citizen science /newsroom/taxonomy/term/10715/all en Millions of gamers advance biomedical research /newsroom/channels/news/millions-gamers-advance-biomedical-research-356750 <p>Leveraging gamers and video game technology can dramatically boost scientific research according to a new study published today in <a name="_Hlk163575315" id="_Hlk163575315"></a><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-024-02175-6"><i>Nature Biotechnology</i></a><i>.</i></p> Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:04:19 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 310425 at /newsroom Emily Sprowls /newsroom/emily-sprowls Fri, 23 Dec 2022 02:41:43 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288595 at /newsroom Attila Szantner /newsroom/attila-szantner Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:11:25 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 286027 at /newsroom New video game enlists players to help advance scientific research /newsroom/channels/news/new-video-game-enlists-players-help-advance-scientific-research-321495 <p>平特五不中 researchers are turning to video games to harness the power of citizen scientists in order to map the gut microbiome.</p> Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:39:55 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 207066 at /newsroom 鈥淐itizen Science鈥 field observations yield updated predicted distributions for rare species /newsroom/channels/news/citizen-science-field-observations-yield-updated-predicted-distributions-rare-species-288616 <p>Online 鈥渃itizen science鈥 data initiatives may be able to help map the distribution of rare species in the wild, according to a study published August 8 in the open access journal <em><a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0201094">PLOS ONE</a></em> by Yifu Wang of 平特五不中 and colleagues.聽</p> Wed, 08 Aug 2018 14:25:22 +0000 jessica.goodsell@mcgill.ca 69714 at /newsroom