Reading Time: 6 minutes Student-led AlbertaSat team comes to the aid of fellow cube satellite designers after communication failure threatens mission from International Space Station
Author: University of Alberta
#ScienceUpFirst turning the tide on COVID-19 misinformation online
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reducing speed limits outside towns of Banff and Lake Louise could mean fewer fatal collisions, study suggests
Half of Canadians don’t even know what palliative care is
Reading Time: 4 minutes Knowledge gap about advance care planning led U of A researcher to investigate how to engage and educate people
Dialysis patients to be surveyed on mental health during COVID-19
Reading Time: 3 minutes Rates of depression, anxiety were 10 times higher for people with end-stage kidney disease even before the pandemic started
Wastewater from care homes could be COVID-19 early warning system
Reading Time: 3 minutes Wastewater samples from manholes near long-term care facilities being tested to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2
Potential new treatments for cardiovascular disease
Reading Time: 3 minutes Researchers have identified a new mechanism responsible for the buildup of plaque on artery walls, a process known as atherosclerosis
Wear Red Day warns women about risks of heart attack and stroke
Reading Time: 4 minutes To be held on Feb. 13, its goal is to arm women with knowledge and questions to ask their doctors
New way identified to prevent breast cancer cells from evading therapy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Inhibiting the process that causes resistance in these cells improves the efficacy of immunotherapy, could mean better outcomes
U of A graduate helps ensure Indigenous voices are counted
Reading Time: 4 minutes As an Indigenous liaison advisor with Statistics Canada, Krista Chiponski is building relationships with 63 First Nations communities to help gather vital data for 2021 Census