18 days ago
Women tend to suffer more sports injuries
Toronto, Jan 26 - Female athletes experience dramatically higher rates of musculoskeletal injuries and medical conditions than their male counterparts, says a new study. Depending on the sport, there can be a two to sixfold difference in these types of injuries between male and female athletes, says Jane Hurly, communications strategist, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University o ... read more

Toronto | 18 days ago
Turn down your iPod volume during gym workouts
Toronto, Jan 26 - Listening to an iPod during a workout feels like second nature to many, but the latest research warns we need to consider the volume levels in our earphones while exercising.Bill Hodgetts, assistant professor in speech pathology and audiology at the University of Alberta -, says his research has found that exercising in a gym often prompts people to turn up the volume to potentia ... read more

2 months ago
Math goes viral
At least a dozen Alberta high-school calculus classrooms were exposed to the West Nile virus recently.Luckily, however, it wasn't literally the illness. University of Alberta education professor Stephen Norris and mathematics professor Gerda de Vries used the virus as a theoretical tool when they designed materials for use in an advanced high-school math course. The materials allow students to use ... read more

2 months ago
U of A's David Schindler confirms untold levels of oil sands pollution on the Athabasca
After an exhaustive study of air and water pollution along the Athabasca River and its tributaries from Fort McMurray to Lake Athabasca, researchers say pollution levels have increased as a direct result of nearby oil sands operations.University of Alberta biological sciences professor David Schindler was part of the team that conducted a long term air and water study and found high levels of Poly ... read more

2 months ago
Are female mountain goats sexually conflicted over size of mate?
Mountain goats are no exception to the general rule among mammals that larger males sire more and healthier offspring. But University of Alberta researcher David Coltman has found a genetic quirk that might make female mountain goats think twice about their romantic partners.Big, heavy males mountain goats shove lightweight Romeos aside taking the eligible females for themselves. The larger males ... read more

2 months ago
Canadians finding it tough to shake the salt habit
Canadians know that too much salt isn't good for their diets, but half still continue to shake it on, according to a new study by University of Alberta researchers.In a survey of 890 people measuring knowledge and behaviours regarding sodium intake, U of A nutrition researchers Anna Farmer and Diana Mager discovered that the majority of Canadians believe they consume too much sodium and that most ... read more

3 months ago
New assessment process seeks to more accurately identify students' knowledge base
Have you ever wanted to write an anxiety-free test that accurately measured what you have learned?Jacqueline Leighton and Mark Gierl, of the University of Alberta's Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation, may have found a way for students to do just that.They think they have come up with a strategy that would precisely assess and measure a student's knowledge base and identify k ... read more

7 months ago
IIT-Bombay, Canadian varsity tie up on energy, health research
Toronto, July 7 - The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, has joined hands with Edmonton-based University of Alberta to work together on energy and health research. Under a three-year agreement finalised at the weekend by IIT-Bombay professor Pradipta Banerji, students and faculty members from the two institutions will travel to India and Canada for research in the two fields. 'There is the ... read more

7 months ago
Morning people and night owls show different brain function: University of Alberta study
Are you a morning person or a night owl?Scientists at the University of Alberta have found that there are significant differences in the way our brains function depending on whether we're early risers or night owls. Neuroscientists in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation looked at two groups of people: those who wake up early and feel most productive in the morning, and those who were ... read more

8 months ago
Flu kills four more Canadians, toll 11
Toronto, June 17 - The death toll from the swine flu in Canada has reached 11 with four more people dying from the H1N1 virus. More than 4,000 cases of the flu have been reported across Canada since the outbreak of the virus in April. Of the four deaths reported Tuesday, two were from Manitoba province where a man and a woman in their 40s fell victim to the virus. These were the first deaths i ... read more