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Some animal species seem to possess extraordinary regenerative abilities. How do they do it? And could we learn from them to defy the grim reaper ourselves?

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Health Canada has released a report from a panel of experts, including Éric A. Cohen, on how to improve Canada’s preparedness for the next pandemic.

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Some sounds have the power to conjure premonitions of death, ghostly apparitions or creatures lurking in the dark. Why do we react to them the way we do?

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A new study shows higher rates of sexual abuse in children with intellectual disabilities and greater vulnerability to the after-effects of abuse.

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Professor Vincent Denault shows that legal decisions by Australian judges have used myths about “body language” to assess the credibility of witnesses.

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Parents’ cellphone use can have a direct impact on their preteens’ mental health, according to a study. The effects include increased hyperactivity and inattention.

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A collaborative study sheds light on how cannabis use affects brain development in young people, the main one being atrophy of certain regions of the cerebral cortex.

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Breastfeeding, child nutrition and exposure secondhand tobacco smoke at an early age may play a role in the onset of inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study conducted on Quebecers.

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Ecologist and academic Jacques Brodeur makes a compelling case for using biological pest control as a main line of defence against invasive non-native species.

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Through an initiative led by UdeM, a first cohort of students is graduating from the State University of Haiti’s School of Optometry. It's a story of perseverance in the face of adversity.

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Newly appointed geography professor Benjamin Gwinneth uses innovative geochemical methods, such as measuring fecal molecules, to understand how climate variability shaped ancient populations.

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What can Twitter tell us about how people complied – or not – with public-health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic? Quebec researchers Hélène Carabin and José Denis-Robichaud investigate.

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Professor Jean François Bissonnette analyzes student debt from a moral economy perspective and explains how it has sparked protests at English-language universities.

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A new study reveals children with autism have a keen interest in letters and numbers – something their parents don’t always spot.

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UdeM’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine welcomes Morgane Schambourg, a specialist in equine surgery and sports medicine who honed her skills in the United Arab Emirates caring for endurance racehorses.

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In a course she’s taught for over 20 years, the sessional lecturer in literature uses U.S. presidential elections as a springboard for learning English and understanding American culture.

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A new professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Legault is using innovative techniques in genetics and AI to predict patients’ responses to medication.

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Canadians who identify as members of sexual minorities are more involved than others in non-electoral politics, according to a new study.

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By generating mice with genetic mutations that disrupt the brain’s TrkC-PTPσ protein complex, researchers at the UdeM-affiliated IRCM find a key way that brain cells communicate.

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The effects of rapid exposure to alcohol in early pregnancy – when a woman consumes as many as six drinks in an hour – can be detected in the placenta, an UdeM study on mice suggests.