Availability of respite care almost triples a palliative care patient’s chance of dying at home

Published: 22 September 2025

Access to respite services for family caregivers increases a palliative care patient’s probability of dying at home almost threefold, according to a McGill University-led study....

CHORD will be a huge leap forward for Canadian radio astronomy

Published: 27 August 2025

Construction is underway of CHORD, the most ambitious radio telescope project ever built on Canadian soil. Short for the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector, CHORD will give...

Brightest fast radio burst seen so far allows researchers to zoom in on the location of origin  

Published: 21 August 2025

A team of international astronomers, including McGill researchers, have pinpointed one of the brightest fast radio bursts (FRBs) ever detected to a location in a nearby galaxy. The finding and the...

McGill team discovers Canada’s first dinosaur-era dragonfly fossil 

Published: 14 August 2025

In a first for Canadian paleontology, a Cretaceous fossilized dragonfly wing, uncovered in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park, has been identified as a new species. It’s also the first known...

Childhood overeating can be a harbinger of later mental health struggles in girls, study finds

Published: 29 September 2025

Girls who overeat regularly in the preschool years are more likely to experience anxiety, impulsivity and hyperactivity in adolescence, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill...

Even post-#MeToo, news reporting on sexual violence remains problematic, McGill researchers say

Published: 25 August 2025

Even in the post-#MeToo era, news reporting on sexual violence remains problematic and causes harms, McGill researchers have found....

Biases hinder access to sexual assault evidence kits, study finds

Published: 5 September 2025

Survivors of sexual assault in largely rural and remote Northwestern Ontario face systemic barriers when seeking forensic care, according to a new study led by McGill University researchers.

Students with overprotective parents are more vulnerable to anxiety during their transition to university, researchers find

Published: 4 September 2025

First-year undergraduates who grew up with overly cautious or controlling parents tend to experience increased anxiety when faced with stresses associated with the transition to university,...

New tool helps seniors reduce unnecessary medications

Published: 4 August 2025

McGill University researchers have developed and are licensing a digital tool to help safely reduce patients’ use of medications that may be unnecessary or even harmful to them....

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