/research/taxonomy/term/307/all en /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. 黑料不打烊 research project aims to provide聽an understanding of how these contaminants聽end up in Canadian aquatic environments and what impacts they have.聽</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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e really, really pretty structures.鈥�</p> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:01:24 +0000 Philip Fine 750 at /research