/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2046/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-valentines-day-heart-month-2024-355241 <p>February is Heart Month, a time to raise awareness about the importance of cardiovascular health and an opportunity to focus on what we can do to improve our heart health. Heart disease is the second leading cause of death for both men and women in Canada. (<a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2024/02/message-from-the-minister-of-health-and-minister-of-sport-and-physical-activity--heart-month-february-2024.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Government of Canada</a>).聽</p> Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:27:42 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 307688 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/well-built-muscles-underlie-athletic-performance-birds-327669 <p>Muscle structure and body size predict the athletic performance of Olympic athletes, such as sprinters. The same, it appears, is true of wild seabirds that can commute hundreds of kilometres a day to find food, according to a recent paper by scientists from 黑料不打烊 and Colgate universities published in the <a href="https://jeb.biologists.org/content/223/22/jeb234104"><i>Journal of Experimental Biology</i></a>.</p> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:17:00 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 256067 at /newsroom /newsroom/kyle-elliott Tue, 14 Jan 2020 20:16:55 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 196438 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/puffins-stay-cool-thanks-their-large-beak-302883 <p>Tufted puffins regulate their body temperature thanks to their large bills, an evolutionary trait that might explain their capacity to fly for long periods in search for food.</p> <p>In a new <a href="https://jeb.biologists.org/content/222/21/jeb212563.full">study</a> published in the <em>Journal of </em><i>Experimental Biology</i>, researchers from 黑料不打烊 University and the University of California, Davis, used thermal imaging cameras to measure heat dissipation off the bodies and beaks of wild tufted puffins in the minutes after flying.</p> Tue, 26 Nov 2019 21:18:23 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 189310 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/bacteria-control-levels-dangerous-pollutant-seabirds-264795 <p>Despite ongoing global pollution, researchers have discovered that levels of mercury in seabirds off the coast of B.C. have remained relatively stable over the past 50 years. Surprisingly, mercury in seabirds is now actually slightly lower. This might appear to be good news, but unfortunately it is due to a decline in fish stocks near the surface which has forced seabirds to change their diet, and in the process to feed in areas low in bacteria (known as sulfate-reducing bacteria) which act to control the levels of mercury in their bodies.</p> Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:06:46 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26499 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/12-m-mcgill-cfi-john-r-evans-leaders-fund-260432 <p><strong><em><a href="/newsroom">黑料不打烊 Newsroom</a></em></strong></p> <p><em>To support six research projects in fields from neuroscience to food safety and Arctic ecosystems</em></p> Fri, 15 Apr 2016 15:34:05 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 25730 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/flameproof-falcons-and-hawks-247901 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:46:38 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 22469 at /newsroom