Study offers evidence that racial bias is at play in overrepresentation of Black youth in Canadian child welfare systems

Published: 12 January 2026

Researchers who examined Canadian child welfare data found that Black children were not only investigated at a higher rate than their white peers but were also more likely to be taken from their...

Pan-Canadian Genome Library Achieves Major National Milestone with Agreement to Integrate >15,000 genomes from HostSeq and BQC19  

Published: 5 February 2026

The Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL), hosted at McGill University, today announced a major milestone in the implementation of Canada’s national genomics infrastructure with the planned...

COP 30: Quebec universities more united than ever for the climate

Published: 18 November 2025

As the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) is currently being held in Belém, Brazil, eighteen Quebec universities are reaffirming the climate emergency and the need to combine...

New evidence challenges understanding of Parkinson’s disease 

Published: 17 December 2025

A McGill-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how scientists think about Parkinson’s disease treatments. ...

Hippocampus does more than store memories: it predicts rewards, study finds

Published: 29 January 2026

A preclinical study published in Nature has found evidence that the hippocampus, the brain region that stores memory, also reorganizes memories to anticipate future outcomes.

McGill researchers develop a cheaper, safer material for use in solar panels, sensors and optical devices

Published: 8 December 2025

Using proteins from a common tobacco plant virus, McGill chemistry researchers have developed a simple, eco-friendly way to arrange gold nanoparticles into ultrathin sheets, strengthening the...

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...

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