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McGill researchers build the best light-powered, room-temperature computer yet

Published: 18 February 2026

McGill and Queen’s University researchers have built an improved version of a computer that uses light to solve extremely hard problems more quickly and at larger scale than existing systems,...

The 2025 Amazing Brain Science Talks videos are live!

Published: 13 February 2026

On Saturday, November 8, 2025, Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL) presented the third edition of the Amazing Brain Science Talks in partnership with Brain Canada Foundation and the Brain-Heart...

Vincent Rigby on The Arctic Appetites of Donald Trump | Policy Magazine

Published: 30 January 2026

January 29, 2026 | In Policy Magazine, Vincent Rigby, writing with Lawrence L. Herman, warns that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to annex Greenland signals a bigger risk to Canadian...

RNA therapy may be a solution for infant hydrocephalus

Published: 29 January 2026

For the first time, drug targeting genetic mutation shown to have positive impact in mice models ...

Woyesa Worana on Ethiopia’s Shrinking Civic Space | Policy Magazine

Published: 28 January 2026

January 26, 2026 | MPP student Woyesa Worana wrote for the Policy Magazine on Ethiopia's rapidly shrinking civic space as the country approaches its June elections. He argued that the rollback of...

Aftab Ahmed on Mark Carney's Davos Speech | Policy Magazine

Published: 26 January 2026

January 23, 2026 | In Policy Magazine, Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about Mark Carney's Davos speech detailing the international system's rules-based order being near its end. He highlighted...

Interview with Thomas Duchaine: a vaccine that fights COVID-19… and cancer!

Published: 15 December 2025

D2R's funded-researcher Thomas Duchaine recently sat down with Radio-Canada to discuss emerging research suggesting that RNA vaccines developed for COVID-19 may also enhance the effectiveness of...

Scientists reveal how the brain uses objects to find direction

Published: 11 September 2025

Study shows how visual landmarks tune the brain’s internal compass...

$10 million for Neuro-led project seeking new Alzheimer’s biomarkers

Published: 23 September 2025

Weston Family Foundation grant will fund the first ultra-high-sensitivity whole body PET/CT scanner in Canada...

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