Negative reaction to the Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11) is perplexing, says music professor In the early 1990s, rock musician Bryan Adams became a lightning rod for what many people said was wrong with Canadian content rules. His international hit song, (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, didn’t adequately meet the definition of…
Second cube satellite built by student-led team will help scientists monitor wildfires In the world of space science, all eyes were on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently for the launch of a rocket carrying three cube satellites made by University of Alberta students and their partners at Yukon University and Aurora College. One…
Communications system will provide vital information about troop health and situational awareness, even in the harshest conditions Ashwin Iyer knows he isn’t cut out for combat. But the electrical and computer engineering professor has long wanted to help keep Canadian soldiers safer on the battlefield, and he’s hoping his recent funding from the Department of…
Both employees and employers need to be prepared for rapidly evolving expectations You finally land your dream job. The posting described your qualifications so well it might as well have had your name on it. But when you arrive on day one, it feels like the ground has shifted beneath your feet. The dream job…
Blending hydrogen with natural gas could reduce carbon emissions without changing existing infrastructure Burning a blend of hydrogen and natural gas to heat our homes could save as much as five per cent on carbon emissions without changing existing infrastructure, says a University of Alberta expert in hydrogen energy. The blended fuel, called hythane, could…
Investment in iconic Bay Building preserves city’s heritage while creating a vibrant hub for innovation The City of Edmonton is in the midst of a major drive to breathe new life into its downtown core, investing $4.7 billion since 2015 in new residential, office, cultural, educational and entertainment space. A key part of that revitalization…
Portraying views opposed to those held by health experts stokes needless controversy When they launched their study, Timothy Caulfield and Marco Zenone could hardly have anticipated how the issue would capture headlines in Alberta. And yet they decided to examine how the common COVID-19 vaccination requirement for organ transplant recipients is represented in the popular…
Making faster, safer decisions in real-time would enhance the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles Imagine a child jumping out in front of your car as you drive down a residential street. Now count to three. That’s how long it could take a self-driving car with insufficient data – confused over whether to brake or…
Tantalizing hints that descendants of an early human species might still exist on an Indonesian island Ever since several small skeletons of an early human species were excavated in Indonesia in 2003, we have known that creatures astonishingly like Tolkien’s fanciful, furry-toed characters once walked the Earth. Standing erect at just over a metre in…
Show should be reclassified as “science fiction” rather than “documentary” Since the controversial documentary series Ancient Apocalypse dropped on Netflix last November, academics and journalists around the world have been incensed at its false claims and misinformation. Earlier this month, the Society for American Archaeology wrote a letter to Netflix urging the platform to reclassify…
Negative reaction to the Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11) is perplexing, says music professor In the early 1990s, rock musician Bryan Adams became a lightning rod for what many people said was wrong with Canadian content rules. His international hit song, (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, didn’t adequately meet the definition of…
Second cube satellite built by student-led team will help scientists monitor wildfires In the world of space science, all eyes were on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently for the launch of a rocket carrying three cube satellites made by University of Alberta students and their partners at Yukon University and Aurora College. One…
Communications system will provide vital information about troop health and situational awareness, even in the harshest conditions Ashwin Iyer knows he isn’t cut out for combat. But the electrical and computer engineering professor has long wanted to help keep Canadian soldiers safer on the battlefield, and he’s hoping his recent funding from the Department of…
Both employees and employers need to be prepared for rapidly evolving expectations You finally land your dream job. The posting described your qualifications so well it might as well have had your name on it. But when you arrive on day one, it feels like the ground has shifted beneath your feet. The dream job…
Blending hydrogen with natural gas could reduce carbon emissions without changing existing infrastructure Burning a blend of hydrogen and natural gas to heat our homes could save as much as five per cent on carbon emissions without changing existing infrastructure, says a University of Alberta expert in hydrogen energy. The blended fuel, called hythane, could…
Investment in iconic Bay Building preserves city’s heritage while creating a vibrant hub for innovation The City of Edmonton is in the midst of a major drive to breathe new life into its downtown core, investing $4.7 billion since 2015 in new residential, office, cultural, educational and entertainment space. A key part of that revitalization…
Portraying views opposed to those held by health experts stokes needless controversy When they launched their study, Timothy Caulfield and Marco Zenone could hardly have anticipated how the issue would capture headlines in Alberta. And yet they decided to examine how the common COVID-19 vaccination requirement for organ transplant recipients is represented in the popular…
Making faster, safer decisions in real-time would enhance the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles Imagine a child jumping out in front of your car as you drive down a residential street. Now count to three. That’s how long it could take a self-driving car with insufficient data – confused over whether to brake or…
Tantalizing hints that descendants of an early human species might still exist on an Indonesian island Ever since several small skeletons of an early human species were excavated in Indonesia in 2003, we have known that creatures astonishingly like Tolkien’s fanciful, furry-toed characters once walked the Earth. Standing erect at just over a metre in…
Show should be reclassified as “science fiction” rather than “documentary” Since the controversial documentary series Ancient Apocalypse dropped on Netflix last November, academics and journalists around the world have been incensed at its false claims and misinformation. Earlier this month, the Society for American Archaeology wrote a letter to Netflix urging the platform to reclassify…