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Countries worldwide face challenges meeting the growing needs for long-term care services because of high costs. A study led by researchers from McGill University and Université du Québec en Outaouais shows that introducing nurse…

The spread of the Internet is shaping migration in profound ways. A McGill-led study of over 150 countries links Internet penetration with migration intentions and behaviours, suggesting that digital connectivity plays a key role in…

In its twentieth year, the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) is awarding 25 McGill researchers with eleven new and fourteen renewed chairs. The projects supported by this round of CRC funding tackle a variety of topics, including,…

Since their development in the 1960s, SmCo magnets have been a workhorse in modern technology, second only in strength to neodymium magnets. They are extremely resistant to demagnetization, and able to withstand high heat and…

This advancement offers new possibilities for medical staff and drug developers to better characterize new actinium and thorium therapeutics.- Stosh KozimorLOS ALAMOS, N.M., Dec. 16, 2020—Researchers in the DOE Isotope Program have…

The yield and quality of many crops benefit from pollination, but it isn’t just honey bees that do this work: bumble bees also have a role. However, placing honey bee or bumble bee colonies next to the field does not guarantee that they…

The Institute for Urban Development and Urban Traffic (ISB) of RWTH Aachen University, SONAH GmbH and the City of Aachen are jointly conducting a research project on the subject of inner-city parking.The ACUP project (analysis of the…

In the photograph you can see a lynx, standing in the depths of the forest, with both forepaws placed possessively on the cadaver of a deer. The picture comes from one of the many photo-traps set up as part of a study by a team headed by…

Like all viruses, the novel coronavirus is dependent on help from the human host cell. Proteins are the functional units of the cell and enable the virus to enter the host cell or help the virus to replicate. Scientists from Charité –…

The annual international contest of open online courses EdCrunch Award announced the results within the #EdCrunch-2020 conference, the largest educational event in Europe, which takes place for the seventh year in a row and brings…