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Women outnumber men in higher education. While more women in university is welcome news, the under-representation of men is worrisome, according to a new book.

Sociology professor Stéphane Moulin believes a generation gap as well as an urban-rural gap are emerging in Canada around how people do things like watch movies and exercise.

Neuroscientist Tomas Paus is convinced that brain development shapes brain health. And it all happens in the early years of life.

Benjamin Gagné studied young Quebec adults to understand what led them to turn away from the religion of their convert parents. The impossible imperative of conversion and the unsustainable ideal of sexual purity and marriage are two of the main reasons why young Quebec adults born to parents who had converted to evangelicalism are deserting the religion and leaving the community.

Thanks to a Quebec program that encourages non-scientists to participate in research projects, the 68-year-old is working on an UdeM intergeneration survey of trans people like her.

Through causality and machine learning, the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research professor is trying to better understand science and human behavior.

A cross-Canada team of researchers has put forward the hypothesis that climate change may be spreading infectious diseases southwards, back to where their host species came from.

According to a study, individuals born at high altitudes are overrepresented among cyclists who reach a professional level of performance - and it's because they have better oxygen consumption.

In a third-floor laboratory at UdeM's Department of Computer Science, Glen Berseth and his students are busy putting two robotic arms, a quadruped and a motorized toy truck through their paces.

Scientists at Université de Montréal join forces with Quebec's maple syrup producers to develop a rapid test that analyzes the quality of maple sap. Quebec is a leader in maple syrup production and its "liquid gold" is world-renowned for its quality. To maintain this high standard, the Quebec Maple Syrup Producers association has partnered with scientists at Université de Montréal to develop a portable test to predict the quality of the syrup based on the harvested sap.

ESPUM professor Yan Kestens is one of the principal investigators of the CapaCITY/É research project, which recently received a $3M grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

UdeM professor Simon Matoori publishes a guide to help pharmacists identify and assist victims. Can pharmacists be valuable allies for victims of intimate partner violence (IPV)- Can they identify victims, assess the danger they're in and help them find the right resources?

In his new book, historian Samir Saul dissects imperialism through the ages to describe its chameleon-like nature and economic underpinnings.

Scientists led by a geneticist at Université de Montréal have sequenced the genome of pitseed goosefeet, a northern relative of South American quinoa, with the potential to boost food diversity.

Poised to become the world's most populous country, India is grappling with a shortage of women. UdeM anthropologist Karine Bates looks at the multiple causes and far-reaching consequences.

As a person with a visual impairment, Nathalie Gingras-Royer brought a unique perspective to developing an app to help visually impaired people during her MITACS internship at VMware.

A new surgical technique that gives quadriplegic patients the use of their hands and arms is now available at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital.

Health-care teams providing medical assistance in dying are often unaware of the existence of interdisciplinary support groups created to help them.

In a new book based on a major in-person survey, a misconception is debunked: there's actually a wide diversity of religious beliefs in what's supposed to be "secular" Quebec.

The CEPSUM is getting ready to welcome the best women's university hockey players in Canada, including UdeM's Carabin - an ideal opportunity to discover a rapidly evolving sport.

Some people have a negative emotional response to the proliferation of condos in the Montreal region - and an UdeM doctoral candidate says we should listen to them.

Fatma Özdogan, an architect and UdeM doctoral candidate, hopes that her research into post-disaster reconstruction will help prevent tragedies like the one that occurred in Turkey, her home country.

Our brain controls so many aspects of our sexual functioning. So what happens when it is damaged? Enter the new field known as neurosexuality.

UdeM's new epigenetics professor cares deeply about men's health, since it affects both their fertility and the health of future generations.

UdeM's food purveyors are eliminating single-use food containers - paper as well plastic - starting Feb.

Caroline Deli's doctoral research aims to understand the trajectories that lead men to self-identify as 'incels', or involuntary celibates.

CONTENU Credit: Photo de courtoisie A robot develops a will of its own and sets out to exterminate the human race.

Canadian researchers find that being overweight can make the cells of people's immune system destructive to their eyes as they age.