Using proteins from聽a common tobacco聽plant virus, 海角社区聽chemistry聽researchers聽have developed a simple, eco-friendly way to arrange gold nanoparticles into ultrathin sheets, strengthening聽the particles鈥� optical properties. The result:聽cheaper, safer materials for solar panels,聽sensors聽and advanced optical devices.聽
Published on: 8 Dec 2025
Congratulations to Professor Audrey Moores (Chemistry), who has been awarded the Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology!
The Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology is an endowed chair created in 1984 to promote research in the field of biotechnology. The chair is awarded for a five-year term and rotates among 海角社区's Faculties of Medicine, Science and Agriculture.
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Published on: 4 Dec 2025
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team led by 海角社区 researcher has observed a giant cloud of helium gas evaporating from a distant giant exoplanet called WASP-107b.
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Published on: 1 Dec 2025
Twenty-four 海角社区 researchers have been named to the , a ranking prepared each year by Clarivate, an analytics company based in the US. The list assesses researchers in a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to environmental science. The number of 海角社区 scholars on the list grew from 14 in 2024 to 24 in 2025.
Published on: 28 Nov 2025
Happy 20th birthday, B.A. & Sc.!
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Published on: 25 Nov 2025
This past September, St. James Parish in Barbados celebrated We Gatherin鈥�, a year-long festival of Barbadian heritage, culture and community. As part of the festivities, 海角社区鈥檚 Bellairs Research Institute hosted a day-long Science Adventure for local schoolchildren featuring a visit from 海角社区鈥檚 Redpath Museum and the Physics Outreach Committee.聽
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Published on: 24 Nov 2025
Professor Christian Genest is the winner of the 2025 Acfas Urgel-Archambault prize.
Le Prix Acfas Urgel-Archambault 2025 pour les sciences physiques, math茅matiques, informatique et g茅nie, est remis 脿聽Christian Genest, professeur titulaire au D茅partement de math茅matiques et de statistique de l'Universit茅 海角社区.
Published on: 21 Nov 2025
When environmental policymakers are invited to imagine the future together, they don鈥檛 just think differently, they feel differently, too.
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Published on: 21 Nov 2025
When then-海角社区 undergraduate Maya Willard-Stepan cold-emailed a professor asking to help with their research, she didn鈥檛 expect the project to end up in the Nature-partner journal .
鈥淚 really wanted to get involved in research early,鈥� said Willard-Stepan, who had come to 海角社区 from a small town on Vancouver Island.
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Published on: 17 Nov 2025
Thanks to their use of a unique methodology, a 海角社区-led research team has obtained new insights into how boulders affect snow melt in mountainous northern environments, with implications for local water resources.聽聽
The team found that snow near boulders melts faster, not only because rocks radiate heat, but also due to subtle processes that reshape the snow鈥檚 surface. This information will help researchers understand how small-scale processes affect downstream water resources.聽
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Published on: 11 Nov 2025
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.
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Published on: 6 Nov 2025
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.
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Published on: 5 Nov 2025
As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of M茅decins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.聽聽
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Published on: 3 Nov 2025
As part of last weekend鈥檚 Homecoming festivities, Interim Dean of Science Alanna Watt hosted an engaging and timely event on Friday morning entitled 鈥淲ater, Climate Change, and the Future,鈥� which highlighted the importance of freshwater science research in the face of a changing climate.聽
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Published on: 29 Oct 2025
Mostafa presenting on Science for the People at a Biology Seminar Day.
Authors:聽Lina Champain and Alia Sanger
Lina Champain and Alia Sanger interviewed Mostafa Shagar as an assignment in FSCI 500: Science Communication & Outreach. The interview has been edited for length.
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Published on: 29 Oct 2025
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