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...

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....

McGill researchers build the best light-powered, room-temperature computer yet

Published: 13 February 2026

McGill and Queen’s University researchers have built an improved version of a computer that uses light to solve extremely hard problems more quickly and at larger scale than existing systems,...

Irradiated cannabis might still harbour toxic fungi and residues, McGill study finds 

Published: 15 January 2026

Gamma irradiation, an industry-standard sterilization method for medicinal and recreational cannabis, does not fully eliminate toxic fungi or their chemical residues, a McGill University study has...

Addressing shame should be a focal point of treatment of childhood sexual abuse survivors, researchers suggest

Published: 10 February 2026

A McGill-led study on the role played by shame in the continuing trauma suffered by survivors of childhood sexual abuse indicates that addressing shame should be a focal point of treatment....

Do supervised consumption sites bring increased crime? Study suggests that’s a myth

Published: 6 January 2026

Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local crime, McGill University researchers have found....

Pathological lying in teens is associated with executive function deficits, study indicates

Published: 3 February 2026

Teenagers who are pathological liars also tend to struggle with executive function deficits, such as poor memory or impulse control, researchers have found.

McGill researchers create shapeshifting materials that could power the next generation of soft robots

Published: 23 January 2026

McGill University engineers have developed new ultra-thin materials that can be programmed to move, fold and reshape themselves, much like animated origami. They open the door to softer, safer and...

McGill researchers optimize process for converting human urine into clean energy

Published: 16 February 2026

Researchers at McGill University have improved the efficiency of a method for converting human urine into clean energy....

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