Aeronautics research. Sibling conflict. Home-made heroin. Presenteeism.

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• Le Devoir writes about the work of the Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design and Innovation (CIADI). CIADI co-directors and professors in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Christian Moreau and Nadia Bhuiyan are quoted. The article mentions that the CIADI will participate in the upcoming world aeronautics forum of the International Civil Aviation Organization, in Montreal. 
• La Presse Plus reports on new Concordia research that looks at how children interpret sibling conflict. The study, recently published in Social Development, is co-authored by Holly Recchia, assistant professor in the Department of Education, and Concordia graduate students Amandeep Rajput and Stephanie Peccia. Recchia is quoted throughout the article.
• The e-edition of Le Journal de Montréal reprises an earlier article from the paper's regular edition reporting that the RCMP and the CIA are keeping close watch on a lab at Concordia where it says researchers have found a way to make heroin from brewer's yeast. The article quotes biology professor Vincent Martin, who calls for regulatory action to prepare for the eventual manufacture of synthetic heroin. The article relates to studies published earlier this year, co-authored by Martin and researchers from the University of California, Berkeley.
• A Science Codex article featuring research by University of East Anglia academic Mariella Miraglia on the workplace phenomenon of presenteeism mentions that Miraglia has worked with management professor Gary Johns, noted for his own research on presenteeism. The piece also appears in Business Standard, Medical Xpress, Psych Central, NDTV, News Nation and Daily Excelsior. 

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