New insights into how cancer spreads prompt rethink of metastasis care

Published: 5 May 2025

A McGill University-led research collaboration has achieved a breakthrough in understanding how cancer spreads....

Experts: Cell phones in schools

Published: 2 May 2025

Education minister Bernard Drainville has announced that, starting in September 2025, cellphone use by students would be prohibited in all schools in Quebec, even during break periods.  The...

Sun safety declining in Canada amid rise in skin cancer cases

Published: 2 May 2025

Despite decades of public health messaging, Canadians are spending more time in the sun and using less sun protection – raising alarms among researchers as melanoma cases continue to climb....

Experts: Quebec’s infrastructure crisis

Published: 1 May 2025

Quebec is grappling with a significant infrastructure maintenance deficit, which has doubled since 2018, according to Quebec Treasury Board figures. The Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec has raised...

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...

McGill researchers develop practical new tool for detecting nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment

Published: 1 May 2025

A team of McGill University researchers has developed a cost-effective, high-throughput technology for detecting nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment.

Study suggests we don’t just hear music, but ‘become it’ 

Published: 30 April 2025

An international study co-authored by McGill psychologist Caroline Palmer suggests our brains and bodies don’t just understand music, they physically resonate with it. These discoveries, based on...

Expert: Safeguarding data on sustainability and climate  

Published: 25 April 2025

As the U.S. government moves to erase large amounts of scientific data, including climate data, from its websites, researchers at McGill University in Montreal are helping the scientific community...

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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