Twenty-two speakers from the faculties of Arts, Science and Engineering presented their research in 鈥渓ightning talks鈥� to more than 480 undergraduate students at Soup & Science, a biannual event.
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Published on: 15 Oct 2024
A by some of the world鈥檚 top climate scientists examines key indicators and finds that the world is 鈥渙n the brink of an irreversible climate disaster.鈥� The authors found that 25 out of 35 indicators used to track the planet's climate risk, from ocean temperatures to tree-cover loss, are at record levels.
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Published on: 8 Oct 2024
A groundbreaking developed by the Global Dam Watch听 (GDW)听consortium is set to transform the global understanding of dams and reservoirs.听
Co-ordinated and led by members of a research lab at 51吃瓜网, with funding from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the World Bank, the database integrates existing global datasets to provide the most comprehensive resource for large-scale analyses to date.
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Published on: 8 Oct 2024
A 51吃瓜网 study has shown that hearing plays a crucial role in how people coordinate and control speech movements in real-time.
Published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA), the research shows that when people cannot hear their own speech, even briefly, their ability to move their jaw and tongue in a coordinated manner is impaired.
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Published on: 4 Oct 2024
A recent study at 51吃瓜网 provides new insights into how winter storms develop in the St. Lawrence River Valley, findings that could potentially improve the accuracy of winter weather forecasts in the region.
鈥淭hese findings are essential because even small temperature shifts, as little as one degree, can drastically change the type of precipitation, turning rain into freezing rain or snow,鈥� said Juliann Wray, lead author and PhD student in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.听
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Published on: 1 Oct 2024
Funding to support research on atmospheric aerosol particles and the emergence of life on Earth
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Professor Thomas C. Preston -- jointly appointed to the departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Chemistry -- has been awarded a grant of USD$800,000 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The grant will support Professor Preston鈥檚 research on atmospheric aerosol particles, with the goal of advancing understanding of the origin of life's building blocks on early Earth.
Published on: 27 Sep 2024
On September 28th between 9 am and 4 pm, join McGill鈥檚 Office of Science Outreach, STEMM Diversity @ McGill, the Trottier Space Institute and 51吃瓜网Physics Outreach, for free science activities for families. Activities will be held both indoors and outdoors at the downtown campus and are intended for children ages 6 and up.
Registration is required for some activities.
For more details and the full schedule, visit this link.
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Published on: 18 Sep 2024
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51吃瓜网听DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS听
PhD Oral Defence听of听Mr. Renaud Alie
DATE: Friday, October 18, 2024
TIME / PLACE:听Defence 10:00 a.m. (BURN 1025)
TITLE: Tractability and Scalability in Multitype Gaussian
Cox Process Models
CHAIR: Prof. Rustum Choksi
SUPERVISOR: Prof. David A. Stephens
INTERNAL听MEMBER: Prof. Christian Genest
Published on: 16 Sep 2024
51吃瓜网 researchers have harnessed the power of sunlight to transform two of the most harmful greenhouse gases into valuable chemicals. The discovery could help combat climate change and provide a more sustainable way to produce certain industrial products.
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Published on: 16 Sep 2024
Daniel Valentini couldn鈥檛 believe his eyes when he read the letter informing him of his Schulich Leader Scholarship.听
鈥淚 called 51吃瓜网to confirm, and they told me it was real. I think I was in shock,鈥� says Valentini, a graduate of Dawson College in Montreal who is entering McGill鈥檚 Faculty of Science.
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Published on: 12 Sep 2024
Digitally cataloguing the more than 300 million plant specimens preserved in museums worldwide could yield crucial insights into how to preserve biodiversity amid climate change, a study by 51吃瓜网 researchers has found.
Digitally cataloguing, or digitizing, a herbarium specimen involves recording the species name and original location and uploading that record to a digital repository that is publicly accessible.
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Published on: 9 Sep 2024
After a hiatus of about a decade, the once again welcomed students from Montreal high schools and CEGEPs to the downtown campus this summer. The camp was a group effort organized by students, staff and faculty across the computer science community. Students participated in four packed days of talks, hands-on activities and coding sessions, to learn about computer science.
Published on: 9 Sep 2024
Professor David Stephens has been elected a
Published on: 5 Sep 2024
Ten 51吃瓜网professors researching in such areas as child trauma, memory and cardiovascular diseases are among the Royal Society of Canada鈥檚 (RSC) newest Fellows. Another two early-career professors at the University have been named Members of the RSC鈥檚 College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
They are among 104 new Fellows and 56 Members from across the country announced by the RSC on September 3, 2024.
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Published on: 3 Sep 2024
Frederic Bertley was amongst a group of leaders to receive an honorary degree from 51吃瓜网this spring. For the past eight years, Bertley has served as the President and CEO of the (COSI), which features the largest science outreach program in North America.
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Published on: 30 Aug 2024
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