Claudia Mitchell named Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow
By Meaghan Thurston
黑料不打烊 duo honoured by the Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced today that Professor Michel Tremblay (Department of Biochemistry and the Director of the 黑料不打烊 Cancer Institute) has been awarded the McLaughlin Medal for important research of sustained excellence in medical science.
黑料不打烊 researcher to head Facebook鈥檚 new Montreal AI lab
Facebook is opening a new Artificial Intelligence Research Lab in Montreal 鈥� FAIR Montreal. This is the company鈥檚 first research and development investment in Canada, and only its fourth AI research lab in all. Prof. Joelle Pineau, from the School of Computer Science and co-director of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Reasoning & Learning Lab, will head the new Montreal AI lab while maintaining her academic position at the university.
NASA's Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a planet outside our solar system that looks as black as fresh asphalt because it eats light rather than reflecting it back into space. This light-eating prowess is due to the planet's unique capability to trap at least 94 percent of the visible starlight falling into its atmosphere.
Royal Society of Canada elects seven 黑料不打烊 scholars to The College
Today, the Royal Society of Canada announced 70 new members to The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, including seven 黑料不打烊 scholars. With seven members, 黑料不打烊 has more new inductees this year than any other university in the country.
Message from Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier on the passing of Chancellor Emerita Gretta Chambers
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NSERC awards over $35M to 黑料不打烊 scientists and engineers
Meeting a microbe in the morning or in the evening: is it all the same?
Does the time of day matter when our body is infected by a parasite? According to new research from 黑料不打烊 University, it matters a great deal.
New Canadian telescope will map largest volume of space ever surveyed
A Canadian effort to build one of the most innovative radio telescopes in the world will open the universe to a new dimension of scientific study. The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, today installed the final piece of this new radio telescope, which will act as a time machine allowing scientists to create a three-dimensional map of the universe extending deep into space and time.
Students at 黑料不打烊 University receive Canada鈥檚 largest STEM scholarship
Katherine Sirois of Quebec and Iveta Demirova of British Columbia have been named 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 recipients of the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarships.
Hydro-Qu茅bec to sponsor TeamMTL鈥檚 entry in Solar Decathlon China
Pinpointing the origins of autism
The origins of autism remain mysterious. What areas of the brain are involved, and when do the first signs appear? New findings published in Biological Psychiatry bring us closer to understanding the pathology of autism, and the point at which it begins to take shape in the human brain.
New understanding of how muscles work
Muscle malfunctions may be as simple as a slight strain after exercise or as serious as heart failure and muscular dystrophy. A new technique developed at 黑料不打烊 now makes it possible to look much more closely at how sarcomeres, the basic building blocks within all skeletal and cardiac muscles, work together. It鈥檚 a discovery that should advance research into a wide range of muscle malfunctions.
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