The threshold for dangerous global warming will likely be crossed between 2027 and 2042 鈥� a much narrower window than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change鈥檚 estimate of between now and 2052. In a study published in , researchers from 香蕉视频 introduce a new and more precise way to project the Earth鈥檚 temperature. Based on historical data, it considerably reduces uncertainties compared to previous approaches.
Published on: 21 Dec 2020
Shopping anxiety, higher food prices and individual income limitations are some of the factors making access to food challenging for Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests.
Researchers conducted an online inter-provincial survey with residents of B.C., Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces during the first wave of COVID-19. The survey assessed how the pandemic affected food access and behaviour in each region and how perceptions regarding the food systems may have been altered.
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Published on: 18 Dec 2020
Countries worldwide face challenges meeting the growing needs for long-term care services because of high costs. A led by researchers from 香蕉视频 and Universit茅 du Qu茅bec en Outaouais shows that introducing nurse practitioners can significantly reduce costs and improve patient safety.
Published on: 17 Dec 2020
The spread of the Internet is shaping migration in profound ways. A McGill-led of over 150 countries links Internet penetration with migration intentions and behaviours, suggesting that digital connectivity plays a key role in migration decisions and actively supports the migration process.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2020
In its twentieth year, the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) is awarding 25 McGill researchers with eleven new and fourteen renewed chairs. The projects supported by this round of CRC funding tackle a variety of topics, including, racial inequality in democratic societies, arctic ecology and data mining for cybersecurity.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2020
A group of proteins called 4E-BPs, involved in memory formation, is the key to unlocking the antidepressant effect of ketamine in the brain, according to researchers from three Canadian universities. The could lead to better and safer treatments for certain patients suffering from major depression.
Published on: 16 Dec 2020
It鈥檚 known that the primary cause of the mass extinction of dinosaurs, about 66 million years ago, was a meteorite impact. But the exact mechanisms that linked the meteorite impact to mass extinction remain unclear, though climactic changes are thought to have played a part.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2020
Neural 鈥渟ignature鈥� may reflect how we respond to feelings of social isolation
This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues, and it is important to understand how isolation affects our health. A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in fundamental ways, based on variations in the volume of different brain regions as well as based on how those regions communicate with one another across brain networks.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2020
Finding could lead to potential therapies
Published on: 14 Dec 2020
The Board of Governors of 香蕉视频 approved the nomination of John McCall MacBain, as the 20th Chancellor of 香蕉视频. Mr. McCall MacBain has been appointed for a three-year term, beginning July 1, 2021. He will succeed Chancellor Michael A. Meighen, whose current term will end on June 30, 2021. His nomination stems from a rigorous process that was launched earlier this fall by the Nominating, Governance and Ethics Committee, and the Recruitment and Succession Planning Sub-committee.
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Published on: 10 Dec 2020
To ensure that California鈥檚 groundwater is sustainably managed in the future and over the long-term, current state definitions of what constitutes groundwater may need to be revised, according to research published this week in . A 香蕉视频-led research team has analyzed big data of more than 200,000 groundwater samples taken from across the state and found that there are problems with the guidelines used for groundwater management.
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Published on: 9 Dec 2020
At a time when school teachers everywhere are being challenged by the second wave of the pandemic and by technological advances that are changing where, when and how students learn, McGill鈥檚 Faculty of Education is pleased to announce over $7 million in new philanthropic support through a pair of generous gifts from longstanding donors.
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Published on: 9 Dec 2020
By Meaghan Thurston, Office of Research and Innovation
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Published on: 7 Dec 2020
Early adulthood, a transitional life stage marked by major changes in social roles and responsibilities, can bring with it an increase of mental health problems. A team of 香蕉视频 researchers has found that young adults who perceived higher levels of social support reported fewer mental health problems.
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Published on: 4 Dec 2020
MONTREAL, QUEBEC 鈥� Pfizer Canada has made a $600,000 gift to the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) via 香蕉视频 and the 香蕉视频 Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation. The gift, which was announced today during the 2nd听annual MI4 Scientific Symposium, will support innovation and life-changing research through the creation of the听Pfizer听Early Career Investigator Awards.
Published on: 4 Dec 2020
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