#REHAB “To our knowledge, this is the first time anyone has documented the life journeys of people with #brain injuries who are experiencing #homelessness." nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#BIODIVERSITY "The community that believes in the existence of #Bigfoot (or #Sasquatch) has a database of all the sightings, and it’s a dataset that’s perfectly suited to this exercise," says @ctrlalttim.com. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#SPACE "This is a transformative moment for Canadian #astronomy, propelling Canada into a leading role in what may become the most powerful ground-based telescope ever built." @eso.org @innovation.ca #Chile #ELT @casca.ca.web.brid.gy #cdnpol nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#POLITICS Big congrats to #Canada's new governor general, @umontreal.ca law alumna Louise Arbour! Did you know her hero is ... #Tintin? She talks about that and more with our rector, Daniel Jutras: nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2... #cdnpol #UN @un.org @crisisgroup.org @mark-carney.bsky.social

#ENERGY "You cannot fully understand the history of @hydroquebec.com, the Quiet Revolution, and thus of #Quebec itself without Churchill Falls," says @cerium-udem.bsky.social's Kathryn Furlong. #Newfoundland #Labrador #Indigenous #cdnpol nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#BIOCHEMISTRY Brain fog, sore muscles, upset stomach, bad blood pressure, poor sleep, a deepening malaise: myalgic encephalomyelitis "is not a single disease, but rather a spectrum" – and needs to be studied as such, says a top Canadian expert. #longCOVID nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#BIOLOGY Studying pollinators "showed that the environment triggers significant changes in flowers that are not genetic," says Jérôme Burkiewicz, a PhD candidate in @simjoly.bsky.social's lab at @espacepourlavie.bsky.social. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#PALEONTOLOGY A "rapid burial, combined with low-oxygen conditions ... slowed decay and helped preserve the animals." #Quebec #Ordovician @biomcgill.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#LANGUAGE “Non-English-speaking researchers can now produce work in their own language, but they must still engage with literature overwhelmingly written in English," says @caropradier.bsky.social, co-author of a new study directed by @lariviev.bsky.social. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#POLITICS “We need people willing to conduct rigorous research to influence global policy and improve the human condition," says the incoming chair of @cerium-udem.bsky.social's advisory board. #diplomacy #UN nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#ARCHEOLOGY "#Governance had become, in a sense, more transparent.” What a new kind of political architecture — council houses — meant for the ancient Maya. #Guatemala #anthropology @antiquity.ac.uk nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

"Western science is great, but it has to be guided by traditional knowledge," says world-travelling professor Oliver Sonnentag. @geographieudem.bsky.social #Arctic #carbon #Indigenous @mila-quebec.bsky.social @ivado.bsky.social @bgc-jena.mpg.de @exeter.ac.uk nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#BRAIN “#Stuttering is essentially a motor speech deficit related to problems synchronizing what we articulate with what we expect to hear when we speak. So training synchronization nonverbally, through musical rhythm, could help.” nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#LAW "I am really motivated by the desire to give back to my native continent, absolutely." #Africa #Francophonie #trade #Trump @wto.org @univbordeaux.bsky.social @droit-ulaval.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#POLITICS "A university is and always will be a forum for debate and the advancement of science – and once again I'm here to be part of that." #cdnpoli #diplomacy @fbouchard.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#ECOLOGY A single pheronome trap can catch up to 6,000 #invasive Japanese beetles a week — but a lot of pollinators get caught, too. Is it time to rethink the process? nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#AI "A frictionless space": in matters of the heart, the romance of #chatbots is wearing thin – and can even be dangerous. @brynwj.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#EDUCATION Atikamekw Nehirowisiwok, Innu and Inuit community members delve into UdeM's collection of 500 #FirstPeoples cultural objects – and, on video, tell their stories. #ethnography #Indigenous nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#ARCHEOLOGY Was it a hunting accident, a fall, an attack by man or beast? Unraveling the mystery of a gruesome #Paleolithic death. @julienrs.bsky.social #Italy #Liguria #Cagliari #Pegli #Genoa nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#SPORTS In the world of artistic sports like #figureskating – where the accent is on perfectionism, grace and endurance – it's taboo to talk about your injuries, and therefore harder to recover, a Canadian study finds. #Olympics #MilanCortina2026 #concussions nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#ENERGY It's called AzoBiPy, it stores 2X the energy of most comparable molecules and is highly soluble in water — and that could make it a game-changer in the hunt for greener, safer batteries. @profrochefort.bsky.social #chemistry @jacs.acspublications.org nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#BIOTECHNOLOGY Big news from @cra-chusj.bsky.social: they've found a way to create functional, 3D heart tissue that can beat autonomously in vitro. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#PSYCHOLOGY A survey of over 10,000 high-school students in #Australia reveals that #eco-anxiety is real — and really debilitating. #climatechange #mentalhealth nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#LAW #AI LLMs for peace? Yes, they could be useful – and even better than humans, an @cyberjusticelab.bsky.social report reveals. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#AI Good news ... for now. "Even the best AI systems still fall short of the levels reached by the most creative humans," according to our @karimjerbi.bsky.social & @yoshuabengio.bsky.social. #ScientificReports @natureportfolio.nature.com nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

Wow! Our @yoshuabengio.bsky.social gets an #OBE (the Order, not an Out-of-Body Experience, though it might feel like both ;-) Bravo! @royalsociety.org @mila-quebec.bsky.social @ivado.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

"Turn off your mind / Relax / Float downstream ... ?" Not quite so simple, @karimjerbi.bsky.social and co-researchers in Italy find. @annapasca.bsky.social #magnetoencephalography #Buddhism #meditation nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#AI "When AI responds too convincingly, it can sometimes amplify concerns or beliefs that then take a delusional turn," says @dralexandrehudon.bsky.social. @jmirpub.bsky.social #AIpsychosis @techjusticelaw.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#CANCER “Our findings suggest special attention should be paid to occupational exposure to cotton fibres and treated textiles, especially among young female workers." nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#RANKINGS With $775.4 million in revenue and strong growth in #AI, @umontreal.ca and its affiliated schools, @polymtl.bsky.social and @hec.ca, now rank second among #research universities in Canada. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#YOUTH "The evidence from this project will allow us to better target interventions to support young people's mental health and help them adapt to climate change." @wellcometrust.bsky.social @santepublique-udem.bsky.social @douglasresearch.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#HEARING With a condition called hyperacusis, “many patients are told ‘it’s all in your head’ but it’s actually a sensory disorder.” One possible treatment: sound therapy. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#PAIN "Nature refreshes attention, directing the mind away from negative stimuli and restoring our ability to focus on positive ones." @bmj.com #VR nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#GEOGRAPHY "The transformation or 'collapse' of Maya civilization was not a mechanical result of a uniform climate catastrophe," @gwinneth.bsky.social finds. "It was a complex phenomenon in which ... socio-political and economic factors played a decisive role." nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

C&W for extroverts, metal for introverts: musical tastes reflect deep-seated psychological traits, a new @umontreal.ca study finds. @actapolitica.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#FOOD In @thelancet.com, @umontreal.ca's Jean-Claude Moubarac and 42 others warns against the dangers of #UPFs – ultra-processed foods that dominate diets around the world. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#COP30 Get to net zero by 2030, strengthen climate research, expand educational programs: @umontreal.ca, @polymtl.bsky.social, @hec.ca and 15 other Quebec institutions respond to a global emergency. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#BIOPHYSICS "What happens during the earliest stages of growth can have a lasting effect on the final size of an organ, everything from shoots to roots to leaves," says @virajalim.bsky.social. @routierlab.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social #ArabidopsisThaliana nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#PRIMATES Studying young chimpanzees in Uganda, Canadian anthropologist @iuliabadescu.bsky.social finds that children have a "repertoire of skills that adults can pick up on, and that's how culture evolves." @nature.com nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#DRIVING Do you drive an #EV? Warning: its battery is so heavy and so power-hungry, especially in winter, the energy grid might not be able to keep up. #cleanenergy @hydroquebec.com nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#LITERATURE "Her 'I' wasn't really her." Joan Didion's private archives at the New York Public Library are probed by an @umontreal.ca PhD candidate, who finds "she controlled what she wanted to disclose to the public." #NewJournalism nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#SCIENCE | “A Celebration of Quantum Theory”, Oct. 23 @royalsociety.org in London Gilles Brassard (@umontreal.ca), co-inventor of quantum cryptography, will be joined by Sir Peter Knight, Sandu Popescu and John Rarity for an evening of insight and reflection. 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...

#NEUROPSYCHOLOGY Research "shows how malleable language networks are. But it also reminds us of their fragility: if a positive environment can have an effect, we can suppose that a negative environment would too." #brain #prenatal #infancy @commsbio.nature.com nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

“Almost every #Mexican family has a relative who has migrated, yet Mexican society continues to marginalize returnees, sometimes even treating them with contempt," says @anacanedog.bsky.social. #migrants #U.S.-Mexico #border nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

“Sometimes, in trying to fix one problem, we create an even bigger one." #microplastics #pollution nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#COMPUTING "Quantum computers will be a leap forward from the best that exist today," says our recent recruit Hlér Kristjánsson. #quantum #AI #MachineLearning #physics #Iceland #Taiwan @mila-quebec.bsky.social #InstitutCourtois nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#NEUROSCIENCE “Criticality offers a powerful framework for understanding #brain function and dysfunction,” says UdeM's Karim Jerbi. He's in the cover story of this week's @newscientist.com. #psychology #chaos www.newscientist.com/article/2493...

#CATS “They aren’t just cutting off the claws; they’re mutilating the animal." #onychectomy #declawing #veterinary #CHUV #pain #ScientificReports @nature.com @amvq.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#OBESITY "This is an opportunity to rethink how we do things." @facmed-umontreal.bsky.social #research #Quebec nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

“The planet could have an extremely thin atmosphere, like Mars, making it very hard to detect. It might also be shrouded in thick, high-altitude clouds, like Venus... Or it might simply have no atmosphere at all.” @nasawebb.extwitter.link #NIRSpec #JWST nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...