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York researchers are helping to change the way we think about bullying, aggression and violence.

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York researchers demonstrate that lifelong use of two or more languages helps to prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

Mars and the Sun

A team from York's Centre for Research in Earth & Space Science (CRESS) discovered that it snows on Mars using the laser remote sensing instrument, called LIDAR, on the NASA Mars Phoenix Lander mission.

Higgs Boson

York researchers participated in the Higgs Boson particle discovery, which is the foundation upon which our current understanding of the material universe is built.

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York researchers co-lead the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Project (BHER) that is bringing post-secondary education to the residents of one of the world’s largest refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya.

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York researchers are identifying promising practices for understanding and organizing long-term residential health care.