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McGill University issues updated offer to McGill members of the encampment, calls for return to good-faith discussions

Oct 20, 2024

Despite the walkout by encampment representatives from discussions, McGill remains steadfast in its commitment to an open and transparent dialogue conducted in good faith. Yesterday, the University extended an updated...

Many health-care providers are ill-equipped to recognize pain in abused children

Oct 20, 2024

Many health-care professionals are ill-equipped to assess pain in children who have suffered abuse, a new study by McGill researchers suggests. The researchers surveyed 100 health-care providers in Canada and...

The secrets of our brains

Oct 20, 2024

But while smaller brains are a good place to start, they are still unfathomably complex. “The human brain is the holy grail, to understand on a cellular level what every...

How a quantum scientist, a nurse, and an economist are joining the fight against global poverty

Oct 20, 2024

By 2023, Martinez completed the MIT DEDP master’s program. The MicroMasters in DEDP program has awarded more than 10,000 certificates for passed courses and 1,000 DEDP MicroMasters credentials. Without it,...

‘Doom spiral’ a risk for public transit in post-pandemic era

Oct 20, 2024

A new study from McGill University warns that cutting public transit service could lead to a "doom spiral" resulting in a collapse of the system. “Riders are more sensitive to...

Improving working environments amid environmental distress

Oct 20, 2024

What emerges from much of this work is a real-time picture of human adaptation in a time of environmental distress. “I feel like I’m part of a long tradition of...

Video analysis of Iceland 2010 eruption could improve volcanic ash forecasts for aviation safety

Oct 20, 2024

That rate of ash flow, called eruption rate, is an important metric for forecasting ash cloud extent, said Woods. Woods thinks that, if high frame rate video observations can be...

MIT Faculty Founder Initiative announces three winners of entrepreneurship awards

Oct 20, 2024

Carpenter, senior director of the Imaging Platform at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she is also an institute scientist, won the competition’s $250,000 2023-24 MIT-Royalty Pharma Faculty...

Laser tests reveal new insights into key mineral for super-Earths

Oct 20, 2024

Scientists have for the first time observed how atoms in magnesium oxide morph and melt under ultra-harsh conditions, providing new insights into this key mineral within Earth's mantle that is...

Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz quits war Cabinet

Oct 20, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's key rival, Benny Gantz, announced Sunday that he is quitting the war Cabinet after a postwar plan for the Palestinian enclave failed to materialize. Gantz'...