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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

Yoshua Bengio

Community

Yoshua Bengio elected to Royal Society

29 April 2020

Press release

André Charette says that Canada has state-of-the-art technology and expertise to produce just about any small molecule on demand, which can then be sent to drug companies capable of formulating it for the market.

Science

Canada independence… in pharmaceuticals

28 April 2020

Press release

Whichever way the progression of COVID-19 is depicted in a chart, Canadians still think it’s a good idea to stay home, a new study finds.

Society

Charting the difference

24 April 2020

Press release

An international scientific study led by UdeM aims to collect data on the effects of telework imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic on workers and organizations.

Community

Do you like working from home?

17 April 2020

Article

Computer modelling can give a window into how the virus works in the body and help identify drugs to target it.

Science

Computer modelling to fight COVID-19

15 April 2020

Article

Parents need to be creative and use technology wisely when following the recommendations. A good strategy is to plan the child's activities the day before.

Society

Your children's screen time during confinement

14 April 2020

Article

Mila is conducting several research projects in artificial intelligence to help stem the pandemic. One of them aims to bring together experts in data analysis as well as researchers in machine learning, bioinformatics, immunology, virology and vaccine design.

Science

Using AI to help contain COVID-19

30 March 2020

Article

A Quebec research team has just received the green light from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to test a device that will shorten the response time for detecting COVID-19.

Health

A faster test for COVID-19

19 March 2020

Press release

Le professeur Gilles Brassard, de l’Université de Montréal

Science

Gilles Brassard honoured by the BBVA Foundation for his work in quantum computing

3 March 2020

Brief

To empirically test their method’s identification potential, researchers selected six unidentified male skeletons that had been exhumed over the years at four historical cemeteries in Quebec.

Science

Anonymous no more:combining genetics with genealogy to identify the dead in unmarked grave

24 February 2020

Press release

Model chiral macrocycle (shown in blue) in the catalytic pocket of the enzyme CALB (shown in grey, catalytic serine shown in green). The figure was generated from the PDB ID 5GV5 using PyMOL Molecular Graphics System, Version 1.2r3pre, Schrödinger, LLC. The docking of the macrocycles was carried out with the Fitted program from the FORECASTER computational platform. Credit: Université de Montréal.

Science

Shaping the rings of molecules

21 February 2020

Press release

Model chiral macrocycle (shown in blue) in the catalytic pocket of the enzyme CALB (shown in grey, catalytic serine shown in green). The figure was generated from the PDB ID 5GV5 using PyMOL Molecular Graphics System, Version 1.2r3pre, Schrödinger, LLC. The docking of the macrocycles was carried out with the Fitted program from the FORECASTER computational platform. Credit: Université de Montréal.

Science

Shaping the rings of molecules

21 February 2020

Press release

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