To curb overprescribing for seniors, researchers urge annual prescription checkups

Published: 3 June 2026

To address the growing problem of overprescribing for seniors, a new Canadian guideline is calling for routine medication reviews....

Teaching children to be better, more critical internet users

Published: 20 May 2026

A digital literacy program for elementary school students designed by researchers at McGill University was successful in improving students’ ability to evaluate websites and their content....

A promising new way to transplant cells could lead to a better treatment for Type 1 diabetes

Published: 7 May 2026

Researchers at McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC) have developed a novel device to transplant insulin-producing cells that integrates...

Do lying children grow up to be criminals? Mostly not, study concludes

Published: 27 May 2026

Most childhood lying does not lead to serious problems in adulthood, and only certain kinds of lying behaviour is associated with later psychological or legal issues, a new study has found....

Study finds early complex life lived in oxygenated seas, challenging long‑held views of evolution

Published: 20 May 2026

The earliest known eukaryotes, the ancestors of all complex life on Earth, lived in oxygenated, shallow marine environments nearly 1.7 billion years ago, according to a new study led by researchers...

Study yields new insights on what makes conversation engaging

Published: 18 June 2026

What makes a speaker engaging? Both what is said and how it is said matter, but in different, complementary ways, a new study conducted at the McGill School of Communication Sciences and Disorders...

McGill researchers’ sustainable construction method aims to improve earthquake safety

Published: 11 May 2026

Researchers at McGill University are carrying out large‑scale tests of a new timber-steel structural system designed to help buildings better withstand earthquakes. Early results suggest the system...

What an illusion involving a fake hand can tell us about our mind-body connection

Published: 28 May 2026

People who have a weaker sense of self are also more likely to have less bodily awareness, McGill researchers have found. The study supports the idea that people’s perceptions of themselves and how...

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