/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3177/all en /newsroom/channels/news/icymi-2023-research-round-353847 <h2> </h2> <p><img height="345" width="500" class="media-element file-extra-large no-float" src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/styles/wysiwyg_extra_large/public/alien_life_4.png?itok=Ggj7j-mM" alt="" /></p> Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:50:39 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 307565 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/icymi-2022-research-round-344320 <p><img alt="Magellanic penguins heading out to sea for fishing." src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/penguins-email.jpg" style="width:80%" /></p> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 18:28:38 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288574 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/infinity-and-beyond-26-million-propel-space-research-mcgill-university-and-universite-de-montreal-343731 <p>The <b>McGill Space Institute (MSI)</b> and the <b>Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx)</b> at Université de Montréal 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. Now their stellar work and efforts to recruit top students and researchers are getting a huge boost thanks to extraordinary<b> </b>gifts to <b>McGill University</b> and the <b>Université de Montréal</b> from the Trottier Family Foundation.</p> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:46:06 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288516 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/global-ocean-out-balance-334733 <p>Surprising as it sounds, all life forms in the ocean, from small krill to large tuna, seem to obey a simple mathematical law that links an organism’s abundance to its body size. For example, although small krill are individually only about one millionth of the weight of a large tuna, they also tend to be a million times more numerous throughout the oceans. The idea, known as the Sheldon size spectrum theory, was first advanced in the 1970s, but has never been tested for a wide range of marine species and on a global scale until now.</p> Wed, 10 Nov 2021 20:46:52 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 283616 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cfi-invests-39-m-mcgill-research-342180 <p>Announced today by the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, 15 McGill researchers received a total of $3.9 million from the <a href="https://www.innovation.ca/apply-manage-awards/funding-opportunities/john-r-evans-leaders-fund" target="_blank">Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (CFI JELF)</a>. The Quebec government will provide matching funds for these awards. Across 40 Canadian institutions, Champagne announced $64 million to support 251 research infrastructure projects.</p> Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:15:25 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288375 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/research-briefs-origami-inspired-design-and-why-mice-fear-bananas-333903 <p>Here are some interesting new stories from McGill University Media Relations:</p> Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:42:39 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 278069 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/29-million-government-canada-mcgill-research-338927 <p>The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disruptive effect on McGill’s research activities, particularly community and field-based research. The pandemic has also provided a unique opportunity to explore new directions in research methodologies. McGill’s researchers have developed creative solutions and harnessed science to solve national and global challenges.</p> Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:52:13 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 288078 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-university-joins-moderna-battle-against-global-health-threats-338610 <p>McGill University has joined Moderna’s <a href="https://mrna-access.modernatx.com/">mRNA Access</a> program, which aims to accelerate innovation and enable new vaccines and medicines for emerging and neglected infectious diseases through collaborative research and preclinical development. McGill is the first university in Canada to join this program as it ramps up its international rollout.</p> Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:04:28 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 287084 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/martha-crago-awarded-german-order-merit-338540 <p>On March 22, <a href="/research/about/vice-principal">Martha Crago</a>, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, was presented with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The award was handed over by Germany’s Ambassador to Canada, Ms. Sabine Sparwasser, at a special ceremony at McGill University. The Order of Merit is awarded to Germans as well as foreigners for outstanding achievements in the political, economic, social, or intellectual realms.</p> Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:04:36 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 286882 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/federal-government-announces-17-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-336139 <p>Plastics, textiles, and electronics have revolutionized our modern world, but their massive production has led to the accumulation of non-biodegradable and toxic wastes. This is a problem McGill researcher Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne hopes to have a hand in solving. Today she was named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Biologically-Derived Materials, in recognition of the importance of her research for Canada’s future.</p> Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:11:37 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 283775 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cfi-invests-39-m-mcgill-research-332318 <p>McGill’s researchers will soon acquire the highly specialized tools they need to innovate in their fields thanks to funding from the Government of Canada through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, made the announcement today of $77 million across 50 institutions in Canada through the program. In total, twenty-one McGill research projects have received a combined $3.9 million in federal grants through three rounds of JELF.</p> Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:47:26 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 272087 at /newsroom /newsroom/faculty-and-staff/share-your-news <p>Effective communication can inform and inspire action. Sharing the stories and research coming out of McGill is a critical part of the university’s success. If you have an upcoming media opportunity, research publication, op-ed idea, or event you would like to promote, the <a href="/newsroom/contacts">Institutional Communications</a> team has resources available to guide you along the way. We make decisions about which channels are best suited to share your news based on <a href="/newsroom/faculty-and-staff/mcgill-community">several factors</a>.</p> Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:08:05 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 269866 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/happiness-really-does-come-free-328342 <p>Economic growth is often prescribed as a sure way of increasing the well-being of people in low-income countries, but a study led by McGill and the<b> </b>Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) suggests that there may be good reason to question this assumption. The researchers set out to find out how people rate their subjective well-being in societies where money plays a minimal role, and which are not usually included in global happiness surveys.</p> Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:03:28 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 256606 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/identifying-canadas-key-conservation-hot-spots-highlights-problem-327355 <p>To stop biodiversity loss, Canada recently committed to protecting 30% of its land and sea by 2030. But making conservation decisions about where to locate new protected areas is complicated. It depends on data both about biodiversity and about a range of benefits (e.g. freshwater, climate regulation, recreation) that people get from nature. Surprisingly, despite the size of the country, new mapping suggests that less than 1% of Canada’s land (0.6% of total area or approximately 56,000 km2) is a hotspot, providing all these benefits in one place.</p> Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:12:48 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 255652 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/methane-emissions-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-underestimated-327816 <p><i>Bubbles of methane gas in water around an unplugged </i><i>oil/gas well in Pennsylvania</i><i>. CREDIT: Mary Kang</i></p> Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:25:25 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 256305 at /newsroom