(Chemistry Professor Joe Schwarcz): Diving suits, gaskets, hoses, life rafts, iPad covers and giant balloons destined for Macy鈥檚 Thanksgiving Day Parade. What do they have in common? All are made of neoprene! Not only does this synthetic rubber have myriad uses, it holds a place of honour in history for ushering in the age of modern plastics.
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Published on: 6 Jul 2012
A home test to screen for HIV - to be sold in U.S. pharmacies that also stock home-pregnancy test kits - will go a long way toward removing the stigma that still surrounds AIDS, say two prominent Montreal researchers.
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Published on: 5 Jul 2012
Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher in Switzerland say they have discovered what could be the long-sought Higgs boson, a subatomic particle dubbed the "God particle" because it is believed to have originated during the Big Bang and helped shape the subatomic particles that make up all matter in the universe.
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Published on: 4 Jul 2012
The hope of early diagnosis for autism took a step forward on Thursday as a new study from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital showed that signs of autism may be detected in the brain of infants as young as 6 months old.
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Published on: 30 Jun 2012
At a time when federal and state politicians seem happy to cut and reluctant or unable to increase spending on higher education, a long-awaited report from the National Research Council, the policy arm of the National Academies, argues that the country cannot maintain its position as a leader in research without sustained investment in its public and private universities.
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Published on: 15 Jun 2012
On June 8 you would have been hard pressed to find a happier person in Montreal than Joey (Joseph) Flowers. That鈥檚 the day when Flowers became Nunavik鈥檚 first Inuk law school graduate. Flowers, 33, received two law degrees from 香蕉视频, one in civil law, the legal system of Quebec, and a second one in common law, the British-based legal system used in the rest of Canada.
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Published on: 14 Jun 2012
McGill astrophysicist Sebastien Guillot was CBCs Montrealer of the week. With a newly-instituted astro public outreach program, "he brings science and the stars a little closer to everyone."
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Published on: 8 Jun 2012
(Op-ed by Rapha毛l Fischler, associate professor of urban planning at McGill): Wendell Cox's piece on the virtues of unchecked sprawl ("Urban Sprawl gets a bad rap," Opinion, June 1) is an ideological manifesto, not a serious piece of reflection on the future of our cities.
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Published on: 7 Jun 2012
As someone charged with managing public relations for McDonald's Canada, Jason Patuano often gets the question: "Just what is in your hamburgers?" The answer, that the burgers are made only of beef, may surprise some, as rumours have persisted for years about the makeup of McDonald's burgers.
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Published on: 6 Jun 2012
(Architecture professor Avi Friedman) : En 2003, en r茅primant quelques larmes, je regardais ma fille, son compagnon et ses amis monter 脿 bord de la limousine blanche qui les conduirait 脿 leur bal des finissants.
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Published on: 6 Jun 2012
Scientific studies show it is never too late to learn new skills such as playing a musical instrument or speaking a language if you use the right techniques, writes psychologist Gary Marcus鈥�
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Published on: 6 Jun 2012
(Op-ed - As they prepare to deal with renewed democratic challenges, Tehran's rulers are taking note of how the world responds to Syria's Assad regime, say [McGill's] Payam Akhavan and Shirin Ebadi): The massacre of 108 civilians in Houla on May 25 is but one instance of a wider Syrian policy of terror that has claimed more than 10,000 innocent lives.
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Published on: 5 Jun 2012
The gap in life expectancy between black and white Americans is smaller than it has ever been, thanks largely to a decline in the number of deaths resulting from heart disease and HIV infection, a new analysis has found. That's the good news.
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Published on: 5 Jun 2012
Un concours saluant les femmes qui oeuvrent dans des m茅tiers masculins. 脡tudiante en g茅nie m茅canique 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 McGill, la LaSalloise Genevi猫ve Lalande est une laur茅ate nationale du concours Chapeau, les filles!
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Published on: 5 Jun 2012
Her gold medals measure in the hundreds, and she has penned her name to more track and field world records than Usain Bolt. Olga Kotelko is one of Canada's most accomplished track and field athletes. And at 93 years old, she's hurling hammers and leaping into long jump pits at an age that most of us simply hope to see.
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Published on: 4 Jun 2012
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