McGill researchers identify a range of unexpected chemical contaminants in human milk

Published: 20 January 2026

An interdisciplinary team including researchers at McGill University has found a range of unexpected chemical contaminants in human milk samples from Canada and South Africa. The chemicals include...

Exoplanet is observed shedding its atmosphere in real time

Published: 1 December 2025

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team led by McGill researcher Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy has observed a giant cloud of helium gas evaporating from a distant giant exoplanet called...

Study offers evidence that racial bias is at play in overrepresentation of Black youth in Canadian child welfare systems

Published: 12 January 2026

Researchers who examined Canadian child welfare data found that Black children were not only investigated at a higher rate than their white peers but were also more likely to be taken from their...

Millions of buildings at risk from sea level rise, McGill-led study finds

Published: 3 October 2025

Sea level rise could put more than 100 million buildings across the Global South at risk of regular flooding if fossil fuel emissions are not curbed quickly, according to a new McGill-led study...

McGill study reveals knowledge gap about psychedelic therapies in adolescents

Published: 4 November 2025

There is a growing interest within the medical community in the use of psychedelic therapies to treat conditions ranging from depression and PTSD to anxiety and eating disorders. New research led...

Mosquitoes’ feeding tubes make ultrafine 3D-printing nozzles

Published: 22 December 2025

Researchers in McGill’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and at Drexel University have developed an innovative manufacturing technique that makes female mosquito proboscides, or feeding tubes,...

Montreal homelessness services for 2SLGBTQ+ adults are inadequate, researchers find

Published: 27 October 2025

Homelessness services in Montreal are not well suited to the needs of 2SLGBTQ+ adults in Montreal, a study by McGill researchers has found....

Heavy cannabis use during pregnancy linked to disruption in brain growth

Published: 18 November 2025

McGill University researchers at the Douglas Research Centre have found evidence that heavy cannabis use during pregnancy can cause delays in brain development in the fetus that persist into...

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