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91˿Ƶ steadfast in support for respectful discourse

91˿Ƶ recently became aware of a disturbing communication on social media by a student. The University strongly condemns expressions of hatred or incitement to violence against any individual or group.

Published: 9 Feb 2017

Sex, drugs, and rock & roll chemistry in the brain

The same brain-chemical system that mediates feelings of pleasure from sex, recreational drugs, and food is also critical to experiencing musical pleasure, according to a study by 91˿Ƶ researchers published today in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.

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Published: 8 Feb 2017

Response to U.S. Executive Order restricting travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven countries

91˿Ƶ is responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s Executive Order restricting travel to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Christopher Manfredi said Tuesday, Feb. 7.

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Published: 7 Feb 2017

Tomislav Friščić awarded NSERC’s Steacie Memorial Fellowship

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada has awarded an E.W.R Steacie Memorial Fellowship to Prof. Tomislav Friščić, to support his work in an innovative branch of chemistry that aims to develop environmentally friendly alternatives to solvent-based chemical processes.

Published: 7 Feb 2017

The making of Antarctica

One of the big mysteries in the scientific world is how the ice sheets of Antarctica formed so rapidly about 34 million years ago, at the boundary between the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.

There are 2 competing theories:

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Published: 31 Jan 2017

Why the bar needs to be raised for human clinical trials

Standards for authorizing first-time trials of drugs in humans are lax, and should be strengthened in several ways, 91˿Ƶ researchers argue in a paper published today in Nature.

Published: 30 Jan 2017

Protective wear inspired by fish scales

They started with striped bass. Over a two-year period the researchers went through about 50 bass, puncturing or fracturing hundreds of fish scales under the microscope, to try to understand their properties and mechanics better. “The people at the fish market must have wondered what we were up to,” saysFrançois Barthelatsmiling ruefully.” He teaches in the Dept.

Published: 23 Jan 2017

Bell Let’s Talk support for the Neuro will enhance mental health access for multicultural communities

Bell Let’s Talk today announced a donation of $250,000 to 91˿Ƶ’s Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – known as The Neuro – to fund the development of online mental health resources focused on the needs of multicultural communities.

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Published: 18 Jan 2017

A boost for artificial-intelligence research in Montreal

To help spur artificial-intelligence research in Montreal, Microsoft will provide a gift of $1 million to 91˿Ƶ.

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Published: 18 Jan 2017

A surprise advance in the treatment of adult cancers

A team of researchers at the Research Institute of the 91˿Ƶ Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has found an epigenetic modification that might be the cause of 15% of adult cancers of the throat linked to alcohol and tobacco use. This is a first in the field of epigenetics and the researchers are hopeful that the discovery can blaze a path in the development of new, targeted, more effective treatments that could arise over the next few years.

Published: 11 Jan 2017

Breakthrough in MS treatment

In separate clinical trials, a drug called ocrelizumab has been shown to reduce new attacks in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), and new symptom progression in primary progressive MS.

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Published: 9 Jan 2017

Homing in on source of mysterious cosmic radio bursts

Astronomers have pinpointed for the first time the home galaxy of a Fast Radio Burst, moving scientists a step closer to detecting what causes these powerful but fleeting pulses of radio waves. FRBs, which last just a few thousandths of a second, have puzzled astrophysicists since their discovery a decade ago.

Published: 4 Jan 2017

Lack of joy from music linked to brain disconnection

Have you ever met someone who just wasn’t into music?
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Published: 4 Jan 2017

91˿Ƶ researchers contribute to six of 10 discoveries of year picked by Quebec Science

Québec Science magazine has selected its 10 Discoveries of the Year for 2016, and 91˿Ƶ researchers figure in six of them. The annual list highlights top scientific research from across Quebec.

Two of the discoveries were led by researchers at 91˿Ƶ:

Published: 3 Jan 2017

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