Research

Save the date - SFU health research day - April 7, 2011
On May 12, health researchers from all faculties will gather to learn more about current health research at SFU, including...
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Defeating crime with urban design - April 7, 2011
SFU’s crime-fighting husband-and-wife team, Patricia and Paul Brantingham, got a resounding vote of confidence recently...
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Death by avalanche quicker in Canada - April 7, 2011
Avalanche victims buried in Canada die significantly faster than those buried in Switzerland, according to the latest study...
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‘Smart’ tires on $2.6-million research list - March 24, 2011
Charging your car battery may soon be something your tires can do. Grad students and faculty researchers led by Mechatronics...
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ViPS tackles ethics of scientific decision-making - March 24, 2011
SFU’s new Institute for Values in Policy and Science (ViPS) aims to get researchers, ethicists, philosophers,...
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Study links forest health to salmon populations - March 24, 2011
A new research paper by SFU biologists John Reynolds and Morgan Hocking, published in the journal Science, concludes that the...
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SFU researcher wins Steacie fellowship - February 24, 2011
SFU chemistry professor David Vocadlo is one of six scientists named 2011 E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellows this month, with...
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Study links fish farms to Fraser sockeye sea lice - February 24, 2011
After years of speculation, a study co-authored by SFU fish scientist John Reynolds has for the first time established that...
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SFU scientist tracks Amelia Earhart DNA links - February 21, 2011
Research in SFU’s forensic lab could produce the first DNA profile of aviation’s most celebrated woman, Amelia...
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Researchers get new NSERC funding - February 10, 2011
Seven SFU researchers will share more than $2.7 million in new funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research...
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B.C. wine industry facing tough times: report - February 10, 2011
Although B.C.’s wine industry has flourished and become a major tourist attraction over the past decade, a new SFU...
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Psyched on video games: research aids design - February 10, 2011
Cognitive psychologist Veronica Zammitto is working to improve videogame designs by examining where gamers focus their eyes...
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Companies can’t dismiss consumer hackers - February 10, 2011
Companies need to embrace the new wave of consumers who are tinkering and altering their products, according to an award...
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Studies track fall prevention - February 10, 2011
Bus riders take note: more than half of non-collision injuries to bus and subway passengers occur while they are standing....
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New program for environmental science - February 10, 2011
Beginning in the fall semester, the Faculty of Environment is embarking on a new environmental science program that will...
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Butterfly wings inspire anti-counterfeiting product - January 27, 2011
SFU researchers are behind a new nanotechnology—inspired by the tiny holes on a butterfly’s wings—that can...
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Award honours prof’s fisheries research career - January 27, 2011
SFU professor Randall Peterman was recognized Jan. 19 with the Vancouver Aquarium’s prestigious Murray A. Newman Award...
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Tracking potential HIV moms in Africa - January 13, 2011
A new research chair focusing on HIV-positive African women who choose to have babies is SFU’s latest endeavour in AIDS...
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Wind speed declining in Pacific Northwest: study - January 13, 2011
Climate change may be taking some of the wind out of nature’s sails. A new study led by researchers in the Faculty of...
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Making a case for cadmium/shellfish guidelines - January 13, 2011
SFU biologist Leah Bendell received an early Christmas present when a science writer cited her research in the December 2010...
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