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Understanding the molecular mechanisms of axon guidance is crucial to developing therapeutic strategies for neurological disorders.

Science

Understanding neurological diseases: crucial interactions come to light

13 December 2024

Press release

The main campus of Université de Montréal on Mount Royal

Community

Université de Montréal releases its first carbon footprint report

12 December 2024

Article

Catherine Régis

Community

Catherine Régis appointed co-director of the CAISI research program at CIFAR

12 December 2024

Brief

This highly competitive funding represents a significant milestone in Parkinson's disease research.

Health

UdeM receives $8M to study the link between the immune system and Parkinson's disease

11 December 2024

Brief

Táfula Santos drew on the work of mathematician Askold Khovanskii, who has described how certain sets of numbers grow when you keep adding numbers from the set together, to create a new breed of chess knight and, surprisingly, link it to the well-known Fibonacci sequence.

Science

How much faster is a knight than a king? A mathematical study reveals the exact ratio!

11 December 2024

Article

Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau

Community

Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau takes the helm at CRIMT

10 December 2024

Article

Involving 97 scientists from 11 countries, the Arctic Report Card reveals record-setting observations of a rapidly warming Arctic, including rising air temperatures, declines of large inland caribou herds, and increasing precipitation.

Science

The Arctic is on fire

10 December 2024

Press release

Scams are extremely large-scale operations, and the idea is to cast as wide a net as possible.

Society

‘Tis the season for scamming

6 December 2024

Article

Olivier Ferlatte

Society

Pup play: Behind the sexual fetish, a caring community

4 December 2024

Article

Picard and Rainville show that facial expressions triggered by painful stimuli can be predicted from brain activity.

Health

Facial expressions of pain can be predicted from brain activity

4 December 2024

Article

The decontamination study was part of a unique monitoring program that was set up in 2010 at CHU Sainte-Justine.

Health

Decontaminating the arms of oncology chairs to protect patients and healthcare workers

3 December 2024

Article

The presence of cells containing latent forms of HIV, which are not sensitive to current antiretroviral treatments, is an obstacle to the eradication of HIV in people living with HIV.

Health

Tracking down and eliminating HIV dormant in the body: a major step forward

2 December 2024

Press release

Unlike humans, who can articulate their pain, cats communicate discomfort in more subtle ways. They may remain motionless at the back of their cage, appear inattentive to their surroundings or adopt certain postures.

Health

A video bank to help veterinarians treat pain in cats

2 December 2024

Article

Julien Arsenault, Jean-François Lapierre and Émilie Jolin around a natural pond in the Grande-Plée-Bleue peat bog in Lévis. Covering nearly 1,500 hectares (15 square kilometres), this peat bog is one of the largest and rarest peat bogs in southern Quebec still in its natural state.

Science

Restoring peatlands to their (almost) natural state

28 November 2024

Article

The cover page features a reproduction of "The Dog", one of Goya’s famous Black Paintings, whose ambiguity enables the authors to evoke the uncertainties facing our post-secondary institutions. A bit like the university that could find itself wallowing in crisis mode forever or end up avoiding that fate, "It is hard to say whether the drowning dog will be swallowed up against the grim beige backdrop of the painting, or whether it will eventually find its way to safety," said Prof. Gaudreault-DesBiens, a great art lover. And when all is said and done, an optimist...

Society

Academic freedom in times of ideological polarization

28 November 2024

Article

Based on the data, the doctoral student found that music training has a “moderate to large” positive effect on inhibition control.

Science

Music training boosts children’s cognitive development

25 November 2024

Article

Dr. Denis Mukwege

Health

In the spotlight: Women’s plural health and safety

21 November 2024

Article

The finding underscores the need to consider vascular health in understanding dementia risk, as well as the genetic susceptibility to it that some individuals may carry.

Health

What the white spots show

21 November 2024

Article

Research led by Michel Cayouette, IRCM researcher and professor at the Université de Montréal, has uncovered a novel phenomenon concerning mammalian retinal photoreceptor cells. Published in the journal Developmental Cell, their study shows that the cilia of these cells, which capture light, align themselves in a coordinated and uniform manner in the plane of the retinal tissue.

Health

Discovery of an essential role for light in the organization of retinal cells

20 November 2024

Press release

Vincent Poitout

Community

Université de Montréal: Vincent Poitout, next Vice-Rector of Research

19 November 2024

Brief

Health

Detecting consciousness with EEGs, soundscapes and … clowns

18 November 2024

Article

United Nations member states have yet to agree on a clear definition of what constitutes terrorism—and that's despite nearly 50 years of ongoing debate.

Society

Terrorism and the UN: The history of an indefinable concept

18 November 2024

Article

This research will shed light on how communication works in people living with dementia and help improve quality of life for them and their caregivers.

Health

Combating dementia with film, communication and emotion

14 November 2024

Article

Wetlands are particularly important carbon sinks, as they cover as little as five and per cent of the Earth's surface area, yet they contain up to 30 per cent of its carbon.

Society

Over $609,000 to UdeM to study carbon in wetlands

12 November 2024

Brief

The data showed that one cryostimulation session was not enough to improve sleep: the benefits appeared only after five consecutive sessions.

Health

Daily exposure to intense cold can improve sleep quality

12 November 2024

Article

The Roger-Gaudry campus

Health

UdeM is a leader in the global One Health movement

12 November 2024

Article

One of the project’s main objectives is to provide concrete solutions to the housing crisis in many communities across Quebec.

Society

Innovative Sutton project supports socially and environmentally responsible densification

11 November 2024

Article

In the new rating environment, UdeM and its affiliated schools maintained their ranking among the world's Top 100 universities in 10 subject areas.

Community

2024 Shanghai Academic Rankings: UdeM still stands in the top 100

11 November 2024

Brief

The goal of Natalie M. Fletcher's work is to have young people's views recognized as both relevant and valuable.

Society

Respecting children's philosophical wisdom

7 November 2024

Article

A Mexican delegation has retrieved 84 Mesoamerican axes.

Science

Restoring Mexico’s archaeological heritage to its rightful place

7 November 2024

Article

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