McGill researchers’ novel device could boost the development of sound-based lasers

Published: 27 April 2026

Researchers at McGill University have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at extremely cold temperatures. The technology could be used to create phonon...

Novel origami pattern turns flat sheets into load-bearing 3D technology

Published: 21 May 2026

McGill University researchers have discovered a new way to fold flat sheets into smooth, curved shells that can switch from floppy and flexible to stiff and load-bearing on demand. By designing a...

Researchers identify new jellyfish species in fossils near Quebec City

Published: 20 April 2026

Researchers studying 450-million-year-old fossils discovered about 50 kilometres northeast of Quebec City have identified a new species of basal medusozoan: Paleocanna tentaculum, a soft-bodied,...

McGill inaugurates new facilities at Macdonald Campus to advance teaching and research on climate‑resilient agriculture

Published: 9 April 2026

McGill University today inaugurated state‑of‑the‑art teaching greenhouse and plant phenotyping research facilities at its Macdonald Campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. These represent major investments...

Discovery of fat-burning ‘switch’ could lead to advances in bone disease treatments

Published: 12 May 2026

Scientists’ discovery of a molecular “switch” that activates an energy‑burning pathway in mice has the potential to lead to new treatments for bone disease....

McGill researchers engineer faster, more effective blood clots

Published: 29 April 2026

Researchers at McGill University have developed a rapid way to engineer blood clots that stop severe bleeding and support tissue healing more effectively. Their technique, called “click clotting,”...

Historic plant collections offer a window into genetic change

Published: 21 May 2026

Pressed plant specimens collected centuries ago and stored in herbaria around the world could play a key role in facilitating the tracking of genetic change and extinction risk in plants, a McGill...

McGill researchers help secure Canadian access to the world’s largest telescope

Published: 14 May 2026

A team led by the Université de Montréal, the Observatoire du Mont‑Mégantic (OMM) and the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx), in partnership with the University of British...

Non-producing oil and gas wells emit microbial methane at rates 1,000 times higher than previously estimated

Published: 9 April 2026

Microbial methane leaking from non-producing oil and gas wells is being emitted at rates about 1,000 times higher than previously estimated, according to a new study led by McGill University...

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