Skip to content
The Abstract

The Abstract

by the McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal

  • About
    • About The Abstract
    • Meet Our Editors
    • Contact Us
  • Browse by Category
  • Subscribe
  • Meet Our Writers
  • Write for The Abstract
  • Art & Illustrations
    • Article Illustrations
      • Illustration Gallery
      • Meet Our Illustrators
      • Become an Illustrator
    • MSURJ Cover Art
      • MSURJ Cover Art
      • Meet the MSURJ Cover Art Designers!

Category: d – Technology

Used for pieces about computer science, technology, and AI.

AeroCellutions X MSURJ

Cover Image: Charlotte Benard, March 2026 Article written by the McGill BioDesign AeroCellulations Team What do a smoothie maker, Dolly … More

absorptivity, biodegradability, BioDesign, biotechnology, chlorosilanes, conservation, Dolly the Sheep, ecosystem, oil spill, plastics, research, silanization, sorbents, threats

The pharma heroine: Frances Kelsey and the thalidomide tragedy

Cover Image: Lilly Guilbeault, January 2026 By: Sagit Yessim, Contributing Writer If you have ever taken CHEM 211, then chances … More

Chemistry, chirality, drug discovery, FDA, History, McGill, MSURJ, optics, pharmacy, science, structure, thalidomide, toxicity

Cloudy skies could point to brighter days ahead

Future scientists could spray tiny particles into the atmosphere with airplanes. This technique, called stratospheric aerosol injection, would likely cause … More

climate change, clouds, computer modeling, ecology, environment, geoengineering, geopolitics, global warming, ocean acidification, ozone hole, research, simulation, stratospheric aerosol injection, sulfur dioxide

AI spy with my little eye: The future role of artificial intelligence in medical diagnostics

Many healthcare workers are afraid of being replaced by AI in the workforce–but as far as we know, there’s no reason for medical practitioners to worry.

a - Biology & Genetics, ai, AI and Health Care, artifical intelligence, Artifical Intelligence and Medicine, artificial-intelligence, health, healthcare, large language models, McGill, medicine, MSURJ, science, technology

The quantum route to consciousness

A theory to explain how we are conscious which is so bizarre, it just might be true…

consciousness, Physics, quantum, quantum mechanics

Space above earth is turning into a junkyard

Debris from past launches puts future space exploration at risk. For satellites and other spacecraft, space around Earth is a perilous freeway of life and death.

satellite, space, Space debris, space pollution

Mini brains in petri dishes

Neuroscientists are engineering “cerebral organoids” using pluripotent stem cells to mimic human brain development, potentially aiding in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders and brain tumors.

a - Biology & Genetics, g - Research News, hiPSC, neuroscience, organoids, philosophy, science, stem cells

ChatGPT: An ethical exploration

With increasing automation of everyday tasks, how can we assess the ethics of artificial intelligence? by Lucy Mao, Contributing Writer … More

How a nucleic acid could hold the secret to preventing preeclampsia

by Sofia Reynoso, Co-Managing Editor My introduction to preeclampsia came from binge watching Downton Abbey in middle school, when (spoiler … More

a - Biology & Genetics, cfRNA, eclampsia, machine learning, preeclampsia, pregnancy, Sofia Reynoso

Don’t deny it: Your password is terrible

by Viet Hoang We have all been down this road: you are making a new account and you need to … More

Posts navigation

Older posts

Categories

  • a – Biology & Genetics
  • b – Mathematics & Physics
  • c – Environment & Ecology
  • d – Technology
  • e – Health & Disease
  • f – Neuroscience
  • g – Research News
  • h – Research & Career Resources
  • i – Inside MSURJ
  • j – Other

Follow Us

  • Facebook
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Abstract
    • Join 79 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Abstract
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...