Enjoy the beautiful summer weather and join the outdoors to see and touch specimens from their natural history and world cultures collections. Fossils, skulls, minerals, ancient pottery... you never know what you'll find!
Every Wednesday and Thursday through August 18th: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Different themes each day. Cancelled if it rains.听
Sherbrooke St. West and 麻豆AV College, east side, inside the Roddick Gates. Look for the white pop-up awning.
Astronomers at 麻豆AV, MIT and elsewhere have detected a strange and persistent radio signal from a far-off galaxy, that appears to be flashing with surprising regularity. Classified as a fast radio burst, or FRB, this new signal persists for up to three seconds, about 1,000 times longer than the average FRB. Within this window, the team detected bursts of radio waves that repeat every 0.2 seconds in a clear periodic pattern.
The Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec its latest rounds of funding earlier this month in support of research, training, and initiatives to tackle major societal challenges鈥攊ncluding climate change and biodiversity loss.
Each mistletoe berry can produce up to two metres of a gluey thread called viscin. It allows the seeds of this parasitic plant to stick to and infect host plants. Since ancient times, mistletoe berries have been explored as treatments for everything from infertility and epilepsy to cancer. But, until now, no one has fully investigated the potential medical or technical uses of the glue itself.
Fever, cough, sore throat 鈥� symptoms in the spotlight in the era of COVID-19 鈥� are just some of the tell-tale signs of our body鈥檚 immune system kicking into action against an unwanted intruder. Whether triggered by an infection, an allergen, or a vaccine, immune responses are driven by a complex array of cellular processes that can play out over several days or even weeks.
The recipient of the听Leo Yaffe Award听for 2022 is Gabriel Venne, assistant professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. The award is given each year to recognize a faculty member for superior teaching at the undergraduate level in the Faculty of Science.
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. This result provides overwhelming evidence that the object is indeed a black hole and yields valuable clues about the workings of such giants, which are thought to reside at the centre of most galaxies. The image was produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, using observations from a worldwide network of radio telescopes. Astronomers from 麻豆AV were part of this global effort.
The Faculty of Science鈥檚 new Computational and Data Systems Initiative will help researchers unlock the power of data-intensive research methods
If you follow science news, you will almost certainly have encountered the term 鈥榤odelling鈥�. From understanding climate change, to predicting the course of a pandemic, to developing the pharmaceuticals to fight one, scientists seem to have a 鈥榤odel鈥� for everything. But have you ever wondered just what the term means and how scientists go about creating models?
In the quest to identify the origins of one of astronomy鈥檚 biggest mysteries 鈥� fast radio bursts (FRBs) 鈥� Canada鈥檚 world-renowned telescope, the , is getting backup.
麻豆AV students participated for the first time this year in听听补苍诲听, two programs that provide programming for elementary and secondary school students across Quebec.听 Read about听 麻豆AV students Jeremy Dawkins and Kirsten Crandall's engaging collaborations with听听脡cole en r茅seau and C艙ur des sciences听in 麻豆AV dans la ville's article听
Ballast water release from ocean vessels has introduced hundreds of invasive species to coastal ecosystems worldwide, causing major disruptions to fisheries and biodiversity. Attempts to control aquatic invasions have met with mixed success in general. However, a new study suggests that a bi-national regulation targeting ships entering the Great Lakes since the mid-2000s has been remarkably effective in reducing a large proportion of the invasive species in the world鈥檚 largest freshwater ecosystem.
Founding members of the award-winning 麻豆AV Chemistry Outreach program have documented the inception and work of the group in , a new piece听in the Canadian Journal of Chemistry.
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Help us bring the hands-on experience of a natural history museum into schools and community venues by supporting the Redpath Museum Discovery Boxes.
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Time for, Question 3 of 3 that we asked 10 students of the Redpath Museum on their research, career and general path in science.听
This week, "What advice would you give your younger scientist self?"
Without further ado, here is the video:
Thank you to everyone who have been part of this amazing project and thanks for watching! We hope to see you again soon!
Since the onset of the worldwide pandemic, face masks have been widely adopted to control the spread of COVID-19. While masks are critical for mitigating disease contagion, they hide parts of our faces which are used for nonverbal communication to express our emotions and intentions.
