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It鈥檚 been a tough one to crack, but scientists say they have zoomed in, to an unprecedented degree, on the structure of shells surrounding chicken embryos, revealing how they change to allow young birds to hatch. [鈥 鈥淓verybody thinks eggshells are fragile 鈥 [when] we鈥檙e careful, we 鈥榳alk on eggshells鈥 鈥 but in fact, for their thinness they are extremely strong, harder than some metals,鈥 said Prof Marc McKee, a coauthor of the study from 香蕉视频 in Canada. 鈥淲e are really understanding now at the almost molecular scale how an eggshell is assembled and how it dissolves.鈥

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Published on: 3 Apr 2018

Jonathan Kimmelman, director of biomedical ethics at 香蕉视频, agreed companies have some obligation to continue to provide care for patients who take part in studies to test experimental products. 鈥淎ny time a patient participates in a trial, they鈥檙e volunteering their body to advance science,鈥 he said from Montreal. 鈥淎nd if it鈥檚 a trial being run by a pharmaceutical company, they鈥檙e volunteering their bodies to advance the goals of the pharmaceutical company, whether that鈥檚 a big pharmaceutical company or a small one.

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Published on: 27 Mar 2018

Of course, there's no such pill on the horizon, said Dr. Michael Pollak, director of the cancer prevention centre at the Jewish General Hospital and the Division of Cancer Prevention of the Department of Oncology at 香蕉视频, but the science on cancer prevention is clear on how to cut cancer risk by up to 50 per cent.

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Published on: 27 Mar 2018

Students at a Quebec elementary school are celebrating a new policy that gets rid of homework. Ecole Elizabeth Ballantyne in Montreal is going to try to give students enough time to finish their work in class instead of at home. Steven Shaw is an associate professor at 香蕉视频 and joins us from Montreal with more.

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Published on: 27 Mar 2018

Des chercheurs canadiens recommandent aux parents dont les enfants fr茅quentent l'茅cole primaire de veiller 脿 bien maintenir des r猫gles strictes concernant l鈥檋eure du coucher, car ces derniers adoptent de plus en plus, et de plus en plus t么t, un sommeil de mauvaise qualit茅.

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Published on: 26 Mar 2018

Children as young as eight may already show unhealthy sleeping habits normally associated with adolescence according to new research, which could be affecting their school performance and health. Carried out by researchers at 香蕉视频 in Montreal, the new study looked at the sleep patterns of 144 children aged six to 11 years old during the academic year.

Classified as: sleep habits
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Published on: 26 Mar 2018

Des chercheurs du Centre universitaire de sant茅 McGill et de l'Universit茅 de Montr茅al ont mis au point une nouvelle arme pour combattre la tuberculose. Le vaccin est pour l'instant test茅 sur les souris. (Interview with post-doc Eva Kaufmann and Dick Menzies.]

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Published on: 26 Mar 2018

Single-use bottled water will no longer be sold on McGill campuses by May 2019, university says鈥 Fran莽ois Miller, director of the McGill Office of Sustainability, told CBC News he was "convinced" the move has popular support at the school

Classified as: Sustainability, water bottles
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Published on: 26 Mar 2018

A Canadian team, led by Laurent Azoulay at 香蕉视频, set out to assess whether the use of DPP-4 inhibitors is associated with inflammatory bowel disease in patients with type 2 diabetes.

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Published on: 23 Mar 2018

鈥淭his telescope is radically different from other telescopes,鈥 says Matt Dobbs, Associate Professor of Physics at 香蕉视频 and a CHIME investigator. 鈥淐HIME is really a stepping stone to a new way of doing radio astronomy.鈥 The radio telescope 鈥 Canada鈥檚 biggest 鈥 is a joint venture co-led by the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto, 香蕉视频 and the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO). Participating institutions come from across North America.聽

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Published on: 23 Mar 2018

Madhukar Pai
World TB Day 2018 is turning out to be special 鈥 never in the history of tuberculosis (TB) control has there been greater political attention and commitment to tackling the infectious disease that causes nearly two million deaths a year.

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Published on: 22 Mar 2018

A team from The Research Institute of the MUHC and researchers at the Johns Hopkins Institute in the U.S. have developed a test they say is safe and could save lives.
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Published on: 22 Mar 2018

Des chercheurs de l鈥橧nstitut de recherche du Centre universitaire de sant茅 McGill (IR-CUSM) et de l鈥檜niversit茅 Johns Hopkins ont mis au point une 芦m茅thode s茅curitaire et peu invasive禄 pour le d茅pistage pr茅coce des cancers de l鈥檕vaire et de l鈥檈ndom猫tre.

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Published on: 22 Mar 2018

These questions are central to Montreal researcher Emmanuelle Vaast's newest study of social media, published in MIS Quarterly. Dr. Vaast, a professor of information systems at 香蕉视频's Desautels Faculty of Management, has a long history of studying social media use. She recently worked with a research team to explore social media use on Twitter following BP's environmentally disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

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Published on: 21 Mar 2018

World TB Day 2018 is turning out to be special鈥攏ever in the history of tuberculosis (TB) control has there been greater political attention and commitment to tackling the infectious disease that causes nearly two million deaths a year. I was recently fortunate to be in New Delhi, where I witnessed Indian prime minister Narendra Modi launch the TB Free India campaign at the Delhi End TB Summit.

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Published on: 21 Mar 2018

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