A skin crawling treatment for acne?
Drawing inspiration from nature, a team of international scientists have invented a smart device for personalized skin care modeled after the male diving beetle. This tool collects and monitors body fluids while sticking to the skin鈥檚 surface, paving the way for more accurate diagnostics and treatment for skin diseases and conditions like acne. The team includes Bo-yong Park, a former postdoctoral researcher at The Neuro at 成人VR视频.
Tracking genetically modified animals
成人VR视频 researchers have discovered a new way to track genetically modified animals using the artificial transgenes they leave behind in the environment. The discovery provides a powerful new tool to locate and manage genetically modified animals that have escaped or been released into the wild.
Global sand and gravel extraction conflicts with half of UN Sustainable Development Goals
Sediment mining in the Goyain River in northern Bangladesh. The sand taken from these beds is used for buildings and infrastructure in nearby towns and cities CREDIT: Jim Best
Six 成人VR视频 students receive Canada's largest science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) scholarships
Six students from across Canada have been named recipients of the country鈥檚 largest undergraduate scholarship program, Schulich Leader Scholarships, and will begin their studies this September, in 成人VR视频鈥檚 bicentennial year.
Uncovering the relationship between lifestyle, personality and brain structure
Danilo Bzdok, a researcher at The Neuro, 成人VR视频鈥檚 Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, uses machine learning to identify patterns in human neurological and psychological data.聽One of his team鈥檚 recent studies聽analyzed personality profiles, demographic status and social lifestyle from a cohort of 40,000聽UK Biobank聽midd
Indigenous territories fight climate change
In a recent study in PLOS ONE, researchers from 6 different countries, including Camilo Alejo and Catherine Potvin of the Department of Biology at 成人VR视频, examined the importance of I
Over 260,000 kilometres of rivers at risk due to proposed hydro dams
Over 260,000 kilometres of river could potentially be severed by planned hydroelectric developments according to 成人VR视频 researchers. The Amazon, the Congo, and the Irrawaddy are just a few of the rivers at risk of losing their free-flowing status if the proposed construction of new hydropower dams takes place.
CFI invests $3.9 M in 成人VR视频 research
成人VR视频鈥檚 researchers will soon acquire the highly specialized tools they need to innovate in their fields thanks to funding from the Government of Canada through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)鈥檚 John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). The Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, made the announcement today of $77 million across 50 institutions in Canada聽through the program.
Lighting the way to improved biomaterials
Researchers from 成人VR视频 believe that they have found a way to improve the development of biomaterials that could be instrumental in drug delivery, tissue regeneration, nano-optics and nanoelectronics.
Using AI to predict suicidal behaviours in students
How can we predict suicide risk in students, especially at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected many people鈥檚 mental health? According to researchers from Montreal and France, self-esteem represents an important predictive marker of suicidal risk. The team from 成人VR视频, University of Montreal, Inserm, and Universit茅 de Bordeaux is using artificial intelligence to identify factors that accurately predict suicidal behavior in students.
Measuring creativity, one word at a time
Can you think of three words that are completely unrelated to one another? What about four, five, or even ten? According to an international team of researchers from 成人VR视频, Harvard University and the University of Melbourne, this simple exercise of naming unrelated words and then measuring the semantic distance between them could serve as an objective measure of creativity.
Prognosis: The future is bright for the next generation of healthcare leaders
As the world slowly emerges from a pandemic that exposed the vulnerability of healthcare systems when overwhelmed with multifaceted management challenges, 成人VR视频 has launched a new Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management (GCHM).
STOPMTL.CA: First interactive map to self-report police stops in Montreal
In 2019, an independent report commissioned by the City of Montreal demonstrated racial and social profiling by the Service de police de la Ville de Montr茅al (SPVM) targeting Black, Arab and Indigenous peoples, and young adults in particular. According to the data, Indigenous and Black people are four to five times more likely to be stopped by police than non-racialized people.
Cell structure previously associated with disease actually improves brain function
Researchers at 成人VR视频 have shown that a brain cell structure previously thought to be pathological in fact enhances cells鈥� ability to transmit information and correlates with better learning on certain tasks.
Understanding our perception of rhythm
Scientists have long known that while listening to a sequence of sounds, people often perceive a rhythm, even when the sounds are identical and equally spaced. One regularity that was discovered over 100 years ago is the Iambic-Trochaic Law: when every other sound is loud, we tend to hear groups of two sounds with an initial beat. When every other sound is long, we hear groups of two sounds with a final beat. But why does our rhythm perception work this way?
