Federal government provides $11.6 million for Centre of Excellence partnership to develop high-tech systems for monitoring forest fires, wildlife, water and land use.
Ice-like “cages” of gas trapped underground may offer a safe and efficient way to reduce global warming. Two U of C researchers are investigating the potential for permanently storing carbon dioxide in geological reservoirs, by locking the gas within solid, cage-like structures called hydrates. In this month's On Campus.
Calgary lost one of its greatest citizens on Sunday with the passing of Daryl K. Doc Seaman. He was 86. Flags across campus have been lowered in his memory.
Professor Emeritus David Jenkins, a former acting dean and associate dean from the Faculty of General Studies, passed away on Jan. 2. Flags are also lowered across campus in his memory.
Research in Action
If you have trouble keeping weight off and you’re wondering why—the surprising answer may well be the cheeseburgers you ate—when you were a toddler. New research by Faculty of Kinesiology researcher Raylene Reimer indicates a direct connection between an adult’s propensity to put on weight and our early childhood diet.
The next generation of antibiotics must be able to target hospital-acquired infections and chronic illness, says U of C microbiologist Dr. Howard Ceri. But traditional methods of testing won’t tell us how to fight bacteria growing on medical implants or in urinary catheters.
Commercial harvesting of plants and animals reshaping species at incredible rates, jeopardizing the ability of entire populations to recover, according to the results of a new study co-authored by University of Calgary adjunct professor Paul Paquet.
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