2012 Research
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Medical tourists embrace surgery December 06, 2012
A new study from SFU’s Medical Tourism Research Group reveals that osteoarthritis patients who... -
Earthquake opportunity December 06, 2012
For SFU geographer John Clague, the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Haida Gwaii last October represents... -
Research data repository coming December 06, 2012
The SFU Library and IT Services are developing a new Research Data Repository that should make it... -
Researcher wins fellowship December 06, 2012
William Mortenson, an SFU gerontology department postdoctoral fellow, was one of 70 new recipients... -
Winston awarded Diamond Jubilee Medal December 06, 2012
SFU biology professor Mark Winston, a fellow and academic director of SFU’s Centre for Dialogue,... -
SFU experiment heads to space November 22, 2012
Astronaut Chris Hadfield will rocket into space in December aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule to... -
Prison rehab tied to parole decisions November 22, 2012
Parole board decisions can have a huge impact on whether or not prisoners are motivated to... -
Engineering Award November 22, 2012
Faisal Beg, associate professor of engineering science, is the 2012 recipient of a Meritorious... -
New VPR site: ‘Open doors, Open knowledge’ November 22, 2012
SFU’s VP Research office has launched a new website highlighting the university’s research... -
Unique civilian dive-altitude chamber reopens November 22, 2012
Canada’s only civilian research hypo-hyperbaric chamber—and the largest such facility in Western... -
Pinpointing Polynesia’s settlement date November 22, 2012
SFU archaeologist David Burley and colleagues at the University of Queensland in Australia have... -
Curie fellow tackles space research November 22, 2012
For the past two years, French biomedical engineer Carole Leguy has been working at the German... -
Expoplanet expert asks, “Are we alone?” November 09, 2012
It is a question that the human race has posed for thousands of years, a question that has bridged... -
CRC professorships funded November 08, 2012
Beedie Business professor Mila Lazarova received a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in global... -
Scholarship supports juvenile violence research November 08, 2012
SFU grad students interested in researching the pathways to juvenile violence can now apply for a... -
Birds evolution accelerating, study says November 08, 2012
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Summit salvages SFU tomes November 08, 2012
SFU now has more than 400 new conference presentations, article manuscripts and similar works... -
Funding advances health discoveries November 08, 2012
By the time people suffering from osteoporosis begin treatment it’s typically too late to fully... -
Scientists find more genome variants November 08, 2012
Thanks to powerful computational tools developed at SFU, an international team of more than 100... -
Bird tree tells new tale of evolution October 31, 2012
Using the world’s first family tree linking every known bird species, scientists, including two at...