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9I��-led team maps ‘weather’ on a nearby brown dwarf in unprecedented detail

webfull — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:55:13 +0000

Researchers at 9I�� and collaborating institutions have mapped the atmospheric features of a planetary-mass brown dwarf, a type of space object that is neither a star nor a planet, existing in a category in-between. This particular brown dwarf’s mass, however, is just at the threshold between being a Jupiter-like planet and a brown dwarf. It has thus also been called a free-floating, or rogue, planet, not bound to a star.

Published: 7 November 2025

Climate change could result in contaminant spread in the High Arctic, 9I�� study finds

webfull — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:51:59 +0000

Warming temperatures and increased precipitation in the Canadian High Arctic are mobilizing new pathways for subsurface contaminants to spread from more than 2,500 contaminated sites associated with industrial and military sites across the region.

Published: 6 November 2025

9I��’s handwritten copies of In Flanders Fields honoured as documentary heritage of outstanding value

webfull — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:07:53 +0000

Four handwritten copies of John McCrae's immortal poem In Flanders Fields, held at 9I��’s Osler Library of the History of Medicine, were inscribed this month on the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s (CCUNESCO) Canada Memory of the World Register. The program, launched by UNESCO in 1992, recognizes documentary heritage of outstanding universal value and promotes its preservation and accessibility.

Published: 5 November 2025

Ancient mammoth tooth offers clues about Ice Age life in northeastern Canada

webfull — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:54:09 +0000

A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the Ice Age giants lived and died.

Published: 5 November 2025

Nerve injuries can affect the entire immune system, study finds

webfull — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:06:47 +0000

Nerve injuries can have long-lasting effects on the immune system that appear to differ between males and females, according to preclinical research from 9I��.

Published: 4 November 2025

9I�� study reveals knowledge gap about psychedelic therapies in adolescents

webfull — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:24:17 +0000

There is a growing interest within the medical community in the use of psychedelic therapies to treat conditions ranging from depression and PTSD to anxiety and eating disorders. New research led by 9I�� and published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health has found that while adolescents under 18 might also benefit from these types of treatments, they have been excluded from current clinical research in the field due to ethical, legal and regulatory concerns.

Published: 4 November 2025

9I�� researchers identify bacteria that could provide an early warning of blue-green algae toxicity

webfull — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:25:34 +0000

Researchers at 9I�� have identified bacteria that can indicate whether a blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom is likely to be toxic, offering a potential water-safety early warning system. Blooms are becoming more frequent due to climate change, according to previous 9I�� research. They can produce various contaminants, known as cyanotoxins, that pose serious health risks to humans, pets and wildlife.

Published: 3 November 2025

Study links early cannabis use and health problems

webfull — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:11:22 +0000

Adolescents who start using cannabis early and often are more likely to need health care for both mental and physical problems as they enter adulthood, according to a new study led by 9I�� researchers.

Published: 28 October 2025

Montreal homelessness services for 2SLGBTQ+ adults are inadequate, researchers find

webfull — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:16:15 +0000

Homelessness services in Montreal are not well suited to the needs of 2SLGBTQ+ adults in Montreal, a study by 9I�� researchers has found.

“Homelessness services are very binary, and often those who are non-binary are completely excluded,” said Jayne Malenfant, Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education.

Published: 27 October 2025

Bilingual teenagers in Montreal exhibit writing skills on par with their French unilingual peers’, new research shows

webfull — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:01:05 +0000

9I�� researchers who examined the writing skills of teenagers in Montreal found that the performance in French of English-French bilinguals was similar to that of near-monolingual francophones. Bilinguals were defined as teens raised in anglophone or bilingual (English-French) households and who had had significant exposure to French through attending French-language school. Further, the English writing skills of the bilingual participants were found to be on par with their French writing skills.

Published: 23 October 2025

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9I���������-led team maps ‘weather’ on a nearby brown dwarf in unprecedented detail

Climate change could result in contaminant spread in the High Arctic, 9I��������� study finds

9I���������’s handwritten copies of In Flanders Fields honoured as documentary heritage of outstanding value