/research/taxonomy/term/307/all en /research/channels/news/doom-spiral-risk-public-transit-post-pandemic-era-357710 <p>A new study from ���ϲ����� University warns that cutting public transit service could lead to a "doom spiral" resulting in a collapse of the system.</p> <p>The researchers describe a vicious circle in which service cuts brought on by budget deficits drive transit users away; this drop in ridership triggers additional service cuts, which lead to further declines in usage.</p> Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:06:14 +0000 admin 5437 at /research /research/channels/news/government-canada-funds-mcgill-research-contaminants-aquatic-ecosystems-330068 <p><em>Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic that are microscopic and up to 5 millimetres in size. ���ϲ����� research project aims to provide an understanding of how these contaminants end up in Canadian aquatic environments and what impacts they have. </em></p> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:23:14 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1264 at /research /research/article/future-ready-giant-nano-scale <p>Marta Cerruti talks glowingly of the colourized photos her students recently made. Most researchers would reserve what’s under their microscope for purely scientific inquiry. But while the Associate Professor of Materials Engineering works on ways to grow bones and reduce mineral build-up in arteries, she likes to also look at what’s going on aesthetically. A water colour painter, she recently encouraged her students to make colloidal dispersions, cells and extracellular matrix grown on scaffolds into pieces to admire. “They’re really, really pretty structures.”</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:01:24 +0000 Philip Fine 750 at /research