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SFU researchers investigate the biological effects of doping and the medical implications of racism
July 26, 2018SFU BPK professor looking at ways to prevent cheating in sports SFU biomedical physiology and kinesiology (BPK) professor David Clarke and his team are creating new ways to catch athletes who are doping. Current doping detection methods look at athletes’ blood and urine for substances and increased levels of hormones and blood markers. Clarke’s team is looking at how additional data from athlete monitoring devices, such as power meters, can create more robust tests for detecting doping. Power meters are training tools that measure an athlete’s critical power, which is the level of physical intensity an…
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Research Roundup
July 19, 2018Customer satisfaction affected by use of pronouns SFU Business professor Brent McFerran believes that customer service training is teaching staff the wrong way to address customers. McFerran’s study, published in the Journal of Marketing Research, with data from…
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Research Roundup – Investigating links
July 11, 2018How the attractiveness of your server can affect the taste of your food A study done by UBC and SFU students looked at how the attractiveness of a server affected the taste perceptions of male and female customers. …
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Environmental impacts — in the past and now
July 2, 2018Agriculture’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. …
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SFU PhD student awarded Wendy McDonald “Women to Watch” Diversity Award
June 21, 2018The 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 to Watch" category. Careesa…
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SFU researchers investigate ecological and human health
June 13, 2018B.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. The group published a…
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Solutions lie in marine life
May 13, 2018‘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 mitigate the impact of…
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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, 2018Renter 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 Vancouver’s housing prices…
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SFU unveils new high-tech robotic chemical biology research lab
March 20, 2018SFU 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 will conduct research at…
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