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Author: Kate Sheridan

[Profile] Felix Cormier, Marcel Georgin, Stephen Koelbl, and Robert Oda, Development and Characterization of a Directional Gamma-ray Detector

Researchers dream about projects that go perfectly – protocols that work on the first attempt, equipment that doesn’t break, and results that … More

felix cormier, gamma ray, marcel georgin, Robert Oda, Stephen Koelbl

[Profile] Jenna Hotton, Synaptic Characterization of the DCN Circuit

Generally speaking, most people think of what is referred to as the cerebral cortex when they think of the brain. … More

McGill Students’ Astronomy Club: Out of this World

Between the COSMOS series, recently reintroduced with Neil deGrasse Tyson as host, and the BICEP2 discovery, the realm beyond our atmosphere has … More

astromcgill, astronomy, avital drucker, cosmos, mcgill students astronomy club, space

Sergeant Scientist: McGill’s Role in Military Research

McGill has a long and fascinating history of pseudo-military research: for example, the CIA conducted extremely damaging experiments on depatterning … More

boeing, cfd, demilitarize mcgill, iasl, military, swpg

Scientifically Proven* to Improve your Life – An Interview with Useful Science

*This site has not undergone any kind of scientific review process – but it is super cool. What started as … More

blogging, douglas hall, lab 43, McGill, open access, science, useful science, website

“Do You Even Hack?”: An Interview With Hack McGill

Last semester, the word “hackathon” popped up on my Facebook newsfeed – a lot. Apparently, more than one of my … More

crackers, hack, hackathon, hacking, HackMcGill, mit

Scandal: Is Academic Integrity on the Decline?

McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic … More

Collaboration and Clean-Energy at Polytechnique

Can Quebec run on only clean energy? At Polytechnique Montréal on a Tuesday night, four speakers from four institutions sought … More

environment, event, McGill, sustainability

NIMH “throws shade” on APA weeks before new DSM

Only a few weeks ago, blogs were heralding the impending arrival of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical … More

american psychiatry association, brain initiative, national institute of mental health, science

Harvard Medical School To Close Primate Research Facility

McGill is not only a top-tier undergraduate institution, it’s also one of Canada’s largest research institutions. A significant part of … More

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