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Is God punishing you by making you sick? Six Université de Montréal students travel to #Switzerland to find out how to deal with that question – and a lot more. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/202…

The fascinating story of how #Japan was invaded close to 750 years ago, newly explored by an Université de Montréal religious studies scholar: nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/202…

“We can’t tell whether a star is 5,000 or 5,020 degrees Celsius, but we can determine if it has increased or decreased by ... a fraction of a degree – no-one’s ever done this before,” says Institut Trottier de recherche sur les exoplanètes' Étienne Artigau. #astronomy nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/202…

Heads-up, athletes: even if there's no #concussion, hits to the head are "toxic". Journal of Neurosurgery nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/202…



When you have this disorder, "simple actions such as opening a bottle of water can become difficult, as can playing a musical instrument," says our neurobiologist Frederic Charron. IRCM Penn Medicine nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/202…

"These data bring us a step closer to finding a treatment that will improve the outcome for children" affected by a severe form of #epilepsy, says our neuroscientist Elsa Rossignol. Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine Institut Cochin nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/202…

"Since (the #LGBTQ+) have more issues to advocate for, they feel a greater need to engage in politics to claim their rights," says ruth dassonneville. #cdnpoli nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/202…

“Our (mice) model seeks to ... understand the effects of a situation in which a woman, about a week pregnant ... consumes a large quantity of #alcohol rapidly,” says Serge McGraw. #pregnancy #drinking nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/202…

Fun fact: the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii can revert to its “baby” form over and over again, allowing it to live forever. And yes, our #veterinarians Université de Montréal study this and other examples of eternal youth. nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/202…

Inaugurated today: new digs downtown for our 1st- and 2nd-year medical students! Faculté de médecine


Ecosystem alert from our geographers: “Restoration takes years, even decades, to repair what exploitation destroys in a short space of time.” UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Advisory Board #Quebec #NewBrunswick Ecological Applications nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/202…



“Climate-driven disturbances such as #wildfire ... may negatively alter or even trigger the loss of important ecosystem services such as subsistence, weather and climate regulation," says our expert Oliver Sonnentag. NOAA Climate.gov #ArcticReportCard nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/202…