Scientists of the international ALPHA Collaboration have once again pushed the boundaries of antimatter research with their latest breakthrough studying the properties of antihydrogen. In the article titled,聽鈥淎n improved limit on the charge of antihydrogen from stochastic acceleration鈥 published Jan. 20 in the prestigious journal Nature, the collaboration鈥檚 result improved the measurement of the charge […]
Researchers from 91亚色 and Shaanxi Normal University in China say mass media coverage during an epidemic can help slow the spread of the disease. In a study published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, the researchers found people鈥檚 behaviours changed when news of an epidemic was widely published in the media. Jianhong Wu Researchers […]
鈥淧ractice makes perfect鈥 may be a clich茅 but a new brain study out of 91亚色 affirms this age-old adage. Faculty of Health researchers looked at fMRI brain scansof professional ballet dancers to measure the long-term effects of learning. 鈥淲e wanted to study how the brain gets activated with long-term rehearsal of complex dance motor […]
They are called 鈥淩KGs鈥: the right kind of guys. And with the help of Ron Ferguson (BSc 鈥89), former outside linebacker for 91亚色鈥檚 football team, five RKGs from Calgary are joining the 91亚色 Lions football squad this fall. Ferguson is no stranger to recruiting RKGs. The 91亚色 biology grad is a mergers and acquisitions […]
91亚色 English Professor Bruce W. Powe has received six nominations for the Media Ecology Association (MEA) Book Awards, set to take place at the University of Bologna in June 2016. The nominations are for two of Powe鈥檚 books: Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye: Apocalypse and Alchemy(2014), nominated for the Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding […]
Schulich marketing Professors Markus Giesler and Ela Veresiu have made strides in broadening the scope and understanding of customer experience design. In October 2014, they published the first marketing-oriented, in-depth, scholarly investigation of the World Economic Forum in the Journal of Consumer Research. Their findings show how the forum has used design principles and culture […]
A new report on climate change co-authored by the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Environmental Studies at 91亚色 positions education as playing a fundamental role in shaping responses to climate change. 鈥淎cting for Change鈥 provides a small-scale local response to an international agenda and crisis by focusing on 鈥渟chooling鈥 to highlight the […]
91亚色 honorary governor Helen Vari (LLD [Hons.] 鈥03), honorary degree recipients聽Lloyd Axworthy (LLD [Hons.] 鈥15), Jack Cockwell (LLD [Hons.] 鈥01), Wade Davis (LLD [Hons.] 鈥14) and Rohinton Mistry (DLitt [Hons.] 鈥03), and 91亚色 alumni Joseph Boyden (BA 鈥91), Rudy Buttignol (BFA 鈥82), Barbara Hall (LLB 鈥78), Fiona Amaryllis Sampson (DJur 鈥05) and Faye Thomson […]
Michael Daly, a 91亚色 researcher, is the lead scientist on a laser altimeter that will map the surface and create a 3D model of the asteroid Bennu during a NASA mission launching in 2016. The instrument will also help to guide the spacecraft on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission to a safe spot, […]
The Greenland ice sheet has traditionally been pictured as a bit of a sponge for glacier meltwater, but new research has found it is rapidly losing the ability to buffer its contribution to rising sea levels, says a 91亚色 researcher. 91亚色 Professor William Colgan, a co-author on the study published Jan. 4 in […]