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Physics researchers Amanda Cook and Alice Curtin organize FRB2025, celebrating the 10th anniversary of a major finding in the field

Doris Hua, Faculty of Science Communications Assistant

Published on: 23 Oct 2025

Federal investment boosts Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾â€™s research leadership with over $13 million for Canada Research ChairsÌý

Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced over $198 million in federal funding through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program, including more than $13 million to support 19 Chairs—nine new and ten renewed—at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾. Ìý

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Published on: 22 Oct 2025

A team at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ studying ferroptosis, a form of cell death, have discovered that the process begins deep inside the cell, a finding that could lead to new treatments for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Using antioxidant probes that light up as they are consumed, the team tracked ferroptosis in real time and identified the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as the key cellular structure where the process first takes hold. Protecting the ER and the lysosome, they found, can halt ferroptosis entirely.

Published on: 22 Oct 2025

Phytotron Manager Mahnaz Mansoori (pictured above, left, with Biology Department Chair Prof. Gregor Fussmann)Ìýwas one of nine Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ staff members honoured with the President’s Award for Administrative and Support Staff at last week's afternoon convocation ceremony. These annual awards recognize the talent, dedication, and hard work of staff members who have made outstanding contributions to the University’s mission.Ìý

Published on: 20 Oct 2025

Montreal’s methane emissions are unevenly distributed across the island, with the highest concentrations in the city’s east end, Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ researchers have found. The worst polluters include the city’s largest snow dump, which emits methane at levels comparable to the city's current and former landfills, and natural gas leaks.ÌýÌý

Classified as: peter douglas, Faculty of Science, ³¾Ã©³Ù³ó²¹²Ô±ð, Montreal, greenhouse gas emissions, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, landfills, snow removal
Published on: 16 Oct 2025

Thirty-two Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ research projects have received new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's for investments in research infrastructure to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $9.7 million.ÌýÌýÌý

Classified as: CFI-JELF
Published on: 10 Oct 2025

Fall is a dangerous season for pedestrians, with a rise in road accidents linked to reduced visibility and shorter daylight hours. According to the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ), October and November consistently see spikes in pedestrian injuries and fatalities, with a notable increase in deaths in recent years.

To draw attention to this problem, the SAAQ marks Pedestrian Safety Month each October, as do authorities in several other jurisdictions.

Classified as: Pedestrian Safety Month, Avi Friedman, Kevin Manaugh, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering
Published on: 9 Oct 2025

Eric McCalla, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, has received a (DMREF) grant, a joint program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).Ìý

Classified as: Department of Chemistry
Published on: 6 Oct 2025

Sea level rise could put more than 100 million buildings across the Global South at risk of regular flooding if fossil fuel emissions are not curbed quickly, according to a new Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾-led published in npj Urban Sustainability.

Published on: 3 Oct 2025

Researchers in Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾â€™sÌýhave developed a new device that can trap and study DNA molecules without touching or damaging them. The device, which uses carefully tuned electric fields, offers scientists unprecedented control over how DNA behaves in real time, creating the opportunity for faster, more precise molecular analysis that could improve diagnostics, genome mapping and the study of disease-related molecules.

Classified as: Matheus Azevedo Silva Pessôa, Sara Mahshid, Walter Reisner, nanofluids, nanobiophysics, bioengineering
Published on: 2 Oct 2025

The from the Copernicus Marine Service, a European Union ocean monitoring organization, has found that sea floor temperatures off the coast of Nova Scotia have risen at twice the rate of surface temperatures over 30 years. Researchers say the rapid warming rate is a result of changes to the climate, including more acute marine heat waves and fewer periods of colder weather.

Classified as: Bruno Tremblay, global warming, department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, ocean
Published on: 1 Oct 2025

Professor Courtney Paquette from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics is featured in SIAM News—the journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The publication showcases the state of the art in applied mathematics, computational science, and data science, while highlighting real-world applications of mathematical research. In doing so, it helps lay the groundwork for scientific advances and new discoveries, supports efforts to address pressing global challenges, and enables leaders and policymakers to make informed decisions.

Published on: 1 Oct 2025

As a CEGEP student, Daniel Wei captained his college robotics team to victories with a dodgeball-throwing robot and a biodegradable soil sensor for farmers.Ìý

He and a peer also earned a bronze medal at a science and technology fair for their research on biomechanical processes involved in developing artificial intestines.

The achievements are part of Wei’s impressive track record of leadership, innovation and academic success that landed him Canada’s most generous scholarship for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

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Published on: 16 Sep 2025

Dr. Marco Carone, aÌýformerÌýÂé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ undergraduate student in Probability and Statistics,Ìýhas been awarded the prestigiousÌý

Published on: 2 Sep 2025

by Jasmine El-Sawaf

What if the key to studying smarter ·É²¹²õ²Ô’t about what you learned, but how you learned it? At Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾, the Office of Science Education’s (OSE) neuroscience-based program SciLearn is helping students in the Faculty of Science do just that.Ìý

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Published on: 2 Sep 2025

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