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Tijmen Blok and Jort Maarseveen decided to launch their own start-up after graduation. Together, they designed and built the Hippotainer, a vertical farm in a shipping container. Their first Hippotainer is now churning out hundreds of…

Plants that are close together do everything they can to intercept light. This 'shade avoidance' response has been extensively researched. It is therefore even more remarkable that researchers from the laboratory of Molecular Biology have…

Climate change is also affecting the global food supply. In various regions of the world, it is becoming increasingly difficult to cultivate medicinal herbs. Due to the changing climate, there is either too much or too little water, and…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming our daily lives and accelerating scientific discoveries, leading to the awarding of two Nobel Prizes this year. To harness this technology to address key societal challenges such as…

A Canadian-led international study has revealed new insights into the atmosphere of GJ 9827 d – an exoplanet orbiting the star GJ 9827 in the constellation Pisces, about 98 light-years from Earth – using the James Webb Space Telescope…

The Agency for Public Health Accreditation (APHEA), an international certification body based in Europe, has granted accreditation to the School of Public Health at Université de Montréal (known by its French acronym ESPUM) for a…

The effects of alcohol exposure on an embryo prior to implantation in the uterus can be detected in the late-gestation placenta, according to new research by Université de Montréal scientists. Led by Serge McGraw, an UdeM associate…

A recently published study has found that members of Canada’s LGBTQ+ community are more likely than heterosexuals to participate in non-electoral politics. They tend to be more involved in both institutional and non-institutional…

Scientists at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) have uncovered unique roles for a protein complex in the structural organization and function of brain cell connectivity, as well as in…

Did the extent to which people used social networks – especially Twitter – really reflect how much they supported – or not – the public-health measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic? Quebec health experts Hélène Carabin …