Pfizer is investing $500,000 in McMaster's Global Nexus to support emerging vaccinology scholars from equity-deserving groups and students conducting vaccine research that will help populations that are especially vulnerable to infectious disease. 

Contrary to past warnings, the drug donepezil does not increase the risk of specific fatal heart arrhythmias, a systematic review and meta-analysis found.

The Distinguished University Professor, one of the world’s most-cited living scientists, helped pioneer the development of evidence-based medicine, now a global practice.

It took an astronomical effort, but Professor Robert Cockcroft's eclipse outreach dreams — giving away eclipse glasses, hosting an Indigenous astronomy panel, running special planetarium shows and hosting a free on-campus viewing party — all came true.

Since 1959, the McMaster Nuclear Reactor has driven groundbreaking discoveries in energy, medicine and materials; fuelled job creation and the economy; and provided unique training opportunities for future generations of nuclear leaders.

The two world-leading nuclear research institutions will work together to optimize production of a radioisotope to better diagnose cancer, cardiovascular problems and other diseases. 

Kindergarteners’ literacy and active play are both grounded in the science of learning, writes Professor Jean Clinton.

Bioarchaeology PhD student Amanda Cooke shares her experiences of malaria research, pathogen prospecting and future collaboration with the Ohneganos project.

Policy makers should consider changes in doctors’ working hours and the need for work-life balance in workforce planning, authors of new research say.

Policymakers should repurpose public banks to work together globally and nationally so climate finance can be policy-driven and public rather than profit-driven and private, says the director of the Public Banking Project.

It's supply and demand: Climate is affecting olive and cocoa crops, but with demand staying high, prices aren’t going down any time soon, economist Colin Mang says.

Five researchers from a range of disciplines share insights about how humanities research can contribute to our understanding of the environment, and what they’d like people to be thinking about this Earth Day.

Our society needs to talk more openly about suicide, but it’s crucial that a public discussion be informed, sensitive and alert to potential harm, write Karin Neufeld and Sidney Stacey.

What did people in past centuries think when the sky suddenly went dark? History PhD student Tina Kocic shares some insights on Renaissance attitudes to science, superstition and the skies.

Acknowledging and supporting carer-employees not only demonstrates compassion and humanity, but also makes good business sense, writes Professor Allison Williams.

It's supply and demand: Climate is affecting olive and cocoa crops, but with demand staying high, prices aren’t going down any time soon, economist Colin Mang says.

The collaboration will help the university move its research out of its labs and into the hands of those who can put it to work out in the world.

When employees are able to reconceptualize jealousy as a motivating force, it opens up new venues to address, overcome and capitalize on the feeling.