Blue-green electricity. Tired and stressed kids. Preschooler discernment. Facebook game cheaters.
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 5, 2015
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- Media outlets around the world report on Concordia research into the production of electrical power through micro-photosynthetic cell technology that can harness electrons released by blue-green algae. The research is led by Muthukumaran Packirisamy, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering:News Everyday, Science Daily, Science World Report, Business Standard, Health Medicine Network, The Financial Express, Before It's News, Big News Network, IBN Live, Economy Lead, Scicasts, ECN Mag,Datacentre Management, Toronto Telegraph, Rinnovabili (in Italian), The Tribune (India), Bharat Press,Chennai Online, ANI News, Daiji World, The Indian Express, New Kerala, Web India 123, 24 India News, The India Statesman, Bilkul Online, The Siasat Daily, Zee News India and Can-India News. The findings were published in the journal Technology.
- The Financial Express reports on Concordia research into how poor sleep might explain the impact of stress on a child's health. It mentions that the study was led by Jinshia Ly, a graduate student in the Department of Psychology.
- Egypt Independent carries a story about a 2014 study co-authored by post-doctoral fellow Patricia Brosseau-Liard of preschoolers' capacity for critical thinking.
- Overclockers Club joins the numerous media that have reported on new research by Mia Consalvo, professor in the Department of Communication Studies, and doctoral candidate Irene Serrano Vázquez into why people cheat on social media video games. The paper was recently published in New Media & Society.
- Playwright Rahul Varma, interviewed for Montreal Rampage, discusses the play State of Denial, about the Armenian genocide. The accompanying article explains that State of Denial draws from true experiences chronicled in "Life Stories of Montrealers Displaced by War, Genocide and other Human Rights Violations," a research project at Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling.