Montreal (re)imagined. Password jungle. Preschool bilingualism. Erotia and dysfunction.

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• The Montreal Gazette publishes an article about research in the fields of aeronautics and synthetic biology. This is the latest in the series Montreal Imagined, looking at the work of researchers at Concordia.  The series is produced on behalf of Concordia in partnership with the newspaper. Today’s installment features Vincent Martin, professor in the Department of Biology and co-director of the Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology; Nadia Bhuiyan, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Associate Director of the Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design & Innovation; Christian Moreau, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; and Isabelle Dostaler, associate professor in the Department of Management.
• Reports continue to circulate about a Concordia study of online password meters, which were found to be lacking in consistency. Mohammad Mannan, assistant professor in the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE) and Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet, doctoral candidate in the CIISE, reached their conclusion after rating the password strength meters of several high-traffic web service providers. The latest to report on the research results are PopYard, BGR,Tech2, Read Write, La Stampa (in Italian) and Win Future (in German). The study is also mentioned as a news brief onTechspot.
• SAC (Speech-Language and Audiology Canada) provides a link to a Concordia news service report on how bilingualism affects early cognitive development. The study was led by psychology professor Krista Byers-Heinlein and co-authored by Concordia undergraduate student Bianca Garcia. Byers-Heinlein is also interviewed about the study on the Radio Canadaprogram Les samedis du monde. Listen to the interview.
• TV2 (in Norwegian) and Project Q are the latest to write about a study conducted by Jim Pfaus, professor in the Department of Psychology, and Nicole Prause, an associate research scientist in UCLA's Department of Psychiatry, that challenges clinical claims and observations that the more erotica men watch, the likelier they are to experience erectile problems. The study's authors conclude that viewing sexual films may even help sexual arousal.

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