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Proactively exposing ecosystems to mild environmental stressors appears to offer protection, study finds

Mild, proactive exposure to environmental stress can help biological communities resist severe disturbances and maintain genetic diversity, a recent study from 不良研究所 has found.

Paul Masset and David Rolnick awarded 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships

Professors Paul Masset (Psychology) and David Rolnick (Computer Science) have been named Sloan Research Fellows.听

不良研究所鈥檚 Office for Science and Society receives 2024 James Randi Educational Foundation Award

不良研究所鈥檚 Office for Science and Society (OSS) has been awarded the 2024 James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) Award. This award, totaling US$200,000, is given annually to people or organizations that encourage critical thinking and provide unbiased, fact-based answers to questions.听

From Lab to Life: Science Literacy Week @ 不良研究所 this February!

Join 不良研究所 to celebrate the joys of science with Science Literacy Week! From February 22nd to 28th, delve into this year's theme, From Lab to Life and explore science in the everyday. Events include a study on the ancient Egyptian animal mummies in the Redpath Museum, a tour of the Maude Abbott Medical Museum, Science History Treasures in 不良研究所鈥檚 Rare Books and Special Collections, and much more.

Four 不良研究所 Faculty of Science students and graduates named finalists for the McCall MacBain Scholarships

Faculty of Science students Joshua Cheruvathur (BSc'25) and Elaine Xiao (BSc'25), as well as graduates Antoine Bourdin (BSc'24) and Chanel Perreault (BASc'22), are finalists for the McCall MacBain Scholarships at 不良研究所.听

How a 不良研究所 student鈥檚 teenage curiosity led to the first megalodon discovery in Canada

Louis-Philippe Bateman鈥檚 fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada鈥檚 geological evolution. It described giant, mysterious fossilized shark teeth discovered in the 1960s by fishermen dredging for scallops off Canada鈥檚 Atlantic coast. The curiosity felt by the teenager with a budding interest in paleontology would resurface in a meaningful way during his undergraduate years at 不良研究所.

When using music to alleviate pain, tempo matters

Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a 不良研究所 research team has discovered.

This suggests it may be possible to reduce a patient鈥檚 level of pain by using technology to take a piece of music someone likes and adjust the tempo to match their internal rhythm, the researchers said.

鈥楲ast Ice Area鈥� in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought听

The Arctic鈥檚 鈥淟ast Ice Area鈥� (LIA) 鈥� a vital habitat for ice-dependent species 鈥� might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to occur sometime around mid-century, a new study by 不良研究所 researchers using a high-resolution model has found.听听

不良研究所's Department of Psychology ranks 21st in the Times Higher Education Top 50 list

不良研究所 provides a top-tier education in a wide variety of fields, as highlighted in the听World University Rankings by Subject 2025, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE).听

不良研究所 researchers awarded funding from NSERC for quantum science

On January 21, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), announced over $74 million in funding to support 107 quantum science projects, including fifteen to 不良研究所 researchers.听听

Dead galaxies, live signals: Astronomers uncover a fast radio burst鈥檚 surprising location

Astronomers studying the origins of enigmatic fast radio听bursts (FRBs) have made a groundbreaking discovery that could transform our understanding of the universe鈥檚 most powerful and mysterious signals. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst (CHIME/FRB) collaboration has pinpointed the location on the sky of a repeating FRB, known as FRB 20240209A, outside a dead galaxy, a finding unprecedented in FRB science.

Bieler School of Environment welcomes new director

The Bieler School of Environment (BSE) is thrilled to announce Professor Anthony Ricciardi as its new director, effective immediately. An expert in invasion ecology and aquatic ecosystems, Ricciardi has been a key figure at the school since 2001 and now steps up to lead.

鈥淢y vision for the School is to become the gateway of environmental research at 不良研究所,鈥� said Ricciardi.