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2022 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named

Mar 18, 2022

For 30 years, the MIT provost has recognized exemplary and sustained contributions to undergraduate education at MIT. The MacVicar Faculty Fellows program was named after Margaret MacVicar, the first dean...

Computational modeling guides development of new materials

Mar 18, 2022

Metal-organic frameworks, a class of materials with porous molecular structures, have a variety of possible applications, such as capturing harmful gases and catalyzing chemical reactions. The researchers hope that these...

Relocating farmland could turn back clock twenty years on carbon emissions

Mar 18, 2022

The redesign - assuming high-input, mechanised farming - would cut the carbon impact of global croplands by 71%, by allowing land to revert to its natural, forested state. Trees capture...

How to clean solar panels without water

Mar 18, 2022

But cleaning solar panels currently is estimated to use about 10 billion gallons of water per year — enough to supply drinking water for up to 2 million people. Now,...

Birds of prey populations across Europe are suppressed by lead poisoning from gun ammunition

Mar 18, 2022

Poisoning caused by preying on or scavenging animals shot by hunters using lead ammunition has left the populations of many raptors far smaller than they should be, according to the...

Largest ever study on traumatic brain injury highlights global inequality in causes and treatment

Mar 18, 2022

The Global Neurotrauma Outcomes Study, funded by the NIHR, is published in The Lancet Neurology and provides data to assist in decision making and improving outcome for patients with traumatic...

Stackable ‘holobricks’ can make giant 3D images

Mar 18, 2022

This is the first time this technology has been demonstrated and opens the door for scalable holographic 3D displays. As technology develops, people want high-quality visual experiences, from 2D high-resolution...

Ukraine’s cultural heritage faces destruction

Mar 18, 2022

It is dotted with sites of profound historic, artistic and archaeological importance – from Unesco world heritage monuments such as the Cathedral of St Sophia in Kyiv to exquisite examples...

Société des Alcools du Québec (SAQ) & Bensadoun School join forces

Mar 18, 2022

External factors are having a huge impact on operations,” says Charles de Brabant, Executive Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management at McGill University. Enter the Retail Innovation ChallengeTo...

More than half of students who took part in survey on Law 21 say they will leave Quebec to find work

Mar 18, 2022

Researchers from McGill and Concordia universities have teamed up to examine how Quebec's secularism law, Law 21, is affecting the career choices and experiences of discrimination of students, particularly in...