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Science en images revient ! | Science in images returns!
Cela fait 5 ans que le dernier billet de Science en images n’a pas été publié et Le Beagle pense que son retour se fait attendre depuis longtemps ! Nous sommes ravis de partager à nouveau les belles images capturées par les étudiant.e.s et post-docs du CSBQ. Vous avez une photo agréable à regarder ?...
Travel Story: Behaviour 2023, Une conférence inoubliable à Bielefeld, Allemagne
Par Emmanuelle Marchand, étudiante à la maîtrise à l’Université de Sherbrooke Le 13 août 2023, après un long périple aérien et ferroviaire, j’ai ressenti une excitation grandissante en atteignant enfin l’Université de Bielefeld, en Allemagne. Mon but : présenter à la conférence internationale Behaviour 2023 mes résultats de maîtrise portant sur les effets de l’âge...
Should Pets Have the Same Medical Care As People? What Pet Guardians Think
Now that many more options are available for our pets, do people think advanced veterinary care is always a good thing or that it sometimes goes too far?Photo: SeventyFour/ShutterstockBy Zazie Todd PhDThis page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you.These days, veterinary medicine is...
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Travel Stories: Attending the British Ecological Society meeting in Edinburgh
By Alexandra Langwieder and Don-Jean Leandri-Breton, PhD student and former PhD student at McGill University In December 2022, we traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, to present our PhD research at the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, thanks to funding provided by the Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science Excellence Awards. This is one of the World’s largest...
Jared Kehe: Unlock the microbial sound of music
Let me begin by saying I love classical music. Brahms’s and Dvorak’s symphonies (here and here respectively) are to die for. I have also played piano and violin for almost two decades. And I performed full concerts on the piano, both as a soloist and with orchestras. In my experience, any successful orchestral performance comprises...
A graphene joke (of sorts): What did the electron ‘say’ to the phonon in the graphene sandwich?
Unfortunately, there isn’t a punch line but I appreciate the effort to inject a little lightness into the description of a fairly technical achievement, from a February 12, 2024 news item on Nanowerk, Note: A link has been removed, Electrons carry electrical energy, while vibrational energy is carried by phonons. Understanding how they interact with...
