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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...

Environment and Science Diplomacy: Past, Present and Future

Thursday, February 26, 2026 17:30to19:30

Join us February 26, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. for an engaging panel hosted by the McGill Bieler School of Environment and the Canadian chapter of Women in Science Diplomacy.855 rue Sherbrooke Ouest,...

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...

Friends, parks and brain wiring predict whether people exercise after a cardiovascular diagnosis

Published: 21 October 2025

Findings could help tailor interventions to encourage physical activity in older people with heart and blood flow conditions ...

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