Experts: World Water Day 2025 | March 22

Published: 20 March 2025

World Water Day is a United Nations observance that raises awareness of the importance of fresh water and sustainable water management. This year’s theme is preserving glaciers, which are melting...

New drone-assisted 3D model offers a more accurate way to date dinosaur fossils

Published: 10 April 2025

A new study from McGill University is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park (DPP). Using advanced drone-assisted 3D mapping, researchers have...

Breakthrough discovery uses gut bacteria and AI to diagnose a chronic pain syndrome

Published: 6 May 2025

McGill University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues in Israel and Ireland, have developed AI technology that can detect patterns in gut bacteria to identify complex regional pain...

Study links dementia care gaps in Quebec to socio-economic status

Published: 20 May 2025

A new study has found stark differences in the dementia care received by people in richer and poorer neighbourhoods in Quebec, despite the universal health-care system.

Expert: Tuberculosis

Published: 4 April 2025

Montreal's public health authority is asking health professionals to be vigilant following the report of two highly contagious pulmonary tuberculosis cases in recent months.

Researchers improve the accuracy of AI writing tools

Published: 1 May 2025

A McGill University-led team of researchers has developed a new method that significantly improves the accuracy and efficiency of large language models (LLMs) when generating computer code and...

Members of marginalized groups are at disproportionate risk in earthquakes, study finds

Published: 14 May 2025

Members of socially and economically marginalized groups in Montreal and Ottawa-Gatineau are at disproportionate risk in earthquakes, a new study has found....

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

Published: 27 March 2025

A new study led by McGill University researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time environmental cues with their memories of conditions in their Antarctic...

Researchers identify two new crocodile species

Published: 24 April 2025

McGill University 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...

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