Indoor urban agriculture isn’t necessarily low carbon, McGill study shows

Published: 11 June 2026

Growing lettuce indoors in Canadian cities can be as climate-friendly as conventional farming, but only in regions where electricity is from renewable sources and thus low-carbon, according to a...

McGill University researchers create a device that behaves like a single neuron

Published: 25 June 2026

McGill University researchers have developed a light-detecting nanoscale structure that mimics how a neuron processes information. The neuron-like behaviour emerges from the materials themselves,...

A ‘bridge’ to bolstering research and clinical expertise

Published: 18 June 2026

McGill University’s Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences is well known for its impact in Quebec, where its award-winning Service to the Community Program provides dental care to...

Feeling poorer than peers linked to lower wellbeing, even when incomes are similar

Published: 15 June 2026

New research is shedding light on how comparing ourselves to others affects happiness and life satisfaction....

Reducing vehicle emissions could prevent thousands of deaths in Canada

Published: 8 July 2026

A shift to cleaner transportation could prevent more than 3,600 premature deaths in Montreal and Toronto by reducing ultrafine particle pollution, finds a new study led by McGill researchers....

Bike infrastructure is expanding in Canada, but access remains uneven

Published: 29 June 2026

Children and older adults are consistently less likely to live near bike lanes, finds a new study that mapped cycling infrastructure in three Canadian cities over a decade....

NASA should build a biocontainment facility on the moon to protect Earth, researchers advise

Published: 19 June 2026

A biocontainment facility designed to protect Earth from potentially hazardous biotic contaminants from space should be part of a planned NASA base on the moon, a policy paper maintains....

Novel marine monitoring network could help improve environmental protections, shipping regulations in the Lower St. Lawrence

Published: 9 July 2026

A single monitoring network developed by McGill, Natural Resources Canada, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Dalhousie University researchers can simultaneously track earthquakes, water...

To curb overprescribing for seniors, researchers urge annual prescription checkups

Published: 3 June 2026

To address the growing problem of overprescribing for seniors, a new Canadian guideline is calling for routine medication reviews....

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