Nearing the limits of life on Earth

Published: 19 January 2016

Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars...

College lumberjacks set for annual woodsmen competition at McGill’s Macdonald Campus

Saturday, January 23, 2016 09:00to16:00

Lumberjacks and Jills from six Canadian universities will test their mettle at the 56th annual Intercollegiate Woodsmen Competition, Saturday January 23 at Watson Field, MaWatson Field, Macdonald...

Cooking up the Future

Published: 16 December 2015

Maple syrup that’s good for you? A frozen dessert that you can store at room temperature? A falafel-type mix made with insects? Salwa Karboune and her students are dreaming up tomorrow’s foods today.

Researchers Turn Fish Waste Into A Coffee-Scented Biofuel

Published: 16 December 2015

Before that beautiful salmon filet lands on your plate, a lot of less appetizing stuff gets stripped away: By one estimate, the global seafood industry produces 64 million metric tons of waste each...

Macdonald Grad behind "Whisky of the Year"

Published: 16 December 2015

Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye has been selected as the 2016 Whisky of the Year by Jim Murray, author of Whisky Bible. Northern Harvest Rye's inventor turns out to be Joanna Zanin Scandella, a...

How to choose the perfect Christmas tree

Published: 15 December 2015

Christmas is just under two weeks away, so if you haven't picked out a tree yet, the clock is ticking. [CTV News Montreal] asked David Wees from the Plant Science Department of McGill University...

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