Plagues of the past have a lot to tell us about current crises, according to a new study

Concordia’s Joel Bothello uses historical and fictional accounts of the Black Death to analyze humanity’s responses to disruptions like COVID-19

10-Nov-2022 - As the COVID-19 pandemic settled in over the course of the first half of 2020, few authors enjoyed as much renewed interest as the Algerian-born French existentialist Albert Camus. His classic 1947 novelThe Plaguetells the story of a town beset and isolated by an outbreak of the bubonic plague. ...

A Concordia-made tool assessing indoor COVID-19 transmission risks expands across North America

Leon Wang’s web tool CityRPI can help locals determine the risks of airborne infection using customizable assessments based on building type and mitigation measures

05-May-2022 - It is becoming increasingly likely that humanity will have to learn to live with COVID-19. But that does not mean we should be letting our guards down or ignoring the way it spreads throughout the population. As our understanding of the virus’s transmissibility increases, so too does the range of ...

Cold conversion of food waste into renewable energy and fertilizer

02-Jun-2017 - Researchers from Concordia's Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in collaboration with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. are taking the fight against global warming to colder climes. Their weapon of choice? Cold-loving bacteria. In a study authors Rajinikanth Rajagopal, David ...

Putting sleep disorders to bed

Researchers at McGill and Concordia universities discover new way to improve internal clock function

26-Aug-2013 - Overnight flights across the Atlantic, graveyard shifts, stress-induced insomnia are all prime culprits in keeping us from getting a good night’s sleep. Thanks to new research from McGill University and Concordia University, however, these common sleep disturbances may one day be put to bed. The ...