Lithium study yields insights in the fight against HIV

Published: 21 January 2026

Lithium, a widely used treatment for bipolar disorder and other mood disorders, has shown early promise in suppressing HIV, McGill University researchers report....

Which childhood abuse survivors are at elevated risk of depression? New study provides important clues

Published: 13 February 2026

Scientists have identified a pattern of gene activity present in some female survivors of childhood abuse that is associated with an elevated risk of depression.

Exoplanet is observed shedding its atmosphere in real time

Published: 1 December 2025

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team led by McGill researcher Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy has observed a giant cloud of helium gas evaporating from a distant giant exoplanet called...

Findings suggest that certain medications for Type 2 diabetes reduce risk of dementia

Published: 15 January 2026

A large McGill University study has found that two classes of medications commonly prescribed for Type 2 diabetes, both incretin-based, are associated with a reduced risk of dementia....

McGill University to partner with United Arab Emirates and Indonesia to train next generation of professionals and drive societal change

Published: 5 February 2026

For over 50 years, McGill University has been collaborating with Indonesia’s education sector. Now a planned donation of US$12.8 million from the UAE via the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation...

What the history of the printing press can teach us about AI regulation

Published: 19 November 2025

A study on the legal history of printing press regulation in early modern England yields insights relevant to contemporary debates on the regulation of emerging technologies like AI and virtual...

Mosquitoes’ feeding tubes make ultrafine 3D-printing nozzles

Published: 22 December 2025

Researchers in McGill’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and at Drexel University have developed an innovative manufacturing technique that makes female mosquito proboscides, or feeding tubes,...

Night owl or early bird? Study finds sleep categories aren’t that simple

Published: 2 February 2026

The familiar labels “night owl” and “early bird,” long used in sleep research, don’t fully capture the diversity of human internal clocks, a new study has found....

Brain discovery opens door to earlier detection of metabolic syndrome in women

Published: 9 December 2025

McGill University researchers have identified a brain function that helps explain why childhood stress raises metabolic health risks for some women later in life....

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