As reported earlier this week, a team of McGill students who had entered an international business plan competition found themselves in…
[Photo] The trials of a baby star
Do you want to be a star? Well, you’ll have a bit of work to do. First, you start as…
Everything you thought you knew about food is wrong…
At a time when the obesity epidemic is overwhelming healthcare systems globally, when it seems that almost everyone is “watching…
[Photo] El collar del hierro, The ferro-necklace
Ferrofluids are nifty stuff. A fluid which can become strongly magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field, they create…
Scandal: Is academic integrity on the decline?
McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic…
[Photo] Rim wildfire in yosemite
The Yosemite National Park has become the site of a massive wildfire. One of California’s largest wildfires in history, it…
[Photo] Antartica’s blood falls
Discovered in 1911 by explorer Griffith Taylor, Antarctica’s Blood Falls are a unique and fascinating natural phenomenon. The distinctive red…
Start your school year at one of these science events in September!
General Soup and Science @ the Redpath Museum: the 16th edition of this Faculty of Science tradition will be held September…
Welcome Back!
We hope you’ve had a great summer and are ready for a wonderful year! This year will undoubtedly bring a…
Collaboration and clean-energy at Polytechnique
Can Quebec run on only clean energy? At Polytechnique Montréal on a Tuesday night, four speakers from four institutions sought…
The Abstract 