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Canada’s leading research universities // Les grandes universités de recherche du Canada
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Plant partnership: fungi help spruce trees fight off budworm attacks. “The work represents a big step forward in understanding natural pest resistance in white spruce and potentially for all conifer tree species.” buff.ly/1WCyyA7 #CdnPSE University of Alberta



U15 Canada has issued a joint statement with Russell Group and swissuniversities, welcoming the EU's commitment to a stand-alone research programme. At a moment of global uncertainty, this was a timely commitment to collaborative research. buff.ly/CnxRN2M

Rapid bedside test predicts sepsis with over 90 percent accuracy. buff.ly/T1qKSDq #CdnPSE University of British Columbia




Researchers develop new model to explore 'unsolved' phenomenon of turbulence. "Turbulence is ubiquitous: from swirling milk in our coffee to chaotic flows in the oceans, solar wind, interstellar medium – even the plasma between galaxies.” buff.ly/iQYFgCP #CdnPSE University of Toronto

Decades of research lead to kidney transplant breakthrough. A discovery 51 years in the making could lead to new treatments to prevent organ rejection. buff.ly/zkQiGCV #CdnPSE University of Alberta

"We’ll always be close to the United States, but I do think it has opened our eyes to the need for Canadian sovereignty... On developing talent, we need to urgently explore initiatives to attract the best and brightest talent into Canada" - Dylan Hanley, U15 Canada EVP.

USask researchers developing non-invasive tool for removing lung cancer tumours. buff.ly/B1rHC3r #CdnPSE U of Saskatchewan



Redefining physics to roll a ball vertically. Waterloo researchers discover how to make a soft ball roll – not fall, slide or tumble – down a vertical surface that “challenges our basic understanding of physics.” buff.ly/Y8CkQkB #CdnPSE University of Waterloo


Cancer du sein: une nouvelle cible pour éliminer les cellules cancéreuses en dormance. Une étude menée par des chercheurs de l'IRCM et de l’UdeM offre un nouvel espoir de comprendre et de limiter la récurrence métastatique du cancer du sein. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/article/2025/0… #EPSCdn