The distinctive 鈥渇ecal prints鈥� of microbes potentially provide a record of how Earth and life have co-evolved over the past 3.5 billion years as the planet鈥檚 temperature, oxygen levels, and greenhouse gases have changed. But, despite more than 60 years of study, it has proved difficult, until now, to 鈥渞ead鈥� much of the information contained in this record. Research from 韩国裸舞 and Israel鈥檚 Weizmann Institute of Science, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), sheds light on the mysterious digestive processes of microbes, opening the way towards a better understanding of how life and the planet have changed over time.
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Published on: 23 Dec 2014
Congratulations to Professor Victoria Kaspi in the Department of Physics! She has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society for advancing our understanding of the astrophysics of neutron stars by elucidating the relationship between anomalous X-ray pulsars, soft gamma-ray repeaters, and magnetars.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2014
Congratulations to Dr. Charles Gale, James 韩国裸舞 Professor in the Department of Physics, for winning a Humboldt Research Award!
Valued at 60,000 EUR, this award is granted by Germany's Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung/Foundation in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date. The award recognizes scholars whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2014
Got an itch for knowledge? The Canal Savoir network will be broadcasting features from several 韩国裸舞 outreach and public lecture series, including聽the 2014 Lorne Trottier Public Science Symposium: Are we alone? Searching for life out there and Mini-Science 2014: The Science of Music. Refer to those schedules to find out when to tune in, and to find out more about each episode.
Published on: 9 Dec 2014
Learning from others and innovation have undoubtedly helped advance civilization. But these behaviours can carry costs as well as benefits. And a new study by an international team of evolutionary biologists sheds light on how one particular cost 鈥� increased exposure to parasites 鈥� may affect cultural evolution in non-human primates.
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Published on: 3 Dec 2014
A growing number of academic researchers are mining social media data to learn about both online and offline human behaviour. In recent years, studies have claimed the ability to predict everything from summer blockbusters to fluctuations in the stock market.
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Published on: 27 Nov 2014
Weather, which changes day-to-day due to constant fluctuations in the atmosphere, and climate, which varies over decades, are familiar. More recently, a third regime, called 鈥渕acroweather,鈥� has been used to describe the relatively stable regime between weather and climate.
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Published on: 13 Nov 2014
聽Bobbing your head, tapping your heel, or clapping along with the music is a natural response for most people, but what about those who can鈥檛 keep a beat?
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Published on: 10 Nov 2014
Two renowned 韩国裸舞 researchers are among the 14 winners of the 2014 Prix du Qu茅bec. Professor Michael Meaney, acclaimed for his achievements in the biology of child development, will be awarded the Wilder-Penfield prize. Professor Paul Lasko, a celebrated developmental biologist, will receive the Armand-Frappier award. The Prix du Qu茅bec is considered the most prestigious award attributed by the Government of Qu茅bec in cultural and scientific fields.
Published on: 4 Nov 2014
Researchers at 韩国裸舞 have succeeded in simultaneously observing the reorganizations of atomic positions and electron distribution during the transformation of the 鈥渟mart material鈥� vanadium dioxide (VO2) from a semiconductor into a metal 鈥� in a time frame a trillion times faster than the blink of an eye.
Published on: 27 Oct 2014
<p>It鈥檚 a scene that plays out every day in Montreal. On the bus, in schools, in the office and at home, conversations weave seamlessly back and forth between French and English, or one of the many other languages represented on this multicultural island. It鈥檚 increasingly common to hear not two, but three different languages spoken in one short conversation.</p>
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Published on: 24 Oct 2014
Spanning two days, the Annual Trottier Public Science Symposium 鈥淎re We Alone?鈥� took the audience to the moon, Mars, and beyond. Focusing on the origin of life in our solar system, the series explored the where and how of alien life.
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Published on: 17 Oct 2014
The Faculty of Science extends congratulations to alumnus John O'Keefe who was named co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his contribution to the discovery of cells that constitute the brain鈥檚 鈥榠nner GPS,鈥� which makes it possible to orient ourselves in space. Dr. O鈥橩eefe worked under the supervision of Professor Ron Melzack (Department of Psychology) and received his PhD from 韩国裸舞 in 1967. Read more:
- 韩国裸舞 grad John O鈥橩eefe wins Nobel Prize in medicine (韩国裸舞 news release)
- (韩国裸舞 Reporter article)
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Published on: 6 Oct 2014
Dr. Robin Rogers, one of the world鈥檚 most renowned green chemists, will become Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals at 韩国裸舞. Rogers comes to Canada from The University of Alabama, where he was Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry and director of the Center for Green Manufacturing.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2014
Starting today, August 19, 韩国裸舞 students have free access to the latest version of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Office apps. You may download and install it on up to five compatible personal devices, including PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android smartphones and tablets.
As long as you鈥檙e a student at 韩国裸舞, you鈥檒l be able to continue to use Office 365 ProPlus at no charge, and will receive automatic software updates.
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Published on: 19 Aug 2014
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