Reading Time: 3 minutes Media coverage, political tension between Canada and China may fuel ‘shadow pandemic’ of racist behaviour: U of A social psychologist
Category: Science
Muscular dystrophy treatment shows promise in cells, animals
Reading Time: 3 minutes University of Alberta-led team develops synthetic molecule that stops production of toxic muscle-killing protein
More than 100 toxic chemicals found in cannabis smoke
Reading Time: 3 minutes Typical joint contains nearly 2,600 chemicals, including some linked with cancer, genetic mutation and birth defects: U of A study
U of A wildfire expert to head up national research network
Reading Time: 3 minutes New $5-million federal investment will bring together top wildfire scientists to help manage ecosystems, protect communities
Why we need to learn to live with COVID-19
Reading Time: 5 minutes With a vaccine likely years away and other viral threats emerging every year, shoring up health care for vulnerable groups is critical, say experts
How robots could help injured workers recover
Reading Time: 3 minutes Training robots to guide people through tasks could improve return-to-work evaluations and treatment: U of A researchers
Risk of ADHD lower in children who follow healthy lifestyle
Reading Time: 3 minutes Researchers identify a cumulative ‘dosage’ effect of optimal diet, physical activity, screen time and sleep
Past becomes present for history grad who studied Spanish flu
Reading Time: 4 minutes Why the COVID-19 pandemic feels familiar to Suzanna Wagner, who wrote her thesis on Canadian nurses in the First World War
Astronomers capture rare cosmic ‘Jekyll and Hyde’
Reading Time: 2 minutes International team shares new image of stars switching between two alter egos
Samples from Alberta COVID-19 patients stored for future research
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta Precision Laboratories, universities, health foundations and AHS team up to support search for better diagnostics, treatments