Research aims to reduce use of chemical pesticides
Innovative approach using DNA testing could help crop growers reduce reliance on chemical pesticides and conserve beneficial bugs…
Stents more effective for patients with stable high-risk heart disease
Location of blockages in a patient’s heart is a key consideration in selecting the right treatment, U of A cardiologists find…
Program launched to diagnose genetic diseases in children
Children are disproportionately affected as genetic diseases typically manifest during childhood and usually come with neurological symptoms…
Strange weather, stranger words to describe it
In the odds and sods category, hunch weather is windy and drizzly, so much so that one has to hunch over just to walk…
Putting bison back where they belong heals land and people: researchers
Project to rebuild bison herd in Banff National Park shows how ecological restoration offers opportunities for reconciliation and decolonization…
U of A neuroscientist Maria Ioannou receives Sloan Research Fellowship
Maria Ioannou’s research focuses on new approaches to lipid biology using powerful medical imaging techniques that could shed new light on a wide variety of diseases…
Insurers walking from oil sands projects defies logic
On every measurement that should matter to insurance executives and their staff the world over, Canada is a beacon of civil, political and economic rights…
#ScienceUpFirst turning the tide on COVID-19 misinformation online
U of A health law and policy professor Timothy Caulfield teams up with other evidence-informed influencers for social media campaign…
Researchers pinpoint where wildlife most likely to be killed by trains
Reducing speed limits outside towns of Banff and Lake Louise could mean fewer fatal collisions, study suggests…
Dialysis patients to be surveyed on mental health during COVID-19
Rates of depression, anxiety were 10 times higher for people with end-stage kidney disease even before the pandemic started…