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Christian Bagg was an extreme athlete who lived to snowboard, climb and cycle.It all came to a jarring halt 26 years ago when he broke his back snowboarding and was paralyzed from the waist down.With a background in machining, however, he…

University of Alberta researchers and physicians are aiming to combine their expertise in surgery, electrical stimulation and drug discovery in an effort to help more people recover more quickly from nerve injuries and illnesses.Nerve…

It would hardly have been a stretch for Amy Kaler to write a cogent social analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic.As a sociologist, Kaler has a background in population health and the sociology of infectious diseases. As the pandemic advanced…

It’s no secret that emergency health care in Canada is in crisis.Staff shortages have caused some emergency departments to close temporarily as already stretched resources are pushed to the breaking point by the COVID-19 pandemic.But the…

A new open online course from the University of Alberta aims to give learners a foundation for understanding one of the greatest global challenges humanity has ever faced. “Energy issues are so central to just about everything in the…

The formula seems simple: Take evidence-based research, add patient input and highly trained professionals plus adequate resources, and you get accessible, appropriate health care.But what if there’s no data on the patients or their…

Two global academic rankings released this week shone a spotlight on the University of Alberta’s strength in diverse subjects across its colleges and faculties, with a particularly strong performance in medical and agricultural…

But a new study shows that hasn’t happened with elk in Alberta over the past 26 years, despite an increase in the number of wolves, grizzly bears and cougars that prey on them. “Elk hunters notoriously blame wolves or other large…

Artificial intelligence was once the sole domain of computer scientists, but the University of Alberta’s newest Canada CIFAR Chair in AI exemplifies the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of a field with applications in almost every…

Powering everything from cellphones to electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries are part of everyday life – but they also wear out eventually, and that comes with a cost to the environment.Now, a University of Alberta researcher is…