Aircraft ice-breaker. Ben-Gurion U partnership. Niko. Your brain on exercise.

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• Le Devoir writes about Phobic2Ice, a research project involving Concordia, École Polytechnique, Pratt & Whitney Canada and Airbus that is seeking solutions to the problem of ice on aircraft. Among the researchers cited is Ali Dolatabadi, professor and graduate and PhD program director in the Department of  Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, who is working on a coating for aircraft fuselage and wings that would make the de-icing process quicker and more energy-efficient. Dolatabadi is quoted and pictured.
• The Canadian Jewish News reports that Concordia has taken a first step toward entering into a collaborative computer security research project with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The article mentions that the project was discussed earlier this month at a meeting at Concordia hosted by Amir Asif, dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science and professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Dimitri Nasrallah, part-time professor in the Department of English, is featured in an article in LaPresse.ca about the publication of the French-language translation of his book Niko (2011) — a novel about exile from Lebanon and the country's post-civil war reconstruction.
• Karen Li, professor in the Department of Psychology and principal investigator at the Laboratory for Adult Development and Cognitive Ageing, is quoted in a story in Nature World News about research that shows how we may boost our brain power through different physical, mental and social exercises. The article links to an article published in Time, in September, 2014, that referenced Li's work.

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