Electric algae. Climate change projection. Views of the Canadian federation. Present and sick.

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• A Concordia study of alternative energy sources continues to garner media attention. The story focuses on the development of a power cell that harnesses electrical energy from the photosynthesis and respiration of blue-green algae. It results from research led by Muthukumaran Packirisamy, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: Bio Fuel Daily, Counsel & Heal, Info High Tech. Additionally, Agro-Chemie (in Dutch)  links to an earlier English-language article in domain-b describing the algae energy research.
• Journal Habitation reports that an architectural projection about global warming to mark the climate change conference in Paris was built around climate change research findings from Concordia. The projection of infographics and photos will be cast against the exterior walls of the Maison du développement durable, on St-Catherine near Saint-Laurent, during the evenings of December 3, 4 and 5.
• Le Devoir writes about Seeing the Same Canada? Visible Minorities’ Views of the Federation, a survey-based study for the Institute for Research on Public Policy co-authored by four academics, including Antoine Bilodeau, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science. The study examines the divergent views of Canada held by Canada's linguistic and ethnic majorities and minorities. 
• Care 2 picks up coverage of a study of the workplace phenomenon of presenteeism by management professor Gary Johns and University of East Anglia academic Mariella Miraglia, who examine the factors that spur people to report for work when they are sick.

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