Humans may have ritualistically "killed" objects to remove their symbolic power, some 5,000 years earlier than previously thought, a new international study of marine pebble tools from an Upper Paleolithic burial site in ...
Archaeology
Feb 9, 2017
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The timing of the first entry of humans into North America across the Bering Strait has now been set back 10,000 years.
Archaeology
Jan 16, 2017
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They call her the "poop lady."
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 10, 2017
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Professor Tomás Dorta compared the virtual reality experience with two different systems: the one with VR headsets versus one with an immersive projection system using a concave-spherical screen, developed by his research ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 3, 2016
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Have you ever wondered why our hands have exactly five fingers? Dr. Marie Kmita's team certainly has. The researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal and Université de Montréal have uncovered a part ...
Evolution
Oct 5, 2016
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(University of Montreal) A multidisciplinary team of researchers gives birth to a unique method that enables instant, specific labeling of individual cells, Cell Labelling via Photobleaching (CLaP). This method will become ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 24, 2016
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Falling in love with an inmate is more common than you think – among correctional workers. This type of affair, which, with few exceptions, usually ends in tragedy, attracts more women than men among prison staff.
Social Sciences
May 6, 2016
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As the Trudeau government prepares for its early March First Ministers Meetings on climate change, researchers from the University of Montreal, University of California Santa Barbara, Utah State University and Yale University ...
Environment
Feb 22, 2016
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"In the late 30s, you could get a smoked meat sandwich for five cents," said Olivier Bauer, a professor at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies. "Today, the sandwich is not cheap, but it ...
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2015
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It had been planned for several months, but as fate would have it, the University of Montreal hosted the Conférences de la montagne "Challenges of democracy" symposium less than a week after the attacks on Paris. No fewer ...
Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2015
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