Climate change driving major algae surge in Canada’s lakes, study finds

Published: 31 July 2025

Algal growth is accelerating in lakes across Canada, including those far from human development, and a new study shows that climate change is the primary driver. 

McGill team pinpoints where a type of cell death begins

Published: 22 October 2025

A team at McGill University studying ferroptosis, a form of cell death, have discovered that the process begins deep inside the cell, a finding that could lead to new treatments for cancer and...

McGill team discovers Canada’s first dinosaur-era dragonfly fossil 

Published: 14 August 2025

In a first for Canadian paleontology, a Cretaceous fossilized dragonfly wing, uncovered in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park, has been identified as a new species. It’s also the first known...

McGill physicists manoeuvre DNA molecules using electrical fields

Published: 2 October 2025

Researchers in McGill’s Department of Physics have developed a new device that can trap and study DNA molecules without touching or damaging them. The device, which uses carefully tuned electric...

McGill research flags Montreal snow dump, inactive landfills as major methane polluters

Published: 16 October 2025

Montreal’s methane emissions are unevenly distributed across the island, with the highest concentrations in the city’s east end, McGill researchers have found. The worst polluters include the city...

Study finds Montreal cycling infrastructure doesn’t match demand

Published: 18 August 2025

Bike lanes, BIXI stations and other micromobility infrastructure make up just two per cent of Montreal’s street space – even in neighbourhoods where cycling demand would justify more – according to...

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...

Experts: Social prescribing

Published: 3 November 2025

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of Médecins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.  

Ancient mammoth tooth offers clues about Ice Age life in northeastern Canada

Published: 5 November 2025

A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the Ice Age giants lived and died.

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