymer molecule at a time, a key step towards bringing exciting new applications to market.