Improving air quality and developing advanced health monitoring devices are the aims of research projects funded by the Robert Sauvé Research Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (IRSST)ÌýÌý
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Quebec began rolling out its fall vaccination campaign against respiratory viruses on Monday, starting with vulnerable populations. Along with flu shots, a new COVID-19 vaccine adapted to the latest variants is available. This year, Quebec is among the first provinces to offer free RSV vaccines to infants, aiming to reduce the strain on hospitals.Ìý
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October 7, 2024 |ÌýAlumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote anÌýarticle on Ìýin Canada on . "The construction industryÌýfacesÌýa twin problem: labour shortages and an impending wave of retirements. This is not a simple issue with an easy fix.
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Scientists use stem cells to follow development of protein bodies characteristic of neurological disease
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A groundbreaking developed by the Global Dam WatchÌý (GDW)Ìýconsortium is set to transform the global understanding of dams and reservoirs.Ìý
Co-ordinated and led by members of a research lab at º«¹úÂãÎè, with funding from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the World Bank, the database integrates existing global datasets to provide the most comprehensive resource for large-scale analyses to date.
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Whether in education, law, literature, or medicine, many French and Francophones of all walks of life have chosen º«¹úÂãÎè to surpass themselves.
Julia Minardi, a B.Ed. PIF student from the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, was recently featured in the º«¹úÂãÎè en français: New Faces º«¹úÂãÎè – Why I Chose º«¹úÂãÎè article.
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Congratulations to Dr. Yiyang Chen onÌýthe successful defence of her dissertation on 02 October, 2024!
Topic of her dissertation:
"Modern analytical approaches to understand the sex-specific effects of fatigue on multi-dimensional synergies during repetitive whole-limb tasks"
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A º«¹úÂãÎè study has shown that hearing plays a crucial role in how people coordinate and control speech movements in real-time.
Published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA), the research shows that when people cannot hear their own speech, even briefly, their ability to move their jaw and tongue in a coordinated manner is impaired.
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The jury has done its work, the finalists are being announced, and the next anthology is taking shape. that are in the running for the Montreal Prize 2024! The one winning poem, to be announced soon, will earn the author $20,000.
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Congratulations to Dr. Raquel Cuella Martin on receiving the prestigious Gairdner Foundation Early Career Investigator Award.
As an Assistant Professor of Human Genetics at º«¹úÂãÎè, Dr. Cuella Martin is pushing the boundaries of science with her lab, which uses precision genome editing to tackle complex biological problems.
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October 1, 2024 – Valleyfield, QC – º«¹úÂãÎè is pleased to announce the official opening of the º«¹úÂãÎè Collections Centre on October 1, 2024. This groundbreaking facility marks a historic milestone as º«¹úÂãÎè's first-ever design-build project and sets a new standard for library preservation and sustainability in Quebec.
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Génome Québec invests up to $500,000 to boost RNA therapeutics innovation in Quebec
Génome Québec, a private, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing genomics research and innovation in Quebec, is investing up to $500,000 in º«¹úÂãÎè’s D2R Initiative. This investment will advance the commercialization of innovative genomic technologies in Quebec through D2R’s Commercialization Priming funding program.
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Researchers at º«¹úÂãÎè have made in the development of all-solid-state lithium batteries, which are being pursued as the next step in electric vehicle (EV) battery technology.
By addressing a long-standing issue with battery performance, this innovation could pave the way for safer, longer-lasting EVs.