/channels/taxonomy/term/8309/all en /channels/channels/news/melanoma-map-shows-skin-cancer-rise-canada-339957 <p>Rates of melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, are on the rise in Canada. Those living in southern and coastal areas are most at risk, according to a new study led by ƻ����Ժ.</p> <p>“Cutaneous melanoma causes more deaths than any other skin cancer, accounting for 1.9 per cent of all cancer deaths in men and 1.2 per cent in women in Canada. Globally, there were 290,000 new cases of this form of skin cancer in 2018,” says Dr. <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/ivan-litvinov">Ivan Litvinov</a>, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at ƻ����Ժ.</p> Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:18:17 +0000 webfull 180607 at /channels /channels/news/wallace%E2%80%99s-century-old-map-natural-world-updated-219609 <p>Until today, a map from 1876 has been the backbone for our understanding of global biodiversity. Thanks to advances in modern technology and data on more than 20,000 species, scientists have now produced a next-generation map depicting the organization of life on Earth. Published online in <i>Science </i>Express<i>,</i> the new map provides fundamental information regarding the diversity of life on our planet and is of major significance for future biodiversity research. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:47:15 +0000 webfull 89374 at /channels /channels/news/neuro-research-one-%E2%80%98les-10-decouvertes-de-l%E2%80%99annee-2013%E2%80%99-232382 <p>The BigBrain atlas developed by Dr. Alan Evans and colleagues at The Neuro’s Brain Imaging Centre<b> </b>has been chosen as one of the <a href="http://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/decouverte2013">top 10 discoveries of the year in Quebec Science</a>.</p> <p><b>BigBrain: a revolutionary new 3D digital brain atlas </b></p> Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:22:51 +0000 webfull 100632 at /channels /channels/news/new-global-wetlands-map-241106 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 14:59:05 +0000 webfull 107537 at /channels