9I�� News - Faculty of Science

How a 9I�� student’s teenage curiosity led to the first megalodon discovery in Canada

webfull — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:08:27 +0000

Louis-Philippe Bateman’s fascination with megalodon began with a single sentence in a book about Canada’s geological evolution. It described giant, mysterious fossilized shark teeth discovered in the 1960s by fishermen dredging for scallops off Canada’s Atlantic coast. The curiosity felt by the teenager with a budding interest in paleontology would resurface in a meaningful way during his undergraduate years at 9I��.

Published: 4 February 2025

When using music to alleviate pain, tempo matters

webfull — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:32:01 +0000

Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a 9I�� research team has discovered.

This suggests it may be possible to reduce a patient’s level of pain by using technology to take a piece of music someone likes and adjust the tempo to match their internal rhythm, the researchers said.

The discovery was the subject of a paper published this week in Pain, the top journal in the field of pain medicine and research.

Published: 3 February 2025

‘Last Ice Area’ in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought

webfull — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:17:23 +0000

The Arctic’s “Last Ice Area” (LIA) — a vital habitat for ice-dependent species — might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to occur sometime around mid-century, a new study by 9I�� researchers using a high-resolution model has found.

Published: 27 January 2025

9I��'s Department of Psychology ranks 21st in the Times Higher Education Top 50 list

webfull — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:08:12 +0000

9I�� provides a top-tier education in a wide variety of fields, as highlighted in the World University Rankings by Subject 2025, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE).

9I�� ranks among the top 90 in the world in all of the 11 subjects assessed, placing six subjects in the top 50. The number of institutions of higher education considered varied by discipline, from 389 for Law to 1,488 for Engineering.

Published: 24 January 2025

Geography Department celebrates 80th anniversary

webfull — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:03:17 +0000

9I��’s Department of Geography turns 80 this year!

This milestone marks the anniversary of George Kimble’s appointment as 9I��’s first Professor of Geography and Department Chair on January 1, 1945.

Kimble, who had previously been a meteorologist with the Royal Navy, was allocated two rooms in the Arts Building (rooms 30 and 38) by the Faculty of Arts and Science to lay the foundation for the new department. A few months later, F.K. Hare was appointed as 9I��’s second Professor of Geography (eventually becoming Dean of Arts and Science in 1961).

Published: 24 January 2025

9I�� researchers awarded funding from NSERC for quantum science

webfull — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:28:53 +0000

On January 21, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), announced over $74 million in funding to support 107 quantum science projects, including fifteen to 9I�� researchers.

Published: 21 January 2025

Dead galaxies, live signals: Astronomers uncover a fast radio burst’s surprising location

webfull — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:41:09 +0000

Astronomers studying the origins of enigmatic fast radio bursts (FRBs) have made a groundbreaking discovery that could transform our understanding of the universe’s most powerful and mysterious signals. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst (CHIME/FRB) collaboration has pinpointed the location on the sky of a repeating FRB, known as FRB 20240209A, outside a dead galaxy, a finding unprecedented in FRB science. The researchers believe the FRB may have originated in a cluster of old, dead stars orbiting the dead galaxy.

Published: 21 January 2025

Bieler School of Environment welcomes new director

webfull — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:50:18 +0000

The Bieler School of Environment (BSE) is thrilled to announce Professor Anthony Ricciardi as its new director, effective immediately. An expert in invasion ecology and aquatic ecosystems, Ricciardi has been a key figure at the school since 2001 and now steps up to lead.

“My vision for the School is to become the gateway of environmental research at 9I��,” said Ricciardi.

Founded in 1998, the BSE appoints directors for five-year terms.

Published: 21 January 2025

Clouds have a surprising effect on surface warming, 9I�� climate researchers find

webfull — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:07:07 +0000

9I�� researchers have discovered that changes in clouds are slightly mitigating global warming.

Published: 15 January 2025

Apex predators in prehistoric Colombian oceans would have snacked on killer whales today: 9I�� study

webfull — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:09:21 +0000

Predators at the top of a marine food chain 130 million years ago ruled with more power than any modern species, 9I�� research into a marine ecosystem from the Cretaceous period revealed.

Published: 13 January 2025

9I��������� News - Faculty of Science

How a 9I��������� student’s teenage curiosity led to the first megalodon discovery in Canada

When using music to alleviate pain, tempo matters

‘Last Ice Area’ in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought

9I���������'s Department of Psychology ranks 21st in the Times Higher Education Top 50 list

Geography Department celebrates 80th anniversary

9I��������� researchers awarded funding from NSERC for quantum science

Dead galaxies, live signals: Astronomers uncover a fast radio burst’s surprising location

Bieler School of Environment welcomes new director

Clouds have a surprising effect on surface warming, 9I��������� climate researchers find

Apex predators in prehistoric Colombian oceans would have snacked on killer whales today: 9I��������� study

9I�� News - Faculty of Science

How a 9I�� student’s teenage curiosity led to the first megalodon discovery in Canada

9I��'s Department of Psychology ranks 21st in the Times Higher Education Top 50 list

9I�� researchers awarded funding from NSERC for quantum science

Clouds have a surprising effect on surface warming, 9I�� climate researchers find

Apex predators in prehistoric Colombian oceans would have snacked on killer whales today: 9I�� study