Why some dental implants work and others don’t

Published: 25 October 2016

Each year, about 500,000 North Americans get dental implants. If you are one of them, and are preparing to have an implant, it might be a good idea to start taking beta blockers, medication that...

Science and the media

Published: 11 October 2016

There is widespread worry today about the health effects of just about everything around us -- from the food we eat and water we drink, to the plastics we use and medications we take. A journalist...

Critical information missing in fight to save wildlife

Published: 8 September 2016

With global temperatures continuing to rise at an alarming rate, predictions for the impact of climate change on plants and wildlife must improve to give scientists a clearer picture of which...

Mammals, spiny plants and the savanna story

Published: 7 September 2016

McGill Newsroom The evolution and distribution of spiny plants holds clue to spread of African savanna

Seeing Evolution in Fast Motion

Published: 2 September 2016

A new outdoor laboratory will serve as a facility for studying the effects on our lakes of climate change and chemicals commonly used in Quebec. It features a series of 96 experimental ponds...

Scientists Are Building VR Worlds for Mice and Monkeys

Published: 13 May 2016

Researchers now have the capability to build virtual reality worlds that can be inhabited by both lab animals (like rats and monkeys) and humans, allowing for a sort of cross-species brain research...

Podcasts: Innovations in global health care

Published: 5 May 2016

By the McGill Media Relations Office The Simnovate Podcasts

Building living, breathing supercomputers

Published: 26 February 2016

By Katherine Gombay, McGill Newsroom The substance that provides energy to all the cells in our bodies, Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), may also be able to power the next generation of supercomputers.

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