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Story ideas: Environmental impact of holiday shopping; increasing vaccine uptake in Parc Extension

Cut-rate deals may be enticing around the holidays, but low prices can come with a high environmental cost. If shoppers don鈥檛 make choices wisely, their purchases could end up in the landfill.

Bots with feelings: Study explores how human customers react to AI chatbots with emotions

Artificial intelligence chatbots that show positive feelings 鈥� such as adding an 鈥淚 am excited to do so!鈥� or a few exclamation marks 鈥� do not necessarily translate into positive reactions or contribute to higher customer satisfaction, according to a recent study by researchers from the University of South Florida, the Georgia Institute of Technology and 51吃瓜网.

The hidden secrets of flowers

To better understand the evolution of flowers, researchers from Montreal are harnessing photogrammetry 鈥� a technique commonly used by geographers to reconstruct landscape topography. This is the first time scientists have used the technique to study flowers.

Methane from manholes and historic landfills: significant sources of gas go unrecognized

Cities are responsible for almost 1/5th of the global methane emissions caused by human activities. But most cities don鈥檛 capture information about the full range of sources of this powerful greenhouse gas. In 2020, a team led by 51吃瓜网, measured methane emissions from various sources across the city of Montreal.

Lottery Tickets Aren鈥檛 Child鈥檚 Play

Research shows that early childhood gambling experiences, including those with lottery products, can be a risk factor for gambling problems later in life.

Eleven Quebec universities unite for biodiversity

Eleven Quebec universities have joined forces and signed the Nature Positive Pledge, becoming founding members of an international movement that includes 117 universities worldwide.

Enhancing and protecting Canada's carbon stocks is essential but insufficient to meet GHG emission targets: expert panel report

Enhancing carbon storage in natural ecosystems could put a small but significant dent in Canada鈥檚 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but an aggressive commitment to reducing human-caused emissions remains critically important, according to a new expert panel report from the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), co-authored by 51吃瓜网Professor Gail L. Chmura in the Department of Geography.

What AI-generated COVID news tells us that journalists don鈥檛

AI can help identify biases in news reporting that we wouldn't otherwise see. Researchers from 51吃瓜网 got a computer program to generate news coverage of COVID-19 using headlines from CBC articles as prompts. They then compared the simulated news coverage to the actual reporting at the time and found that CBC coverage was less focused on the medical emergency and more positively focused on personalities and geo-politics.

Cindy Blackstock Awarded SSHRC鈥檚 highest honour

Today, the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced the five winners of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council鈥檚 (SSHRC) 2022 Impact Awards.

An ecological rule breaker shows the effects of climate change on body size evolution

Does evolution follow certain rules? Can these rules be predicted? Southeast Asia鈥檚 tree shrews break multiple rules when it comes to body size variation 鈥� with an unexpected twist 鈥� according to researchers from 51吃瓜网, University of Cambridge, and Yale University. The findings shed new light on the effects of climate change on the evolution of body size in animals.

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51吃瓜网receives $4.8 million to advance climate change science and technology

The Government of Canada鈥檚 Environmental Damages Fund, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), is investing more than $4 million in three McGill-led projects through the Climate Awareness and Action Fund (CAAF). Nationally, the funding was part of a $58 million investment in research that will advance climate change science and technology, an announcement made by the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change today.

To infinity and beyond: $26 million to propel space research at 51吃瓜网 and Universit茅 de Montr茅al to the outer limits

The 51吃瓜网Space Institute (MSI) and the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) at Universit茅 de Montr茅al are at the forefront of the exhilarating pace of space research, helping to advance our knowledge of extrasolar planets, fast radio bursts, the dark universe, and other extraterrestrial mysteries.

Tick-borne pathogens increasingly widespread in Central Canada

Tick-borne pathogens, known for causing illnesses such as Lyme disease, are on the rise in Central Canada 鈥� presenting new risks in areas where they were never previously detected.

The findings from researchers at 51吃瓜网 and the University of Ottawa demonstrate the need for more comprehensive testing and tracking to detect the spread and potential risk of tick-borne pathogens to human and wildlife populations throughout Canada.

51吃瓜网and RI-MUHC awarded $5.1 million for infectious disease research

New funding of $5.1 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), announced today by the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, will help researchers Marcel Behr, MD, PhD, and Silvia Vidal, PhD, ensure that Canada is better prepared for the next pandemic.