#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...

#RESEARCH "Peer review is one of the bulwarks that ensures science remains dedicated to discovering what comes closest to the truth... We now know what happens when the truth is twisted; we must actively combat this type of distortion." nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#AI "Ultimately, this is a step forward in understanding how the human brain understands meaning from the visual world." #LLMs @mila-quebec.bsky.social @adriendoerig.bsky.social @timkietzmann.bsky.social @natmachintell.nature.com nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#MEDIA Do you enjoy watching free online TV? Consider the downside: too many ads, no privacy, and almost nothing that's French or Indigenous. Critics say streamers like Tubi and Pluto show "flagrant disregard for Canada’s cultural diversity." nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#MICROBIOLOGY Scientists at @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social find "new points of fragility" in how bacteria cell walls expand, and this "could be exploited to develop new #antibiotics.” @mariedelaby.bsky.social ‪@natcomms.nature.com nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#ASTRONOMY ‪10 billion light years away, in a cluster of galaxies, a vast cloud of high-energy particles is revealed, thanks to @umontreal.ca's Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo and @rtimmerman.bsky.social‬. #LOFAR nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#CLIMATE "What we're proposing is a workflow ... to integrate human systems into Earth-systems models," says anthropologist @burkeam.bsky.social. #hominin #dispersals @natcomms.nature.com @ctrlalttim.com nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#US "Overt repression, whether through law-enforcement or the armed forces, is hard to sustain against non-violent protest." Theodore McLauchlin on #Trump, #NoKings & more. @cerium-udem.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#RECRUITMENT "We are well-positioned to welcome top minds who are seeking to thrive in an open, dynamic environment where science can flourish freely," says @vpoitout.bsky.social. #U.S. #academia #funding #Canada @usherbrooke.bsky.social @ulaval.ca @mcgill.ca nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#HIV-AIDS What happened 35 years ago in the middle of Africa that so needed to be kept secret? nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

"In Quebec and Canada, loneliness is most prevalent among teens and young adults, and in Europe, among adults in their late 20s and 30s,” says @cecile-vandevelde.bsky.social‬. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

As many as as 165 million people‪ are #deafblind, and "in some countries the condition isn’t recognized, leaving families to bear the full burden," says @walterwittich.bsky.social‬. #visualimpairment #hardofhearing nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#VETERINARY "A similar condition with the same symptoms occurs in women and is often linked to high levels of stress or anxiety." #cats #cystitis nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#CLIMATE How do #hurricanes affect people's health? "The disasters impact all dimensions ... physical and mental," says our expert Patrick Cloos, working with doctoral candidate Sarah Cooper. @plosclimate.org‬ @msf.ca #Dominica #Caribbean nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

The study involves our‪ microbiologist @fredoleroux.bsky.social, whom we profiled in late 2023 as a new hire and Canada Excellence in Research Chair: nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#AI "We believe that at the heart of every AI frontier system, there should be one guiding principle: the protection of human joy and endeavour," says Yoshua Bengio. @mila-quebec.bsky.social @law-zero.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#NEUROSCIENCE "During sleep the brain remains in a more activated, less restorative state under the influence of caffeine," says ‪@karimjerbi.bsky.social‬ @commsbio.nature.com‬ #AI #neuroimaging nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#PEDIATRICS Behold: "an objective indicator of how brain development is progressing” — thanks to #AI. #EEG #psychology #neurology nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#HEALTH "What’s really incredible is that by injecting this #microRNA ... we were able to preserve the small blood vessels and limit the damage done to the #kidneys.” ‪#nephrology #renal @crchum.bsky.social‬ @jci-insight.bsky.social‬ nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

‪Your long read today: an exclusive interview with Canadian #AI luminary Aaron Courville. @ivado.bsky.social‬ @mila-quebec.bsky.social‬ @yoshuabengio.bsky.social‬ @cmu.edu‬ ‪@sarahooker.bsky.social‬ nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#EPIDEMIOLOGY Good news: "We now know that it’s quite unlikely for a mother to transmit #HPV to her baby during pregnancy or childbirth ... This will be reassuring to #pregnant women who have been diagnosed with the virus.” @jidjournal.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

One in four pianists has a musculoskeletal disorder: tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and more. Better posture and smoother wrists movements can keep the pain at bay, say our kinesiologists. #music #piano nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#AUTISM "We can be sure that ... with cheaper and more readily available genetic testing, our ability to make accurate predictions (of intellectual disability) will increase." @cra-chusj.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#PHYSICS "I've devoted my entire research to this project" at @cern.bsky.social, says our professor Jean-François Arguin, who shares in a big win for physicists. #BreakthroughPrize #LHCRun2 nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

"If no-one speaks out, nothing changes." #PFAS #pollution nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#FERTILITY A discovery by scientists in Canada and Sweden opens new possibilities for therapeutics aimed at ensuring a healthy pregnancy. @crchum.bsky.social @ki.se @naturecellbiology.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#HEALTH Honey as medicine? Sweet! “In a highly inflamed wound, it acts as an anti-inflammatory, while in a chronic wound ... it can stimulate a beneficial inflammatory response." nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#BIOPHYSICS For the first time, scientists have successfully reverse-engineered the physical properties of cells located deep within a plant organ – in this case, a flower's anther. @kierzkowskilab.bsky.social @routierlab.bsky.social @natureplants.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#WORK Do you like your job a bit too much? Are you a workaholic? A lot depends on your sense of personal identity, a Canada-France study suggests. #burnout nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#AUTISM “A data-driven revision of criteria ... grounded on clinical certainty, would complement what has historically been done by expert panels and ... humans, who can be wrong." @danilobzdok.bsky.social @mila-quebec.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social #AI nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

"There is no bias against women in their likelihood of electoral success in Canada, except perhaps for the position of prime minister." #cdnpol #Elxn45 nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

Though "there is no one-size-fits-all diet," says our nutrition professor Anne-Julie Tessier, two — AHEI and PHDI — are particularly good at keeping you fit into old age. With colleagues @hsph.harvard.edu, she details her findings in @natmedicine.bsky.social. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

"Invade Canada? No way!" Our profs Stéphane Beaulac, @dgrondin.bsky.social and Karine Côté-Boucher weigh in on what #Trump means for the border – and us. #CdnPol nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

As a boy, he skygazed. As an astrophysicist, he saw stars in infrared. Today, Canada's René Doyon is honoured with the 2025 Killam Prize in natural sciences. #JWST #space #astronomy #NASA @nasawatch.bsky.social @nasawebb.extwitter.link @esa.int nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#GENDER "Claiming that #detransition is always the consequence of a mistake or some kind of constraint is denying the diversity of experiences." @acfas.ca nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

#ART appreciation, it turns out, is not only therapeutic, it also fosters a good bedside manner. @mbamtl.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

"The #pandemic left scars, especially for young women,"says our sociology prof @cecile-vandevelde.bsky.social. #COVID-19 @covid19disease.bsky.social @socresonline.bsky.social #mentalhealth nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

In retrospect, #COVID-19 was a great disruptor but also an opportunity to do more basic research and collaborate internationally, our experts say. @covid19disease.bsky.social nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...

"Studying how #chimps learn to build nests from a very young age helps us better understand how all hominids, including us, develop and learn new skills,"says @iuliabadescu.bsky.social. #primatology #Uganda #Trimates @primatology.net nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...