research roundup
SFU researchers shed light on smart charging and the cause of SIDS
May 10, 2018By: Agnetha de Sa, Peak Associate Smart charging isn’t as transformative as predicted In a new study published by Dr. Jonn Axsen, Associate Professor from SFU’s School of Resource and Environmental Management, Axsen and other researchers look at the way consumers recharge electric vehicles through the use of wind or solar power suppliers. Specifically, consumer behaviour in relation to smart charging, a tactic predicted to increase e-vehicle adoption by offering cheaper charging when renewable suppliers are used, was examined. This method of charging was thought to be a game changer that would result in reduced transition costs, and thus increased…
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SFU researchers examine the effects of nuclear accident and heart medication
March 29, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate No harmful effects on BC’s coast remain from Fukushima accident A study led by SFU associate professor Krzysztof Starosta has found no negative impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident on BC’s coast. Starosta’s…
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Upwards trends concern SFU researchers
March 21, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Renter anxiety increasing in Metro Vancouver, say SFU researchers In a step away from the numbers and towards the people involved, SFU researchers Nicholas Blomley, Andy Yan, and Natalia Perez are using data to see how…
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SFU researchers look to improve specialized healthcare
March 15, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate SFU researcher looks at ways to improve hospital funding Can changing the way hospitals are funded lead to better care? How can it be done? Karen Palmer, a SFU health sciences adjunct professor and her team…
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Research Roundup
March 8, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Quality of life factors for patients with spinal cord injuries SFU biomedical physiology and kinesiology professor Victoria Claydon specializes in cardiovascular physiology, and was involved in conducting an international study published in the Journal of…
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The best way to save frogs and snowboarders
February 22, 2018By: Agnetha de Sa Saving endangered species on a budget The best method to recover Canada’s endangered amphibian, the Oregon spotted frog, is captive breeding, according to SFU researchers. SFU ecologists Amanda Kissel and Wendy Palen worked with the…
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Data to fight asthma and shark extinction
February 10, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Fighting chronic disease with a database Molecular biology and biochemistry professor Fiona Brinkman and her team of genomics and bioinformatics researchers are creating a database to help to prevent allergies, asthma, and other chronic diseases. As…
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SFU researchers tackle HIV
February 4, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Are the sexual rights of women with HIV ignored? In a paper titled “The Problematization of Sexuality among Women Living with HIV and a New Feminist Approach for Understanding and Enhancing Women’s Sexual Lives,” SFU…
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The cosmological constant might not be constant, and neither is baby talk
February 1, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok SFU physics study questions cosmological constant SFU physicist Levon Pogosian has shown that dark energy might not be considered the cosmological constant through an international study on dark energy that he co-led. Dark energy is the energy…
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SFU research on Mars surface water, the effect of bitumen on BC’s salmon population
January 25, 2018What happened to Mars’ surface water? An international study co-led by Brendan Dyck, SFU researcher in the Department of Earth Sciences, suggests that a fair amount of surface water on Mars was absorbed into the crust of the planet. This…
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