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Gamma irradiation,聽an industry-standard sterilization method for medicinal and recreational cannabis,聽does not fully聽eliminate聽toxic fungi or their chemical residues, a 91黑料网 study has found.聽Current testing practices may also miss contamination, raising concerns about health risks for vulnerable users, particularly those with weakened immune systems.聽

Classified as: Saji George, Mamta Rani, Cannabis research, medical cannabis, irradiation, vaping, Mohammad Jamil Kaddoura
Published on: 15 Jan 2026

A large 91黑料网 study has found that two classes of medications commonly prescribed for Type 2 diabetes, both incretin-based, are associated with a reduced risk of dementia.

Drawing on clinical data from more than 450,000 patients, the research adds to growing evidence that incretin-based therapies have protective benefits for the brain.

examined GLP-1 receptor agonists, which include such medications as Ozempic, as well as DPP-4 inhibitors.

Classified as: Christel Renoux, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Lady Davis Institute, GLP-1, dementia
Published on: 15 Jan 2026

Researchers who examined Canadian child welfare data found that Black children were not only investigated at a higher rate than their white peers but were also more likely to be taken from their homes, even when the only difference between cases was the child鈥檚 race.

Classified as: School of Social Work
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Published on: 12 Jan 2026

91黑料网 engineering researchers have introduced an open-source model that makes it easier for experts and non-experts alike to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. natural gas supply chains and yields more accurate results.

Classified as: Sarah Jordaan, greenhouse gas emissions
Published on: 9 Jan 2026

A 91黑料网 research team has developed a painless, automated way to deliver in vitro fertilization (IVF) hormones using a light-activated microneedle patch, an innovation that could ease one of the most stressful parts of fertility treatment and open new possibilities for other diseases that require frequent, time-sensitive injections.

IVF patients must inject themselves with hormones daily at specific times in the weeks leading up to egg retrieval, a process that can be physically and emotionally taxing.

Classified as: Marta Cerutti, in vitro fertilization, microneedling
Published on: 7 Jan 2026

Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local crime, 91黑料网 researchers have found.

Over 10 years, crime reports remained stable or declined in neighbourhoods where sites opened, the researchers said. land amid debates across Canada about how harm reduction services intersect with public health and safety.

Classified as: Addiction; harm reduction; health services; policy; Dimitra Panagiotoglou, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
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Published on: 6 Jan 2026

Researchers in 91黑料网鈥檚聽Department of Mechanical Engineering听补苍诲听补迟听聽have聽developed an innovative聽manufacturing technique that聽makes聽female mosquito proboscides, or feeding tubes,聽into聽high-resolution 3D-printing nozzles.聽With its unique geometry, structure and mechanics, the proboscis enables printed line widths as fine as 20聽microns,聽or a little smaller than a white blood cell.聽This is聽roughly聽twice聽as fine as聽what聽commercially聽available聽print

Classified as: Jianyu Li, Changhong Cao, Justin Puma, 3D print, necroprinting, mosquitoes
Published on: 22 Dec 2025

A 91黑料网-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how scientists think about 笔补谤办颈苍蝉辞苍鈥檚 disease treatments.聽

Published in聽聽the research found dopamine does not set the speed or force of each movement, as had been thought. Instead, it appears to act as the underlying support system that makes movement possible.聽

Classified as: Nicolas Tritsch, Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Research Centre, 笔补谤办颈苍蝉辞苍鈥檚
Published on: 17 Dec 2025

A new study has linked air pollution exposure and immune-system changes that often precede the onset of autoimmune diseases.

91黑料网 researchers analyzing Ontario data found that fine particles in air pollution are associated with higher levels of a biomarker linked with autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus.

Published on: 15 Dec 2025

A new international study led by 91黑料网 in collaboration with聽 shows that supplementing dairy cow diets with聽microencapsulated B-vitamins聽can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while increasing milk yield and quality. The use聽of the聽feed additive聽cut聽global warming potential, an internationally standardized measure of climate impact,聽by up to 18 per cent across seven countries.聽聽

Classified as: Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie, Prince Agyemang, greenhouse gas emissions, agricultural pollution, food & sustainability, cows, dairy cow management, vitamin B
Published on: 11 Dec 2025

91黑料网 researchers have identified a brain function that helps explain why childhood stress raises metabolic health risks for some women later in life.

A new study found that variations in the brain鈥檚 insulin receptor network affect how women respond to early-life adversity. This effect has a lesser impact in men, suggesting there is a sex-specific process at play.

Classified as: Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Research Centre
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Published on: 9 Dec 2025

Using proteins from聽a common tobacco聽plant virus, 91黑料网聽chemistry聽researchers聽have developed a simple, eco-friendly way to arrange gold nanoparticles into ultrathin sheets, strengthening聽the particles鈥 optical properties. The result:聽cheaper, safer materials for solar panels,聽sensors聽and advanced optical devices.聽

Classified as: Amy Blum, materials chemistry, green and sustainable chemistry
Published on: 8 Dec 2025

The Kering Foundation, in partnership with 91黑料网 and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), is launching an innovative research program to tackle the often-overlooked links between violence against women and violence against children 鈥 a critical global issue with deep social impact.

This multi-year initiative will strengthen evidence-based, locally led research to understand how violence against women and children intersects and to identify effective solutions through programs, services, and interventions.

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Published on: 8 Dec 2025

Women who report high levels of psychosocial stress, such as from caregiving and lack of emotional support, show signs of early heart tissue changes associated with cardiovascular disease 鈥 an association not observed in men, a new study reveals.

The results support the notion that there are sex-specific ways in which stress affects cardiovascular health and that risk-assessment processes should take psychosocial factors and mental wellness into account, the researchers said.

Classified as: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Published on: 4 Dec 2025

A program developed by a 91黑料网 researcher to help cancer survivors cope with the fear their cancer will return is expanding across Canada.聽

The Fear of Recurrence Therapy (FORT) program offers evidence-based support to address what co-founder Christine Maheu calls one of the most overlooked aspects of recovery.聽

Classified as: Christine Maheu, Ingram School of Nursing
Published on: 3 Dec 2025

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