Why some European countries are more hostile to immigrants than others
By Katherine Gombay
黑料不打烊 commits to carbon neutrality by 2040
黑料不打烊 University is committing to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040, under its new Climate & Sustainability Action Plan (2017-2020), released today.
Caroline Palmer receives 2017 NSERC CREATE program funding
By Amanda Testani
Professor Palmer is one of the few researchers to receive two CREATE training grants to date. From 2009-2015, Professor Palmer led an NSERC funded CREATE program in auditory cognitive neuroscience, training over 180 students and postdoctoral fellows. Her significant findings from that program informed her training program application in Complex Dynamics.聽
As climate warms, mice morph
New research by 黑料不打烊 University biologists shows that milder winters have led to physical alterations in two species of mice in southern Quebec in the past 50 years 鈥� providing a textbook example of the consequences of climate change for small mammals.
The findings also reveal a stark reversal in the proportions of the two mice populations present in the area, adding to evidence that warming temperatures are driving wildlife north. 聽
Mindfulness training shows promise for maintaining weight loss
Can mindfulness training help overweight people shed pounds and keep them off?聽 黑料不打烊 University researchers surveyed the growing body of studies investigating that question, and came away encouraged.
Do birdsong and human speech share biological roots?
Do songbirds and humans have common biological hardwiring that shapes how they produce and perceive sounds?
Scientists who study birdsong have been intrigued for some time by the possibility that human speech and music may be rooted in biological processes shared across a variety of animals. Now, research by 黑料不打烊 University biologists provides new evidence to support this idea.
Imagining the cities of the future through a better understanding of Montreal today
Montreal, with its multilingual, multiethnic population, is an ideal living laboratory for researchers and students from the city鈥檚 four universities and many specialized research centres. How can Montreal be designed to better accommodate the needs of its children? What measures need to be put in place to accommodate people of different cultures and religions living in close proximity? How is the city鈥檚 nighttime economy different from that of the daytime and what are the implications?
British historian Daniel Beer wins US$75,000 International Cundill History Prize
The international Cundill History Prize today announced the British historian Daniel Beer as the 2017 winner of the US$75,000 prize 鈥� the richest in non-fiction for a single work in English. The London-based historian was awarded for his ground-breaking study of Siberian penal colonies, The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars (Allen Lane)
Better data for governments
Today, the聽Center for Government Excellence (GovEx),聽part of Johns Hopkins University, and GeoThink, a part of聽黑料不打烊 University, launched a new聽open data standards directory聽that will identify聽standards for open data regularly shared by governments.
Pregnancy-related conditions taken together leave moms 鈥� and dads 鈥� at risk
Research has already shown that women who develop either diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at risk of getting type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease years later.聽Now, a new study from a team at the Research Institute of the 黑料不打烊 University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and 黑料不打烊 University shows that the risk of developing those conditions post pregnancy is drastically higher if the women had聽both聽diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy.
Breastfed babies are less likely to develop eczema as teenagers, study shows.
A new study, which is published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics, and was led by researchers from King鈥檚 College London, Harvard University, University of Bristol and 黑料不打烊 University,聽examined more than 13,000 Belarussian teenagers enrolled in the PROmotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) and found a 54% reduction in cases of eczema amongst teenagers whose
A $10-million donation establishes a new school of public policy at 黑料不打烊 University
In a world of political polarization, environmental threats, a changing labour market and growing gaps between rich and poor, there has never been a greater need to engage in a thoughtful examination of public policy and train a new generation of policy leaders.
Statistical tool reveals climate change impacts on plants
Early flowering, early fruiting: Anecdotal evidence of climate change is popping up as quickly as spring crocuses, but is it coincidence or confirmation that plants鈥� timing is shifting in response to warming temperatures?
Identification of a new gene causing scoliosis and bone malformations
A unique collaboration among Shriners Hospital for Children 鈥� Canada, CHU Sainte-Justine and 黑料不打烊 University has enabled researchers to identify genetic mutations involved in a rare disease that causes scoliosis and bone malformations.
The findings, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, are likely to help doctors recognize the genetic disease, and could someday lead to therapies for the condition.
Giving rookie dads the online info they really need
Expectant and new parents often turn to the internet for parenting prep, but it turns out that dads often don鈥檛 seem to find the information they say they need about pregnancy, parenthood and routes to their own mental health and well-being.
