University of Alberta

After the murder of George Floyd and the American Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, Nancy Tangon and Priscilla Ojomu were dismayed by some of the Canadian reaction.The two University of Alberta psychology students kept hearing the same…

Dentists may soon add portable ultrasound to the standard equipment in their offices, allowing them to accurately and affordably diagnose aspects of their patients’ periodontal disease without any risk of radiation.That’s the goal of a U…

Three U of A engineering students have developed a mobile app that tracks the progress of a healing wound.The app calculates whether treatments are working as they should based on descriptions of size, depth and shape along with more…

Researchers who analyzed language related to depression on social media during the pandemic say the data suggest people learned to cope as the waves wore on. U of A researcher Alona Fyshe and her collaborators at the University of Western…

The way ranchers graze their cattle doesn’t make much difference in plant diversity on the land, according to a U of A study.That’s important because plant diversity is a useful metric to gauge the resilience of a landscape, including…

Three U of A engineering students have developed a mobile app that tracks the progress of a healing wound.The app calculates whether treatments are working as they should based on descriptions of size, depth and shape along with more…

With a focus on high-demand programs to meet Alberta’s emerging labour market needs, the provincial government has announced an investment of $48.3 million in the University of Alberta.The funding is part of the $171-million Targeted…

After 20 years of perfecting their technique, the team behind the largest islet transplant program in the world reports the procedure is a safe, reliable and life-changing treatment for people with hard-to-control diabetes.In results…

A new cookbook to boost protein for patients with cancer — and everyone else — is being served up by University of Alberta nutrition experts.Stuffed with healthy, tasty and easy recipes, the High Protein Cookbook for Muscle Health During…

It’s not enough to understand what the effects of climate change are. Society needs ways to get ahead of these changes, to predict them before they actually happen. And when it comes to conservation, the approach scientists use to study…