Biology
We now know how moss leaves grow
A study reveals that mosses and thale cress, a small flowering plant, share the same leaf growth principles, despite 400 million years of separate evolution.
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Jewelweed flowers are generally larger in urban areas.
Flowering in the city: the bumblebee connection
Biology • Apr 20th
The cerebral blood vessels of a baby mouse.
Putting brain development on the map
Brain • Apr 20th
Interpretive drawings of Paleocanna tentaculum as living organisms: depiction of individual polyps living in single tubes, as well as clusters of two or three tubes attached together.
Found: a new species of jellyfish, preserved in Paleozoic fossils
Biology • Apr 20th
A male zebra finch
If birds are fancy dancers, are they smarter, too?
Animal • Apr 16th
The number of articles in English increased more than fivefold between 1990 and 2023, rising from approximately 877,000 to nearly 5,000,000. It is the relative share of English that has declined as other scientific communities have gradually begun publishing more in their own languages.
English dominates scholarly publishing, but other languages are gaining ground
Information sciences • Apr 14th

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Université de Montréal awarded an honorary doctorate to economist Esther Duflo in recognition of her exceptional career.

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Université de Montréal awarded an honorary doctorate to economist Esther Duflo in recognition of her exceptional career.

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Appointments
Bob Rae to chair the CÉRIUM advisory board
Bob Rae
Scholarships
An UdeM graduate named a Schmidt Science Fellow
As a specialist in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alicia Dubinski has focused her research on the role of stress granules and TDP-43 pathology in the progressive death of motor neurons.
Public health
Tuberculosis is on the rise in Canada
Dr. Simon Grandjean Lapierre’s team is working on the development and validation of new diagnostic tools for tuberculosis. From left to right: public health doctoral student Emmanuelle Ametepe; Simon Grandjean Lapierre; microbiology and infectious diseases residents Lucila Baldassarre and Sophie Lefrançois; Floriane Point, research assistant at the CHUM Research Centre; Hugo Leprohon, resident in microbiology and infectious diseases; and Florence Durocher, physician specializing in microbiology and infectious diseases. Residents Nayla Léveillé (clinical-research program) and Karima Zerrouki (internal medicine) are also part of the laboratory.
Awards and honours
Gilles Brassard, co-founder of quantum cryptography, receives the A.M. Turing Award
Gilles Brassard, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Funding
UdeM receives major CFI funding for its research infrastructure
La tour du pavillon Roger-Gaudry de l'Université de Montréal
Appointments
Yoshua Bengio elected co-chair of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
Yoshua Bengio, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal
Honoris causa
UdeM honours Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, co-discoverer of HIV
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, accompanied by Daniel Jutras and Patrick Cossette
Law
'We can't evolve in a world without rules'
Hervé Prince, UdeM international trade law expert
Appointments
Stéphane Dion is UdeM's new 'diplomat in residence'
Stéphane Dion