Animal
If birds are fancy dancers, are they smarter, too?
Researchers investigate the link between male birds’ elaborate displays of courtship and their cognitive abilities, physical condition and attractiveness to females.
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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
The study shows that neurons maintain lipid reserves in the form of lipid droplets.
Neurons store and burn lipids, not just glucose
Medicine • Apr 14th
Bob Rae
Bob Rae to chair the CÉRIUM advisory board
Appointments • Apr 14th
Children who played actively with a parent every day were significantly more physically active at the start of adolescence.
Once active, always active
Public health • Apr 10th
Excavations of Ucanal Structure K-1, a possible Terminal Classic council house
A building fit for a council, not a king
Archaeology • Apr 9th

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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