Have you ever found it difficult to focus on a task due to background noise? Scientists at the University of Alberta are studying just how these sounds impact our brain activity—and what that impact means for designing ...
Oct 21, 2019
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The hardest thing about keeping up with visits to the gym or an early morning date with a pair of sneakers and the open road isn't necessarily a problem with motivation. It's one of adherence.
Oct 9, 2019
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In a virtual world, a knight in full armour sits in front of me, expectantly waiting for me to deal them some playing cards. As the game progresses, a large black spot grows in the middle of my vision. I try to pick up the ...
Oct 2, 2019
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The fitness ceiling for female varsity rugby players is being reached earlier than predicted, according to a University of Alberta study that challenges conventional wisdom suggesting elite athletes maintain an upward fitness ...
Sep 27, 2019
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You enter your quarter into the slot machine and hit the button. Two lemons and a cherry appear in front of you—close to a win, but not quite. For nearly 70 years, researchers believed near misses like these would encourage ...
Sep 25, 2019
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Regular exercise during and after chemotherapy improves quality of life and reduces cancer-related symptoms, U of A researcher finds.
Sep 24, 2019
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Dominic Johnston was powering through her routine on the bars in 2017 when she felt a stab of pain in her arm.
Sep 16, 2019
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When Mason Thomas needed a heart transplant at age six, he asked to see his damaged heart so he could understand what was wrong with it, but the old organ was discarded after the surgery.
Sep 12, 2019
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University of Alberta researchers have developed a user-friendly dengue test that could help diagnose the growing tropical disease more quickly and efficiently.
Sep 10, 2019
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Newborns whose mothers spent more than one week on bedrest had poorer health outcomes, according to a new study out of the University of Alberta that further challenges beliefs about pregnancy and activity levels.
Sep 6, 2019
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