Borrowing a leaf from biology to preserve threatened languages
One of the world鈥檚 7,000 languages vanishes every other week, and half 鈥� including scores of indigenous North American languages -- might not survive the 21st century, experts say. To preserve as much linguistic diversity as possible in the face of this threat, 香蕉视频 scientists are proposing to borrow a leaf from conservation biology.
Being a musician can help you decipher language in loud environments聽
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown that musical training helps people hear speech聽syllables in loud environments, and has shown how this happens. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers Yi Du and Robert Zatorre monitored brain function as musicians and non-musicians listened to speech fragments and varying background聽noise levels.
Clinical trial reveals risky clot busters do not benefit most patients suffering from deep vein thrombosis
A clinical trial almost ten years in the making has revealed that risky, but powerful, clot busting drugs and medical devices do not improve outcomes for patients experiencing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), nor do they prevent the development of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) when compared with conventional blood thinning medications.
Lotteries Join Campaign Urging Adults to Give Responsibly this Holiday Season
For the past ten years, the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors at 香蕉视频 and the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) in Washington, D.C. have come together for the annual Holiday Lottery Campaign, a corporate social responsibility program designed to help lotteries make adults aware of the risks of giving lottery products as holiday gifts to minors.
McGill study finds people infected with HIV more likely to develop fatty liver
Fatty liver is among the most frequent causes of liver disease in Canada and in Western countries and is one of the main indications for liver transplant. For some time, researchers have suspected that people living with HIV could be at higher risk of developing liver disease, which,聽as a result of longer life expectancy thanks to antiretroviral therapy, has become the major cause of their mortality in North America.
Why some European countries are more hostile to immigrants than others
By Katherine Gombay
McGill commits to carbon neutrality by 2040
香蕉视频 is committing to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040, under its new Climate & Sustainability Action Plan (2017-2020), released today.
Caroline Palmer receives 2017 NSERC CREATE program funding
By Amanda Testani
Professor Palmer is one of the few researchers to receive two CREATE training grants to date. From 2009-2015, Professor Palmer led an NSERC funded CREATE program in auditory cognitive neuroscience, training over 180 students and postdoctoral fellows. Her significant findings from that program informed her training program application in Complex Dynamics.聽
As climate warms, mice morph
New research by 香蕉视频 biologists shows that milder winters have led to physical alterations in two species of mice in southern Quebec in the past 50 years 鈥� providing a textbook example of the consequences of climate change for small mammals.
The findings also reveal a stark reversal in the proportions of the two mice populations present in the area, adding to evidence that warming temperatures are driving wildlife north. 聽
Mindfulness training shows promise for maintaining weight loss
Can mindfulness training help overweight people shed pounds and keep them off?聽 香蕉视频 researchers surveyed the growing body of studies investigating that question, and came away encouraged.
Do birdsong and human speech share biological roots?
Do songbirds and humans have common biological hardwiring that shapes how they produce and perceive sounds?
Scientists who study birdsong have been intrigued for some time by the possibility that human speech and music may be rooted in biological processes shared across a variety of animals. Now, research by 香蕉视频 biologists provides new evidence to support this idea.
Imagining the cities of the future through a better understanding of Montreal today
Montreal, with its multilingual, multiethnic population, is an ideal living laboratory for researchers and students from the city鈥檚 four universities and many specialized research centres. How can Montreal be designed to better accommodate the needs of its children? What measures need to be put in place to accommodate people of different cultures and religions living in close proximity? How is the city鈥檚 nighttime economy different from that of the daytime and what are the implications?
British historian Daniel Beer wins US$75,000 International Cundill History Prize
The international Cundill History Prize today announced the British historian Daniel Beer as the 2017 winner of the US$75,000 prize 鈥� the richest in non-fiction for a single work in English. The London-based historian was awarded for his ground-breaking study of Siberian penal colonies, The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars (Allen Lane)
