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Night owl or early bird? Study finds sleep categories aren’t that simple

admin — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:05:32 +0000

The familiar labels “night owl” and “early bird,” long used in sleep research, don’t fully capture the diversity of human internal clocks, a new study has found.

The ��Թ�-led study published in Nature Communications found the two sleep-wake patterns, called chronotypes, contain a total of five distinct biological subtypes, each associated with different patterns of behaviour and health.

RGDST: Night Watches Us screening with Stefan Verna

jean-felix.caron@mcgill.ca — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:58:45 +0000

Join us for a screening of Stefan Verna’s documentary Night Watches Us, followed by a discussion with the director.

Hippocampus does more than store memories: it predicts rewards, study finds

admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:58:01 +0000

A preclinical study published in Nature has found evidence that the hippocampus, the brain region that stores memory, also reorganizes memories to anticipate future outcomes.

Lin Centre 2026 Annual Lecture: Kim Scheppele (Princeton) “Counter-Constitutions: On Being the Object of a Coup”

jean-felix.caron@mcgill.ca — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:56:04 +0000

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A rich social environment is associated with better cognitive health outcomes for older adults, study finds

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:22:59 +0000

Research by an interdisciplinary team from ��Թ� and Université Laval provides new insights into the links between social factors and cognitive health among aging adults.

While previous research had found positive correlations between specific measures of social connectedness and a variety of health outcomes, this study appears to have been the first to create profiles aggregating multiple social factors and to see how those correlated with cognitive health in older adults, the researchers said.

In polar regions, microbes are influencing climate change as frozen ecosystems thaw, ��Թ� review finds

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:35:08 +0000

Microbes across Earth’s coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating carbon release and potentially amplifying climate change, according to a new international review from ��Թ�.

RGGP & RGTGM Annual Joint Outreach

jean-felix.caron@mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:47:29 +0000

��Թ� researchers create shapeshifting materials that could power the next generation of soft robots

admin — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:59:18 +0000

��Թ� engineers have developed new ultra-thin materials that can be programmed to move, fold and reshape themselves, much like animated origami. They open the door to softer, safer and more adaptable robots that could be used in medical tools that gently move inside the body, wearable devices that change shape on the skin or smart packaging that reacts to its environment.

��Թ� study reveals knowledge gap about psychedelic therapies in adolescents

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:24:17 +0000

There is a growing interest within the medical community in the use of psychedelic therapies to treat conditions ranging from depression and PTSD to anxiety and eating disorders. New research led by ��Թ� and published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health has found that while adolescents under 18 might also benefit from these types of treatments, they have been excluded from current clinical research in the field due to ethical, legal and regulatory concerns.

Bringing environmental policymakers together to focus on the future sparks empathy for nature and later generations, ��Թ� study finds

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:19:04 +0000

When environmental policymakers are invited to imagine the future together, they don’t just think differently, they feel differently, too.

Mosquitoes’ feeding tubes make ultrafine 3D-printing nozzles

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:39:14 +0000

Researchers in ��Թ�’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and at Drexel University have developed an innovative manufacturing technique that makes female mosquito proboscides, or feeding tubes, into high-resolution 3D-printing nozzles. With its unique geometry, structure and mechanics, the proboscis enables printed line widths as fine as 20 microns, or a little smaller than a white blood cell. This is roughly twice as fine as what commercially available print

Montreal homelessness services for 2SLGBTQ+ adults are inadequate, researchers find

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:16:15 +0000

Homelessness services in Montreal are not well suited to the needs of 2SLGBTQ+ adults in Montreal, a study by ��Թ� researchers has found.

“Homelessness services are very binary, and often those who are non-binary are completely excluded,” said Jayne Malenfant, Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education.

Heavy cannabis use during pregnancy linked to disruption in brain growth

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:47:39 +0000

��Թ� researchers at the Douglas Research Centre have found evidence that heavy cannabis use during pregnancy can cause delays in brain development in the fetus that persist into adulthood.

Using advanced MRI techniques, the team tracked the effects of prenatal cannabis exposure in mice across key developmental stages.

Brain discovery opens door to earlier detection of metabolic syndrome in women

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:07:07 +0000

��Թ� researchers have identified a brain function that helps explain why childhood stress raises metabolic health risks for some women later in life.

A new study found that variations in the brain’s insulin receptor network affect how women respond to early-life adversity. This effect has a lesser impact in men, suggesting there is a sex-specific process at play.

��Թ� study identifies most effective methods for early detection of tench, an invasive freshwater fish

admin — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:34:16 +0000

As tench continue to spread through the St. Lawrence River, a study from ��Թ� provides fisheries managers with guidance on how to detect the invasive species, an essential first step in preventing it from reaching new waters. The findings can inform efforts to contain and manage existing populations, helping agencies determine how and where to carry out removal or control activities.