51�Թ�� News - Faculty of Science

Chemistry professor Eric McCalla awarded Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future grant

webfull — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:37:08 +0000

Eric McCalla, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, has received a Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) grant, a joint program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).

Published: 6 October 2025

51�Թ��physicists manoeuvre DNA molecules using electrical fields

webfull — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:01:46 +0000

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 fields, offers scientists unprecedented control over how DNA behaves in real time, creating the opportunity for faster, more precise molecular analysis that could improve diagnostics, genome mapping and the study of disease-related molecules.

Published: 2 October 2025

Expert: Ocean floor temperature increases

webfull — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:17:29 +0000

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 twice the rate of surface temperatures over 30 years. Researchers say the rapid warming rate is a result of changes to the climate, including more acute marine heat waves and fewer periods of colder weather.

Published: 1 October 2025

Professor Courtney Paquette featured in SIAM news (2025)

webfull — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:55:53 +0000

Professor Courtney Paquette from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics is featured in SIAM News—the journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The publication showcases the state of the art in applied mathematics, computational science, and data science, while highlighting real-world applications of mathematical research. In doing so, it helps lay the groundwork for scientific advances and new discoveries, supports efforts to address pressing global challenges, and enables leaders and policymakers to make informed decisions.

Published: 1 October 2025

Schulich Leaders pursue passion for STEM

webfull — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:44:57 +0000

As a CEGEP student, Daniel Wei captained his college robotics team to victories with a dodgeball-throwing robot and a biodegradable soil sensor for farmers.

He and a peer also earned a bronze medal at a science and technology fair for their research on biomechanical processes involved in developing artificial intestines.

The achievements are part of Wei’s impressive track record of leadership, innovation and academic success that landed him Canada’s most generous scholarship for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

Published: 16 September 2025

Marco Carone receives prestigious 2025 Myrto Award from Harvard's School of Public Health

webfull — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:36:44 +0000

Dr. Marco Carone, a former 51�Թ��undergraduate student in Probability and Statistics, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Myrto Award from Harvard's School of Public Health.

Published: 2 September 2025

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

webfull — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:16:19 +0000

by Jasmine El-Sawaf

What if the key to studying smarter wasn’t about what you learned, but how you learned it? At McGill, the Office of Science Education’s (OSE) neuroscience-based program SciLearn is helping students in the Faculty of Science do just that.

Published: 2 September 2025

CHORD will be a huge leap forward for Canadian radio astronomy

webfull — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:05:09 +0000

Construction is underway of CHORD, the most ambitious radio telescope project ever built on Canadian soil. Short for the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector, CHORD will give astronomers an unprecedented opportunity to explore some of the most exciting and mysterious questions in astrophysics and cosmology, from Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) and dark energy to the measurements of fundamental particles, and beyond.

Published: 27 August 2025

Study finds Montreal cycling infrastructure doesn’t match demand

webfull — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:02:46 +0000

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 a new study by 51�Թ�� researchers. They think that the measure they developed to arrive at their findings can also help assess the situation in other cities.

Published: 18 August 2025

51�Թ��team discovers Canada’s first dinosaur-era dragonfly fossil

webfull — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:08:51 +0000

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 dragonfly fossil from Canada’s dinosaur aged rocks. The find, led by 51�Թ�� researchers, sheds light on a 30-million-year gap in the evolutionary history of dragonflies.

The fossil was discovered in 2023 by a 51�Թ��undergraduate student during a vertebrate paleontology field course led by Prof. Hans Larsson.

Published: 14 August 2025

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