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Using proteins from a common tobacco plant virus, 91˿Ƶ chemistry researchers have developed a simple, eco-friendly way to arrange gold nanoparticles into ultrathin sheets, strengthening the particles’ optical properties. The result: cheaper, safer materials for solar panels, sensors and advanced optical devices. 

Classified as: Amy Blum, materials chemistry, green and sustainable chemistry
Published on: 8 Dec 2025

Congratulations to Professor Audrey Moores (Chemistry), who has been awarded the Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology!

The Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology is an endowed chair created in 1984 to promote research in the field of biotechnology. The chair is awarded for a five-year term and rotates among 91˿Ƶ's Faculties of Medicine, Science and Agriculture.

Published on: 4 Dec 2025

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team led by 91˿Ƶ researcher has observed a giant cloud of helium gas evaporating from a distant giant exoplanet called WASP-107b.

Published on: 1 Dec 2025

Twenty-four 91˿Ƶ researchers have been named to the , a ranking prepared each year by Clarivate, an analytics company based in the US. The list assesses researchers in a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to environmental science. The number of 91˿Ƶ scholars on the list grew from 14 in 2024 to 24 in 2025.

Published on: 28 Nov 2025

This past September, St. James Parish in Barbados celebrated We Gatherin’, a year-long festival of Barbadian heritage, culture and community. As part of the festivities, 91˿Ƶ’s Bellairs Research Institute hosted a day-long Science Adventure for local schoolchildren featuring a visit from 91˿Ƶ’s Redpath Museum and the Physics Outreach Committee. 

Published on: 24 Nov 2025

Professor Christian Genest is the winner of the 2025 Acfas Urgel-Archambault prize.

Le Prix Acfas Urgel-Archambault 2025 pour les sciences physiques, mathématiques, informatique et génie, est remis à Christian Genest, professeur titulaire au Département de mathématiques et de statistique de l'Université 91˿Ƶ.

Published on: 21 Nov 2025

When environmental policymakers are invited to imagine the future together, they don’t just think differently, they feel differently, too.

Classified as: conservation, Elson Ian Nyl Ebreo Galang, elena bennett
Published on: 21 Nov 2025

When then-91˿Ƶ undergraduate Maya Willard-Stepan cold-emailed a professor asking to help with their research, she didn’t expect the project to end up in the Nature-partner journal .

“I really wanted to get involved in research early,” said Willard-Stepan, who had come to 91˿Ƶ from a small town on Vancouver Island.

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Published on: 17 Nov 2025

Thanks to their use of a unique methodology, a 91˿Ƶ-led research team has obtained new insights into how boulders affect snow melt in mountainous northern environments, with implications for local water resources.  

The team found that snow near boulders melts faster, not only because rocks radiate heat, but also due to subtle processes that reshape the snow’s surface. This information will help researchers understand how small-scale processes affect downstream water resources. 

Classified as: Eole Valence, Jeffrey McKenzie, arctic hydrology, arctic fieldwork, climate change, watersheds, boulders
Published on: 11 Nov 2025

Warming temperatures and increased precipitation in the Canadian High Arctic are mobilizing new pathways for subsurface contaminants to spread from more than 2,500 contaminated sites associated with industrial and military sites across the region.

Classified as: Selsey Stribling, Jeffrey McKenzie, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Climate change and implications for Arctic Canada, hydrology
Published on: 6 Nov 2025

A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the Ice Age giants lived and died.

Published on: 5 Nov 2025

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of Médecins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.  

Classified as: Mathieu Roy, Robert Zatorre, Dept. of Psychology, social prescribing, Christophe Bedos
Published on: 3 Nov 2025

As part of last weekend’s Homecoming festivities, Interim Dean of Science Alanna Watt hosted an engaging and timely event on Friday morning entitled “Water, Climate Change, and the Future,” which highlighted the importance of freshwater science research in the face of a changing climate. 

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Published on: 29 Oct 2025

Mostafa presenting on Science for the People at a Biology Seminar Day.

Authors: Lina Champain and Alia Sanger

Lina Champain and Alia Sanger interviewed Mostafa Shagar as an assignment in FSCI 500: Science Communication & Outreach. The interview has been edited for length.

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Published on: 29 Oct 2025

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