/macdonald/taxonomy/term/823/all en /macdonald/channels/news/searching-lifes-simple-necessities-across-asteroid-belt-357746 <p>NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will explore the characteristics of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Its data will help scientists assess if the icy body has the potential to host life.</p> <p>A previous satellite mission indicated the likely existence of a salty global ocean beneath Europa's ice, potentially holding more water than all of Earth's surface.</p> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:22:54 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1634020 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/deglaciated-soils-microorganisms-emerging-melting-glaciers-355171 <p>Growing up in Minnesota, 69ÈÈÊÓƵ PhD student Scott Sugden spent a lot of time outdoors, particularly canoeing and backpacking in the Arctic. </p> <p>The Arctic became a landscape that he cared deeply about. It led to work in outdoor education, a high school biology classroom, and now as a researcher in environmental microbiology. </p> Thu, 01 Feb 2024 19:15:13 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1617449 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/government-funding-research-agricultural-environmental-sciences-350374 <p>Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced an investment of more than $960 million in support of research and innovation through a suite of programs. These programs include the John R.</p> Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:42:02 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1423711 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/whyte-led-research-among-quebec-sciences-top-10-discoveries-2022-345603 <p>Three of the ten studies honoured by the award-winning science magazine <i><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quebecscience.qc.ca%2F30e-edition-des-decouvertes-de-lannee-de-quebec-science%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cvalerie.mcleod%40mcgill.ca%7C68b1d7c45bf3430044d508dafa2ebb9e%7Ccd31967152e74a68afa9fcf8f89f09ea%7C0%7C0%7C638097376014888690%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VjMqs%2FI6obnYH3v3S7%2B5%2BItKu3HcXlm%2BGj2BdJaFrgc%3D&reserved=0">Québec Science</a></i> have c</p> Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:20:03 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 1164955 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/blueprint-life-mars-340250 <p>Lost Hammer Spring, in Nunavut in Canada’s High Arctic, is one of the coldest and saltiest terrestrial springs discovered to date. The water which travels up through 600 metres of permafrost to the surface is extremely salty (~24% salinity), perennially at sub-zero temperatures (~−5 °C) and contains almost no oxygen (<1ppm dissolved oxygen). The very high salt concentrations keep the Lost Hammer spring from freezing, thus maintaining a liquid water habitat even at sub-zero temperatures.</p> Thu, 07 Jul 2022 15:49:26 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 936611 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/mcgill-space-research-conference-338588 <h2>What is Our Future in Space?</h2> Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:29:48 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 912046 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/new-technique-finding-life-mars-284060 <p>Researchers demonstrate for the first time the potential of existing technology to directly detect and characterize life on Mars and other planets. The study, published in Frontiers in Microbiology, used miniaturized scientific instruments and new microbiology techniques to identify and examine microorganisms in the Canadian high Arctic - one of the closest analogs to Mars on Earth. By avoiding delays that come with having to return samples to a laboratory for analysis, the methodology could also be used on Earth to detect and identify pathogens during epidemics in remote areas.</p> Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:15:05 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53130 at /macdonald /macdonald/lyle-whyte Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:26:56 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52266 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/exomars-outbound-search-life-signs-259829 <p> </p> <p>Professor Lyle White, Natural Resource Sciences, is interviewed on his role in Mars exploration and the Exomars Space Probe.</p> <p><a href="https://audioboom.com/boos/4323213-exomars-outbound-in-search-for-life-signs-david-livingston-spaceshow-com-lyle-white-mcgill-university" target="_blank">Listen to the interview</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:40:48 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52167 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/antarctic-permafrost-may-not-be-habitable-microbes-so-mars-258090 <p> </p> <p>"It doesn't mean there's no life on Mars, but what it does mean is it's going to be harder to find," said Jacqueline Goordial, the 69ÈÈÊÓƵ researcher who led the study, in an interview with Rachelle Solomon on CBC's Breakaway.</p> Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:48:23 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52045 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/nearing-limits-life-earth-257977 <h3>Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars</h3> <p>Natural Resource Sciences professor Lyle Whyte and postdoctoral fellow Jackie Goordial talk about their research which suggests that it is unlikely that it is unlikely that there is any microbial life to be found on Mars.</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:32:42 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52037 at /macdonald