Reading Time: 3 minutes The cost of zinc-air batteries is one of the biggest hurdles to making them viable
Author: Bev Betkowski
Bev Betkowski is a Communications Associate with the University of Alberta. She is experienced in strategic communications planning and implementation of project-based multiplatform initiatives. She has strong writing and editing abilities, along with sensitivity, diplomacy and a sharp eye for detail. Previously, Bev was an assistant editor at the St. Albert Gazette (Alberta) and a reporter and editor with Bowes Publishing.
How to help kids cope with back-to-school stress
Reading Time: 6 minutes A helpful guide to easing the transition
Research project explores new way to boost canola production
Reading Time: 3 minutes AGRICULTURE: Latest technology will test how well different breeds convert the power of the sun, offering hope of better yields for farmers
Equipping young people to better manage their financial futures
Reading Time: 4 minutes Most Canadians are living beyond their means, with more than half within $200 of not being able to cover their bills and loan payments
$2M boost for the development of new varieties of wheat
Reading Time: 3 minutes Five-year agreement with Canadian Wheat Research Coalition will support development of new varieties of earlier-maturing, higher-yielding wheat for Western Canadian growers
New canola-killing clubroot strains found in Western Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes Their emergence of nine new strains points to the importance of broader strategies to protect crops in Western Canada
Insights into how people cope with chronic back pain
Reading Time: 3 minutes Study could help health professionals understand what motivates patients to live on their own terms despite dealing with persistent pain
Boreal forests offer refuge to plants, animals as climate changes
Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A biologists lead effort to identify lakes, hills and peat lands where species stand a better chance of survival
‘My whole life got turned upside down’
Reading Time: 4 minutes How one University of Alberta student persevered after losing brother in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash