Researchers turn to mussels and mistletoe to design sustainable materials

Published: 8 April 2026

Taking inspiration from how mussels and mistletoe plants build natural fibres and adhesives, researchers at McGill University have developed a new way to manufacture complex materials that could...

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...

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...

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,”...

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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