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Environmental impacts — in the past and now
July 2, 2018Written by: Trevor Steele, Peak Associate Agriculture’s impact on earth’s environment UBC researchers, in collaboration with researchers from a number of universities including SFU, have revealed the significance of agriculture's effect on Earth’s environment in a new study published in the journal Science Advances. The researchers examined how the rise of agricultural activity in the Bronze Age in Ireland affected Earth’s nitrogen cycle. They saw how, as deforestation and agricultural activity rose, notable shifts emerged in soil and plants’ nitrogen makeup. Eric Guiry, a post-doctoral fellow at UBC, suggests that this “was the turning point at which humans…
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SFU PhD student awarded Wendy McDonald “Women to Watch” Diversity Award
June 21, 2018By: Kitty Cheung, SFU Student The Wendy McDonald Diversity Awards, hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's Women's Leadership Circle, celebrates gender and diversity in leadership. This year, an SFU engineering PhD student has won in the "Women…
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SFU researchers investigate ecological and human health
June 13, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate B.C. coastal waters contain high levels of plastic SFU’s Ecotoxicology Research group has found high levels of microplastic in the waters of the Lambert Channel and the Baynes Sound on the coast of Denman Island.…
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Solutions lie in marine life
May 13, 2018By: Agnetha de Sa, Peak Associate ‘Reefs of hope’ may help protect coral reefs from climate-change impacts In their published article Seeking resilience in marine ecosystems, SFU alumna Emily Darling, and marine biology professor Isabelle Côté suggest a solution to help…
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Late Night Against Procrastination fuels students to successful studying
April 9, 2018To kick off the start of SFU’s spring finals season, the Student Learning Commons (SLC) invited students to attend their Late Night Against Procrastination (LNAP) to buckle down and get some work done while attending workshops, study breaks, and fueling…
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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 unveils new high-tech robotic chemical biology research lab
March 20, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate SFU has recently opened the new Centre for High Throughput Chemical Biology (cHTCB) facility. Bristling with high-tech automated equipment, the lab is the newest addition to the research facilities in the faculty of science and…
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The federal government and Brain Canada co-invest $10.17 million in new brain research platform
March 9, 2018In an effort to enhance Canada’s research on neurological disorders, the federal government and Brain Canada have partnered to co-fund a $10.17 million grant on establishing the inaugural Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP). CONP is a platform that is designed…
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SFU professor provides free toolkit for detecting cancer-causing gas in household settings
February 12, 2018Simon Fraser University’s Citizen Scientist project is providing free radon-testing kits to households in the Greater Vancouver area. These testing kits are capable of detecting radon, a harmful gas known to cause lung cancer in humans. Radon is…
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SFU researcher investigates what draws enthusiasts to crop circles
November 12, 2017An SFU professor is bringing together human geography and paranormal investigations with his latest research on crop circles. Paul Kingsbury, a professor in the department of geography, has observed that crop circle enthusiasts are less focused on the origins of…
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