September 2020

Vélo Québec publishes guides and maps for discovering cycling routes in Quebec, as well as books on sport, training, nutrition and travel stories written by specialists and enthusiasts.

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Fire monsters under surveillance

Satellites, drones, artificial intelligence and homemade sensors: any way you can to keep an eye on volcanoes. Because it's time to take this threat seriously.

The fish that had fingers

Examination of Elpistostege, a fascinating fossil fish found in Gaspésie, reveals that its fins contained fingers. This information blurs the boundary between fish and terrestrial vertebrates...

The tiny forgotten ones

Beware, warn microbiologists, we're overlooking a key element in climate change: microorganisms!

A silent enemy

Haiti is battling against a poison lurking in the shadows: aflatoxins, which contaminate peanuts in particular.

Augmented scientists

Automating the discovery of materials: that's what chemistry, robotics and computer science buffs are proposing to speed up science.

The cabinet of curiosities

Researchers who love ’agar art« create works of art using living matter.

Molecular scissors to recycle tires

Devulcanization. The process is not designed to assimilate Vulcans, but to reuse old tires.

A blue-blooded animal bled white

Can we stop using horseshoe crab blood to test the safety of injectable drugs?

The chemistry of semi-permanent tattooing

What's the secret behind genipin, a colorless substance that turns the skin blue for two weeks?

The hard lessons of COVID-19

The pandemic has put the spotlight on the failings of the healthcare system. Analysis begins.

Featured researcher: work is health?

Caroline Duchaine's work sheds new light on this adage popularized by the
singer Henri Salvador.

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