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Homecoming 2025: Water, Climate Change, and the Future

Published: 29 October 2025

As part of last weekend’s Homecoming festivities, Interim Dean of Science Alanna Watt hosted an engaging and timely event on Friday morning entitled “Water, Climate Change, and the Future,” which...

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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...

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The Science of Studying: How Understanding Your Brain Can Boost Academic Success

Published: 2 September 2025

by Jasmine El-Sawaf...

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McGill researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

Published: 10 October 2025

Thirty-two McGill research projects have received new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's for investments in research infrastructure to support their innovative projects, for a...

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How a McGill undergrad’s summer research project became a paper in a prestigious journal

Published: 17 November 2025

When then-McGill undergraduate Maya Willard-Stepan cold-emailed a professor asking to help with their research, she didn’t expect the project to end up in the Nature-partner journal npj Urban...

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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...

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Expert: Ocean floor temperature increases

Published: 1 October 2025

The 2025 Ocean State Report from the Copernicus Marine Service, a European Union ocean monitoring organization, has found that sea floor temperatures off the coast of Nova Scotia have risen at...

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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.