RSS Channels IndexAggressive Behaviour Linked Specifically to Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Childhood
Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to physically aggressive and antisocial, regardless of whether they were exposed during pregnancy or their parents have a history of being antisocial.
5/19/2013 11:00 PM EDT
Microchip Proves Tightness Provokes Precocious Sperm Release
Sperm cell release can be triggered by tightening the grip around the delivery organ, according to a team of nano and microsystems engineers and plant biologists at the University of Montreal and Concordia University.
4/25/2013 9:00 AM EDT
Despite Free Health Care, Household Income Affects Chronic Disease Control in Kids
Even in Canada, the glycated hemoglobin levels of diabetic kids (type 1) are correlated with household income.
4/3/2013 11:00 PM EDT
Researchers Discover How Drug Prevents Aging and Cancer Progression
University of Montreal researchers have discovered a novel molecular mechanism that can potentially slows the aging process and may prevent the progression of some cancers.
3/27/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Sleepwalkers Sometimes Remember What They’ve Done
Three myths about sleepwalking – sleepwalkers have no memory of their actions, sleepwalkers' behaviour is without motivation, and sleepwalking has no daytime impact – are dispelled in a recent study led by Antonio Zadra of the University of...
3/14/2013 5:00 AM EDT
Sex at Zero Gravity
University of Montreal researchers found that changes in gravity affect the reproductive process in plants. Gravity modulates traffic on the intracellular “highways” that ensure the growth and functionality of the male reproductive organ in...
3/10/2013 11:00 PM EDT
Strange Phallus-Shaped Creature Provides Crucial Missing Link
Christopher Cameron of the University of Montreal’s Department of Biological Sciences and his colleagues have unearthed a major scientific discovery - a strange phallus-shaped creature they found in Canada’s Burgess Shale fossil beds, located in...
3/11/2013 2:00 PM EDT
Asterix’s Roman Foes – Researchers Have a Better Idea of How Cancer Cells Move and Grow
Researchers at the University of Montreal’s Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) have discovered a new mechanism that allows some cells in our body to move together, in some ways like the tortoise formation used by Roman soldiers...
3/11/2013 11:00 PM EDT
Experts Comment Ruling That Ends Sperm Donor Anonymity
University of Montreal experts are available to comment to journalists about Thursday’s decision by the Supreme Court of British Columbia that will effectively end anonymity for sperm donors.
5/20/2011 11:45 AM EDT
Expert Opinion: Death of Osama Ben Laden Outdated
Dr. Samir Saul is a professor of history at the University of Montreal whose research focuses on the contemporary Arab world, contemporary France and the history of international relations. He is available to comment on Sunday’s killing of Osama...
5/2/2011 11:40 AM EDT
Middle-East Peace, Civil War, and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Expert Available to Media
Marie-Joelle Zahar is associate professor of Political Science and research director at the Francophone Research Network on Peace Operations at the Université de Montréal is available for comment to the media. She specializes in the study of civil...
3/2/2011 10:00 AM EST