Over the last year, the Max Bell School's听听been building out a research program on kids & tech to explore a range of policy implications related to data governance and children's rights, ed-tech, school surveillance, targeted ads, kids content, gender and mental health.
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Innovative food production technologies for edible crickets and microalgae launch two 麻豆传媒网站 student-led projects into the semifinals of the NASA/CSA Deep Space Food Challenge.
Multidisciplinary unit to focus on rise of 鈥榮uperbugs鈥� identified by WHO as a leading threat to global health, responsible for 700,000 annual deaths worldwide
October 20, 2021 (Montreal, Quebec) 鈥� Globally, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) causes approximately 700,000 deaths annually, a number projected to reach over The prevalence of AMR in Canada is projected to reach 40% by this time, a plausible scenario if no interventions successfully curb their rise.
People with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder act out their dreams. While sleeping safely in bed, for example, they might throw up their arms to catch an imaginary ball, or try to run from an illusory assailant. Such actions are more than just a nuisance. People with the disorder have a 50 to 80 per cent chance of developing a serious neurodegenerative disease within a decade of diagnosis.
Scientists are seeking answers to why SARS-CoV-2 variants are so transmissible and why they cause greater disease severity than the original strain. 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Qian (Vivian) Liu, together with researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, have launched a study to understand this question, investigating how SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins are organized and moved on the cell or virus surface by using single-molecule imaging technology.
Fund will be one of Canada鈥檚 most significant university innovation programs awarding nearly $500k to spinoffs and technologies
September 28, 2021 (MONTREAL, Quebec) 鈥� Today 麻豆传媒网站 announced the launch of the 麻豆传媒网站 Innovation Fund, a funding program that will support both the development of innovative technologies as well as the spinoff companies that emerge from the University. The fund will be open to all 麻豆传媒网站 members who have declared a Report of Invention to the Office of Innovation and Partnerships.
Today, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced 89 new Fellows and 51 new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Among the 2021 RSC cohort are ten 麻豆传媒网站 researchers, including seven RSC Fellows and three Members, who will be inducted at the RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement, hosted by 麻豆传媒网站 on Friday, November 19, 2021. The new 麻豆传媒网站 cohort will join 228 麻豆传媒网站 researchers who are currently RSC Fellows and Members of the College.
LORENZ L脺THI, co-ordinator of the Research Group on Transitions and Global Modernities, contributed an article听in the Globe and Mail on September 3rd: What鈥檚 Afghanistan鈥檚 future? The history of U.S. state-building offers some clues.
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A new study shows that artificial intelligence networks based on human brain connectivity can perform cognitive tasks efficiently.
Study uses sugar to make and deliver pudding-like brain implants that reduce foreign body response
Brain implants are used to treat neurological dysfunction, and their use for enhancing cognitive abilities is a promising field of research. Implants can be used to monitor brain activity or stimulate parts of the brain using electrical pulses. In epilepsy, for example, brain implants can determine where in the brain seizures are happening.
Max Bell School professor Jennifer Welsh has been elected to the听American Academy of Arts & Sciences. A renowned expert on the intersection of听international relations and public policy, Welsh serves as the director of the听Centre for International Peace and Security Studies, in addition to her joint appointment between the Max Bell School and 麻豆传媒网站's Department of Political Science. Read the 麻豆传媒网站 Reporter article to learn more about Welsh's impressive career.
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Doctor has dedicated his life to improve diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases and disorders
The Neuro鈥檚 director, Dr. Guy Rouleau, is being recognized with Canada鈥檚 highest civilian honour, the Order of Canada, for his outstanding contributions as a clinician-scientist and as a leader in health care.
