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Global Undergraduate Awards- Glen Loo

Published: 15 December 2023

Recently, Glen Loo from the Lumb Group received an award from the Global Undergraduate Awards (GUA) for the work he did during a 5-month research internship. Glen had come to McGill from Nanyang...

Stuck in traffic: Researchers identify cellular traffic jams in a rare disease

Published: 12 December 2023

Researchers zero in on spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, a disease that disrupts brain function...

Pallavi Sirjoosingh: Winner, Principal’s Prize for Teaching Excellence (Faculty Lecturer)

Published: 7 December 2023

A packed Leacock 132 can be an intimidating place when you’re down in front and looking back up at more than 600 undergrads about to study university-level chemistry for the first time....

What skin piercings can teach us about environmental change

Published: 5 December 2023

In a new study from McGill University, researchers bring science into an unexpected setting: a tattoo parlor. In this first characterization of the human piercing microbiome, the uniquely human...

A first look inside Li-ion batteries

Published: 28 November 2023

What if you could charge your electric vehicle in the same amount of time it takes to fill a tank of gas?  ...

The Amazing Brain Science Talks: recordings out now!

Published: 22 November 2023

Presented in collaboration with Brain Canada Foundation, the Amazing Brain Science Talks took place at McGill University on October 14, 2023....

Martin Grant earns Morty Yalovsky Lifetime Achievement Award

Published: 20 November 2023

Early in his career in physics, Martin Grant thought he had it all figured out....

Rustum Choksi: Winner, Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Full Professor)

Published: 20 November 2023

Students coming from high school often arrive with specific – and mistaken – expectations of the mathematics classroom. In Rustum Choksi’s courses he emphasizes a pedagogical paradigm shift,...

The Hackathon returns to McGill campus

Published: 20 November 2023

On November 3-5th, the McGill Physics Hackathon held its eighth annual event in person at the Rutherford Physics Building. The event attracted around 150 hackers, from CEGEP and undergraduate...

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