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Researchers improve the accuracy of AI writing tools

Published: 1 May 2025

A ĢƵ-led team of researchers has developed a new method that significantly improves the accuracy and efficiency of large language models (LLMs) when generating computer code and...

Drugs targeting ‘zombie cells’ show promise for treating chronic back pain

Published: 22 April 2025

In a preclinical study led by ĢƵ researchers, two drugs targeting “zombie cells” have been shown to treat the underlying cause of chronic low back pain. The condition affects...

Members of marginalized groups are at disproportionate risk in earthquakes, study finds

Published: 14 May 2025

Members of socially and economically marginalized groups in Montreal and Ottawa-Gatineau are at disproportionate risk in earthquakes, a new study has found....

ĢƵ discovery sheds new light on autism, intellectual disabilities

Published: 2 April 2025

A new study by ĢƵ researchers yields insights into how the disruption of calcium transport in the brain is linked to autism and intellectual disability. The findings, published in...

Ultrasound unlocks a safer, greener way to make hydrogels 

Published: 8 May 2025

Researchers at ĢƵ, in collaboration with Polytechnique Montréal, pioneered a new way to create hydrogels using ultrasound, eliminating the need for toxic chemical initiators. This...

Our brains can communicate wordlessly, through our eyes

Published: 23 April 2025

ĢƵ researchers have demonstrated something long assumed: that glances can transmit information about one’s mental state to others without a single word being exchanged. They speculate that this...

What links cannabis use and psychosis? Researchers point to the brain’s dopamine system

Published: 9 April 2025

A ĢƵ-led study found that people with cannabis use disorder (CUD) had elevated dopamine levels in a brain region associated with psychosis....

Antibiotics from human use are contaminating rivers worldwide, study shows

Published: 9 May 2025

Millions of kilometres of rivers around the world are carrying antibiotic pollution at levels high enough to promote drug resistance and harm aquatic life, a ĢƵ-led study warns....

Humpback whales’ use of memory to time their migration could prove less effective amid climate change

Published: 27 March 2025

A new study led by ĢƵ researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time environmental cues with their memories of conditions in their Antarctic...

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