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The study found that the planet’s atmosphere contains a high concentration of heavier molecules, including a significant amount of water vapor.

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Astronomers probe a “steam world”

4 October 2024

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The study illustrates the functional importance of inter-cellular signal exchanges, but it's only the beginning, the researchers believe.

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Getting the body to function properly

25 September 2024

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A star’s temperature is far from uniform; it varies both across the star’s surface and over time. Now an innovative technique developed by UdeM’s Étienne Artigau and his team makes it possible to track these changes with unprecedented precision.

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Taking a star’s temperature

19 September 2024

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Overview of the site with a sieving station for clay soil in water-filled bins, using fine mesh sieves to recover the smallest artifacts.

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On the trail of Indigenous peoples in Outaouais

6 August 2024

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The Proyecto Arqueológico Ucanal team at the Mayan site of Ucanal, located in northern Guatemala.

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UdeM students search for traces of the Mayan past in Guatemala

30 July 2024

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An infested specimen

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How do parasitic worms affect the oxygen uptake of sunfish?

25 July 2024

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Biomass burning produces smoke composed of a complex mixture of gases and particles, including carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), all airborne contaminants with adverse effects on human health.

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Wildfires in Ontario and Manitoba affect air quality in Montreal

23 July 2024

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The project’s goal is to reduce Quebecers’ exposure to PFAS and mitigate the harmful effects of PFAS contamination on human health.

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“Forever chemicals” in our food?

10 July 2024

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Temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left) similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa or may be an ice world with a liquid substellar ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (centre). LHS 1140 b is 1.7 times the size of our planet Earth (right) and is the most promising habitable zone exoplanet yet found in the search for liquid water beyond the Solar System.

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Found with Webb: a potentially habitable world

8 July 2024

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Distemper struck Berlin's urban red fox population between 2008 and 2013.

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Monitor virus progression based on cases of distemper in foxes

3 July 2024

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The ELT dome under construction in Chile

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UdeM astronomers are helping to build the world’s largest telescope

25 June 2024

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Boudarbat believes it is important for policymakers to examine the factors that disadvantage visible minorities and then review integration policies to address them as a priority.

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Canadian-born visible minorities: A blind spot in labour market integration policies

17 June 2024

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The Landolt mission comprises a crucial step in the quest for precision in astronomy.

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Landolt space mission: more precise measurements of star brightness

10 June 2024

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UdeM is among the 15 Canadian educational institutions and research centres that disseminate the most datasets on Borealis, where they can be reproduced and reused for academic or other purposes.

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Research data management: Sharing data to advance knowledge

3 June 2024

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This figure shows the average deviation observed among participants and the average deviation of their body orientation from the sound emitted.

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When auditory cues affect body representation and vice versa

28 May 2024

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Most of the body's cells have a structure called the primary cilium, or simply, cilium. This structure acts like an antenna, responsible for detecting signals in the cell's environment.

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'Antennae' of cells: a protein plays a major role

25 April 2024

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Pioneer factors are the master regulators of the genome and epigenome: any disruption of their action has major consequences.

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Keys to the genome: unlocking the package

10 April 2024

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Most reports of animal behaviour during an eclipse are anecdotal, but it is clear that some animals do react unusually during solar events.

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How do animals react to a solar eclipse?

3 April 2024

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Developing a cross-platform app was another major challenge. Guo and Foul wanted to create one that could run on iOS, Android, PC or Mac.

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Where's the best place to see the eclipse? There’s an app for that.

27 March 2024

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Illustration of the discovery of the C130-D5h molecule, published on the cover page of the prestigious “Journal of the American Chemical Society” last December.

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A new fullertube molecule is found

27 March 2024

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Florence Deguire’s work opens up the possibility of detecting neurodevelopmental abnormalities that are currently not diagnosed until age four or five.

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Cognitive performance at age four can be predicted in infancy

22 March 2024

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This artist's concept shows a "brown dwarf," a space object more massive than a planet but smaller than a star. Brown dwarfs usually have binary companions, but as they age some of these binary systems gravitationally fall apart, and each brown dwarf goes its separate way, according to a study led by Université de Montréal astronomer Clémence Fontanive.

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UdeM astronomer finds that "brown dwarfs" grow old alone

21 March 2024

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While mathematics is a fundamental science, it is similar to sports and the arts in some ways.

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70-year-old math problem solved

29 February 2024

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Shoeprints are part of a range of circumstantial evidence that can move an investigation forward.

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When a crime's afoot, get ready to code

12 February 2024

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Professors Isabelle Ribot and Carlos Jacome Hernandez, Mexico's consul-general in Montreal, Alejandro Estivill Castro and Étienne Houle, master's student in anthropology.

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The long journey of a child who died over 2,000 years ago

7 February 2024

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In addition to providing a simple design strategy to create the next generation of self-regulated nanosystems, the scientists' discoveries also shed light on how natural biomolecular assemblies may have acquired their optimal dynamics.

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How life appeared: rise of the nanomachines

7 February 2024

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The results show that despite the St. Lawrence waters' significant dilution effect, concentrations of caffeine, carbamazepine, diclofenac and ibuprofen are high enough to negatively impact growth and reproduction in aquatic fauna.

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Medicinal drugs pollute the St. Lawrence River

30 January 2024

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The researchers performed lensectomies on 11 fish belonging to three endangered or threatened populations: striped bass (Morone saxatilis) from the St. Lawrence River, spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) and Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus).

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Endangered fish can live longer after cataract surgery

26 January 2024

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Artist's concept of GJ 9827d. With only about twice Earth's diameter, the planet orbits the red dwarf star GJ 9827; two inner planets in the system are on the left.

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Water vapour discovered in a small exoplanet’s atmosphere

25 January 2024

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The results indicate that de-icing salt does not impair the resilience of the three native plant species or reduce their ability to absorb contaminants.

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Bioretention plants not impaired by road salt

22 January 2024

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