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"We believe that as researchers, our mission is not only to communicate our findings within the scientific community, we must also share our findings with a larger audience."

Society

How COVID-19 makes us behave … or not

7 December 2020

Article

Science

Geothermal energy to power Quebec schools

18 November 2020

Brief

Society

Starting kindergarten on the right foot

2 November 2020

Press release

Science

Water quality: a matter of perspective

28 October 2020

Press release

Society

Tobacco trafficking: retailers snub the dark Web

28 October 2020

Article

The impact of human activity can be seen wherever the researchers carried out their research, but mainly in Tanzania, Congo and the Central African Republic.

Science

Reforestation plans in Africa could go awry

27 October 2020

Article

Sport helps young people develop life skills and supportive relationships with their peers and adults.

Society

Girls benefit from doing sports

29 September 2020

Press release

National Post

As few as 247 travellers brought coronavirus to Quebec: study

28 September 2020

Revue de presse

Society

Childhood sexual abuse: mental and physical after-effects closely linked

21 September 2020

Press release

Science

Astronomy: unraveling a spiral stream of dusty embers

16 September 2020

Press release

Culture

Cinema as therapy? Three research projects look at the options

15 September 2020

Article

Culture

Music in times of pandemic

9 September 2020

Article

Brown dwarfs form like stars, but are not massive enough to ignite nuclear fusion of hydrogen within their cores -- a defining mechanism within proper stars -- yet are too massive to be called planets.

Science

Citizen scientists help discover two exotic brown dwarfs in the Milky Way

10 July 2020

Press release

Science

Global consultation on the ethics of AI begins in Montreal

9 July 2020

Article

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last winter, there were more than 5,500 international students at UdeM, some for short stays, others for the duration of their studies.

Community

Giving international students the UdeM experience despite the pandemic

7 July 2020

Article

L'observatoire international de la biodiversité GEO BON déménage au Québec.

Science

Biodiversity expertise on the move

6 July 2020

Press release

Increasingly frequent heat waves in Europe are benefiting the vegetation at high altitudes in the Alps. But this unusual plant growth - which could become more common with climate change - may deplete the water reserves that percolate from mountain streams to the rivers below.

Society

Hot summers in the Alps deplete water reserves

30 June 2020

Article

Universities worldwide must become more essential players in digital innovation and artificial intelligence and increase their capacity to support the “responsible” development and use of these technologies, a new UdeM-led report says.

Science

Innovating in a digital world

5 June 2020

Press release

People around the world are increasingly using contact tracing applications to find out if, when and where they have been in contact with someone infected with the virus, and to take appropriate measures to ensure that the virus does not spread further.

Science

Contact-tracing to save lives

5 June 2020

Press release

The Observatoire sur les profilages is interested in all forms of profiling in a variety of sectors, including the police, justice, correctional services, youth protection, social assistance and the health and social services network.

Society

$2.5M for research on discriminatory profiling

4 June 2020

Press release

Among the observations they made in the wild, the researchers noted that chimpanzee mothers share food with their offspring that is difficult to swallow or food that they cannot chew themselves, most often done with staple foods.

Science

Something to chew on

21 May 2020

Article

The seminar is essentially interdisciplinary. History, anthropology, public health, philosophy, public policy, comparative politics and international relations will be addressed by some 20 professors.

Community

A new course on the pandemic

19 May 2020

Article

According to the study, which involved more than 15,000 people, only three to eight per cent of those who frequently access pornographic websites think they have some sort of psychological problem.

Society

Watching a lot of porn: not a mental-health issue

13 May 2020

Press release

A study reveals that in seven countries, including Spain led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the intention to vote for the ruling party has increased since the start of the pandemic.

Society

Trusting the government

11 May 2020

Press release

Four out of every 10 people are willing to continue to do their work from home when confinement rules related to COVID-19 are lifted.

Society

Working from home makes us more productive and innovative, says survey

8 May 2020

Article

Society

Making philosophy accessible to young people

7 May 2020

Article

Science

An artificial “tongue” of gold to taste maple syrup

5 May 2020

Press release

“We will monitor the situation in hospitals and public health systems in five affected countries: Canada, France, Brazil, Mali and China,” said Kate Zinszer.

Health

Five continents against a virus

5 May 2020

Press release

The prevalence of COVID-19 in Canada is far greater than officially reported, according to a new analysis led by economists at Université de Montréal.

Society

Far more cases than officially reported

1 May 2020

Press release

Community

Rector-Designate presents his team

29 April 2020

Article

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