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    • 2025 News
      • SFU BPK grad finds a home at SFU, and purpose in biomedical research
      • Erin Legros wins 2024 SFU Staff Achievement Award with a kind and compassionate approach
      • Blueberry research bears fruit at SFU greenhouses
      • SFU researchers developing wearable AI technology for stroke and spinal injury rehabilitation
      • SFU researchers among winners of prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
      • Trottier Observatory celebrates a decade of stargazing and wonder at SFU
      • New funding for SFU Science researchers supports human health
      • Social media use amplifies delusional disorders: SFU study
      • Health of Fraser River Delta requires monitoring, management, SFU researchers warn
      • BPK student research looks to history to find a way forward for Indigenous elder care
      • CIHR contributes $3 million in new funding for health research at SFU Science
      • SFU Sci-Space Celebrates Two Years
      • Super enzyme that regulates testosterone levels in males discovered in ‘crazy’ bird species
    • 2024 News
      • SFU study sheds new light on what causes long-term disability after a stroke and offers new path toward possible treatment
      • Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of the Faculty of Science Research Awards
      • SFU Science recognizes 2024 Outreach Awards Recipients
      • Silent damage and rays of hope: Nick Dulvy sheds light on ecological diversity in the world’s oceans
      • SFU Science Announces Recipients of 2024 Excellence in Teaching Awards
      • Scientists develop tool to predict sepsis in apparently healthy newborns
      • Move along moose, SFU study reveals the ‘most Canadian’ animals
      • Eve Meyer finds her path to research at SFU Biological Sciences
      • New funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation supports health research at SFU Science
      • Two Molecular Biology and Biochemistry researchers receive Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar awards
      • Isabelle Côté receives King Charles III medal for outstanding achievements
      • SFU scientists working to build neutrino telescope to provide a new window into the universe
      • SFU Science Dean elected as Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
      • SFU breakthrough ID’s gene that may reverse Parkinson’s disease
      • CIHR contributes $2 million in new funding for health research at SFU Science
      • Monster fossils, helicopters and Science in Action: YuYen Pan reflects on nine years of public engagement
      • Trio of Simon Fraser University Canada Research Chairs advance an inclusive and sustainable future
      • SFU Science researchers receive $9.2 million in new NSERC funding
      • Three SFU chemists honoured at national awards
      • Driven by curiosity, SFU Physics student finds her space at the Trottier Observatory
      • SFU Biological Sciences student builds community, in and out of the lab
      • SFU Physics collaboration pushes an information engine to its limits
      • New SFU-based Clean Hydrogen Hub to fuel clean energy research and innovation
      • B.C. technology pipeline gets a boost with 500 new student spaces at Simon Fraser University
      • Asian Heritage Month: Lin Zhang
      • Asian Heritage Month: Dheva Setiaputra
      • Musical medicine: SFU research highlights health benefits of hearing music for older adults
      • SFU professor and alumnus win Governor General’s Innovation Award
      • Why can’t robots outrun animals?
      • Ant pheromones may help protect hikers and campers from ticks
      • SFU Physics student representing Canada at Pan American Olympic Qualifier
      • Physics lecturer receives award for excellence in teaching
      • SFU research to bring fresh, local blueberries to B.C. markets in winter
      • One in seven deepwater sharks and rays at risk of extinction
      • SFU-led research team designs a cutting-edge protein lawnmower
      • Science Rendezvous recognizes SFU Science Outreach creativity with national award
      • Florence Nightingale Day at SFU inspires students with possibilities in statistics
      • CIHR contributes $3.2 million in new funding for health research at SFU Science
      • New funding for SFU Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology to investigate dementia risk
      • SFU professor and team win women’s class of World’s Toughest Row, cross the Atlantic in 38 days
      • Growing pains? SFU research tracks 100 years of salmon adaptation to climate change
      • SFU researchers zero in on what makes some people healthier than the rest of us
    • 2023 News
      • SFU Earth Sciences professor assessing carbon storage potential beneath Metro Vancouver
      • SFU professor part of all-woman crew rowing across Atlantic for ocean conservation
      • SFU researchers sound out Canadian military’s plan to combat ocean noise pollution
      • Mining industry competing with salmon for rivers created by disappearing glaciers: SFU study finds
      • Trio of new Chairs at SFU to build on Canada’s global research, innovation reputation
      • Strategic partnerships give quantum technologies a boost
      • Learning More About How Flu Strains Evolved May Help Guide Future Vaccine Development
      • SFU Science Announces Recipients of 2023 Excellence in Teaching Awards
      • Hockey head impact research highlights need to improve injury prevention
      • SFU Science recognizes 2023 Outreach Awards recipients
      • Esther Lam Dances Her Way to a Degree in Actuarial Science
      • SFU MPM & PhD graduate explores an unknown ‘spiderverse’
      • SFU Physics grad sets his sights on the stars
      • Simon Fraser University researchers involved in major international antimatter breakthrough
      • Fainting from needles may be alleviated by reducing pain – study
      • SFU scientist captures the beauty of chemistry
      • SFU Starry Nights expands the out-of-this-world experience virtually
      • SFU aerospace physiology team to test health of UAE astronaut
      • SFU Science researchers receive over $7 million in new NSERC funding
      • After over 50 years at SFU Chemistry Paul Saunders is still having fun
      • Over $2.6 million in new funding from CIHR for health research at SFU Faculty of Science
      • Congratulations to the 2023 recipients of the Faculty of Science Research Awards
      • SFU Faculty of Science Celebrates Excellence in Science Outreach
      • MBB researcher studying against the grain strategy to improve cancer treatment
      • Common denominator for math grad in finding next challenge: co-op experience
      • Convocation medalist thrives as data scientist at top biotech firm
      • Highschool student partners with SFU music specialist to research the developing teenage brain
      • Biological sciences grad uses volunteer involvement to jumpstart a career in education
      • Childhood experiences spark BPK grad’s passion for physiology and anatomy research
      • Asian Heritage Month: Gary Shum
      • Drug Discovered by SFU Researchers Shows Potential Life-Saving Results in Treating Cardiac Arrhythmias
      • Asian Heritage Month: Amy Lee
      • Asian Heritage Month: Himchan Jeong
      • SFU university lecturer, associate dean, Sarah D. Johnson awarded 3M National Teaching Fellowship
      • Juvenile salmon migration timing responds unpredictably to climate change
      • David Lee wins 2022 SFU Staff Achievement award for numerous contributions to the Department of Physics
      • SFU professor unearths the ancient fossil plant history of Burnaby Mountain
      • SFU research aids fight against treatment-resistant superbugs
      • 'Giant' ant fossil raises questions about ancient Arctic migrations
      • CIHR awards SFU Science researchers $2M in new funding
      • SFU Chemistry student wins international award with innovative take on plastics for renewable energy
      • Sleuthing SFU scientists sniff out fake art
      • SFU marine biologist rowing across the Atlantic to raise funds for ocean conservation
      • Researchers counter healthy aging issues, isolation in cities with $6.8 million funding
      • Natalia Bussard joins SFU Work Integrated Learning (WIL) as the Program Manager, Science and Environment Co-op
      • Statistics and Actuarial Science researcher studying the effects of climate change on pension funds
      • How salmon feed flowers & flourishing ecosystems: study
      • Shark and ray populations rebounding in Northwestern Atlantic: SFU study
      • Two-thirds of sharks and ray in coral reefs facing extinction: SFU study
      • New Sci-Space creates room to connect for science students at Burnaby Campus
      • SFU physicist Stephanie Simmons to help lead Canada's new quantum strategy
      • Physics student helps inspire girls in Pakistan with opportunities in STEM
      • SFU and UBC researchers receive $1.25M to study cumulative effects on B.C. salmon
    • 2022 News
      • 2022 Faculty of Science Teaching & Learning Grants Recipients
      • SFU mathematician finding new insights on evolution through the lens of infectious disease
      • New tool developed to monitor health of marine ecosystems and extinction risk of species
      • Scientists reconstruct gravity to better understand the universe
      • $2 million gift helps seed new ideas at SFU Science
      • Welcome Angela Brooks Wilson, Dean of SFU Science
      • Genomic data can improve pandemic modelling, SFU researchers say
      • SFU Science Announces Recipients of 2022 Excellence in Teaching Awards
      • BPK grad Donya Divsalar brings an interdisciplinary perspective to aerospace research
      • SFU researcher receives Michael Smith Health Research Award for work harnessing machine learning to advance genetic sequencing
      • A mid-degree refocus helped new alumnus Melissa Nguyen set her sights on a career in optometry
      • Big picture thinking helps Maya Piddocke earn 2021 Staff Achievement Award for Work Performance
      • CIHR contributes over $2.5 million in new funding for health research at SFU Faculty of Science
      • A new dean for the Faculty of Science—Angela Brooks-Wilson
      • Isabelle Côté and John Bechhoefer honoured as 2022 Distinguished SFU Professors
      • SFU researchers developing new methods for controlling deadly honeybee parasites
      • SFU researchers find the missing photonic link to enable an all-silicon quantum internet
      • SFU researchers develop new chemical biological tools to monitor Parkinson’s disease
      • SFU physicists continue to advance ATLAS project, 10 years after Higgs boson discovery
      • SFU alumni levelling the playing field with new Sports Analytics Award for Indigenous Students in Science
      • SFU Science researchers receive $4.8 million in new NSERC funding
      • Proactive approaches needed to enable ecosystems to adapt to climate change
      • SFU biochemist weaves western science with Indigenous ways of knowing
      • Cory Macklin’s hard work leads to a Governor General’s Silver Medal
      • Stephanie Simmons renamed Canada Research Chair in Silicon Quantum Technologies
      • Data Science student discovers his passion for health at a business case competition
      • SFU researchers exploit the body’s innate drive for safety to improve motor memory
      • Asian Heritage Month: Kero Lau
      • Lost or extinct? Study finds the existence of 562 animal species remains uncertain
      • Asian Heritage Month: Becky Lin
      • Study finds the brain searches for the best way to move the body
      • Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology creating a caring community, on campus and online
      • Asian Heritage Month: Joanna Woo
      • Bridging the gap between disciplines to better understand chemical reactions
      • Student satellite project prepares for liftoff
      • SFU to advance agritech, wearables sectors with $11.8M in federal research funding
      • Department of Biological Sciences faculty member and previous Chair, Dr. Isabelle Côté Awarded as a Healthy Campus Community Champion
      • Popular BPK lecturer receives SFU Excellence in Teaching Award
      • SFU researchers help develop world’s first autonomous agriculture planning software
      • SFU Science researchers among new and renewed Canada Research Chairs
      • Prominent neuroscientist to advance brain research through new SFU institute
      • Study finds that river flows linked to the ups and downs of imperiled Chinook salmon population
      • SFU Science Announces Recipients of 2020/2021 Excellence in Teaching Awards
      • Q&A: HOW SFU IS TAKING BRAIN RESEARCH IN PROMISING NEW DIRECTIONS
    • 2021 News
      • Faculty of Science Canada Research Chairs announcement
      • Excellence in Science Public Engagement and Outreach Award winners announced
      • Larger households contribute to COVID-19 transmission in Fraser Health Region
      • Study finds Sawfish face extinction unless overfishing is curbed
      • Astronaut "moves" to help prevent falls among older adults confined to bed rest
      • Paleontologists discover major new insect group after solving 150-year-old mystery
      • COVID-19 experts share 2020 SFU Media Newsmaker Award
      • Chemistry professor awarded the 2021 John C. Polanyi Award for research excellence
      • Where do we look when we walk?
      • BPK prof honored with SFU Excellence in Teaching Award
      • SFU lab one step closer to understanding how life started on Earth
      • Research collaboration achieves world’s first laser-cooling of antimatter
      • Fossil discovery deepens snakefly mystery
      • Rain, rain go away! SFU Chemists develop new waterproofing solution.
      • Asian Heritage Month; a profile of Hogan Yu
      • IT team wins Staff Achievement Award for keeping us all connected
      • Asian Heritage Month; a profile of Liangliang Wang
      • New COVID-19 rapid test kit receives scientific seal of approval
      • Asian Heritage Month: a profile of Ly Vu
      • Asian Heritage Month: a profile of Weiran Sun
      • Biology major completes degree while battling long-haul COVID
      • SFU physicist Stephanie Simmons receives YWCA Women of Distinction Award
      • SFU paleontologist honours Indigenous culture through collaboration
      • Math alum creates award to support SFU students with mental health challenges
      • SFU alum and scientist Kyle Bobiwash speaks on the importance of diversity of perspectives and worldviews in research.
      • First Indigenous and Black Graduate scholarship established for SFU biology graduate students
      • Global study shows major seagrass losses around the world
      • Regular rapid testing detects COVID-19 soon enough to stop transmission in schools
      • SFU Staff Achievement Award winner keeps Faculty of Science running smoothly through pandemic
      • Faculty of Science profs receive Distinguished SFU Professorships
      • SFU physics student uses machine learning technique to speed up image analysis
      • Innovative coating for blood vessels reduces rejection of transplanted organs
      • CFI invests more than $1.6 million in 10 SFU research projects
      • Ground-breaking work from SFU identifies new source for earthquakes and tsunamis in the Greater Tokyo Region
      • Faculty of Science researchers awarded Canada’s highest academic honour
      • Science student graduates after an eight-year hiatus and a change of heart
      • Microplastics in belugas worked their way up the food chain, SFU researchers find
      • Salmon decline impacted by “squeeze” of combined river and sea stressors
      • Melting glaciers could produce 1,000s of kilometres of new Pacific salmon habitat by 2100
      • Biology professor relocates to Nunavut for new role at Polar Knowledge Canada
    • 2020 News
      • STUDY SUGGESTS SEA LICE ON SALMON IS UNDER-REPORTED AT B.C. SALMON FARMS
      • ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA HONOURS FACULTY OF SCIENCE RESEARCHERS
      • SFU STUDY NETS NEW DATA ON HEAD IMPACTS EXPERIENCED BY HOCKEY PLAYERS
      • FAST AND LOOSE: NANOMACHINES WITH FLOPPY CONNECTIONS GO FASTER
      • SFU CHEMIST’S NEW PROCESS FAST-TRACKS DRUG TREATMENTS FOR VIRAL INFECTIONS AND CANCER
      • HOT WATER CAN SOMETIMES COOL FASTER THAN WARM WATER – SFU RESEARCH CONFIRMS
      • EDNA TECHNOLOGY MORE EFFECTIVE IN MONITORING SALMON RUNS: SFU RESEARCH
      • LOVE OF SPORTS, MATH LANDS SFU ALUMNUS JOB WITH SEATTLE’S NHL FRANCHISE
      • STAFF KEEP RESEARCH ALIVE DURING PANDEMIC
      • A WHISKER'S MORE PROTECTION FOR CLEAN-SHAVEN MASK WEARERS
      • RESEARCHERS WORKING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SENIORS IN LONG-TERM CARE
      • NEW STUDY FINDS CORAL ISLANDS MAY NOT “DROWN” AMID CLIMATE CHANGE
      • NEW FOSSIL DISCOVERY SHOWS 50 MILLION-YEAR-OLD CANADA-AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
      • BPK GRAD AIMS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AMID CHALLENGES OF LAB WORK ON COVID-19 PROJECT
      • HOW CANNABIDIOL MAY BE HELPFUL IN TREATING DIABETES-RELATED ARRHYTHMIAS
      • SFU LAB HELPS PATIENT MANAGE RARE DISEASE THROUGH PROGRAMMED EXERCISE
      • SFU SURREY SCIENCE LABS HOST COVID-19 HAND SANITIZER PRODUCTION
      • SFU EPIDEMIOLOGIST’S RESEARCH INFORMS B.C. HEALTH POLICY ON COVID-19
      • SFU PROFESSOR’S INVENTION APPROVED BY FDA TO HELP WEAN COVID-19 PATIENTS FROM VENTILATORS
      • SFU STAFF AND FACULTY DONATE MASKS, GLOVES, ADDITIONAL COVID-19 SUPPLIES TO LOCAL HOSPITALS
      • CORONAVIRUS TESTING KITS WILL BE DEVELOPED USING SFU-INVENTED RNA IMAGING TECHNOLOGY
      • NEW "SMALL NUMBER" K-12 MATH LEARNING MATERIALS AVAILABLE
      • SFU RESEARCH TEAM HELPS TEST POTENTIAL SUPERBUG-KILLING COMPOUND
      • SFU CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE
      • STUDY REVEALS HIDDEN RISKS OF ESTUARY DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG SALMON
      • SFU RESEARCHER SCORES MAJOR FUNDING FOR ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA RESEARCH
      • SFU EARTH SCIENTIST JOHN CLAGUE NAMED TO ORDER OF CANADA
      • FACULTY OF SCIENCE RECEIVES OVER $1M IN RESEARCH FUNDING FROM CANADA FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION
      • ABUNDANCE OF SALMON KEY TO FEEDING 'UNDERDOG' STREAM FISHES: SFU RESEARCH
      • YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD BESTOWED ON PHYSICS PROF.
      • SFU PHYSICS PROFESSOR RECOGNIZED AS “TOP 40 UNDER 40” IN CANADA
      • SFU RESEARCH FINDS CLUES TO UNDERSTANDING CBD AND ITS MEDICINAL EFFECTS
      • SFU alumnus inspired by her organization’s 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
    • 2019 News
      • SFU RESEARCH POINTS TO UNPRECEDENTED AND WORRYING RISE IN SEA LEVELS
      • SFU GLOBAL COLLABORATION CREATES WORLD’S FIRST OPEN-SOURCE DATABASE OF NATURAL MICROBIAL PRODUCTS
      • VIRTUAL CADAVERS BRING LEARNING TO LIFE AT SFU
      • SFU RESEARCHERS DISCOVER POTENTIAL WAY TO MANAGE INSECTS WITHOUT CHEMICALS
      • FIRST FOSSIL DRAGONFLIES FROM B.C. IDENTIFIED AND NAMED
      • INTERNATIONAL STUDY FINDS NEW GENETIC FEATURES IN RARE BURKITT LYMPHOMA CANCER
      • TRIO OF SFU SCIENCE PROFESSORS HONORED
      • NEW EVIDENCE SHOWS HUMAN PRESENCE IN HAIDA GWAII 2,200 YEARS EARLIER THAN PREVIOUS ESTIMATES
      • SFU CHEMISTRY PROF NAMED TO ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
      • POPULAR BUT DANGEROUS LAB DEMO NOW SAFER THANKS TO SFU CHEMISTS
      • SFU PHYSICS WELCOMES NEW ASTROPHYSICIST
      • WATCH YOUR SPEED—WHALE ZONE AHEAD!
      • DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS & ACTUARIAL SCIENCE WELCOMES DONALD ESTEP
      • COMPLIANT FLOORING NOT THE ANSWER TO PREVENTING FALL-RELATED INJURIES
      • SFU WELCOMES NEW SHRUM CHAIR IN BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF DISEASE
      • PEST BUSTING SFU PROF NAMED FELLOW OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
      • INTERNATIONAL STUDENT BUILDS HIS OWN ADVENTURE AT SFU
      • THE DIRT ON SUSTAINABLE SHEEP FARMING
      • TINY FISH A BIG LURE FOR LIFE ON CORAL REEFS
      • BIG ENERGY SAVINGS FOR TINY MACHINES
      • BIOLOGY CLASS ANALYZES DOG DNA FOR BODY SIZE, SNOUT LENGTH AND COAT LENGTH
      • SFU STUDIES CAUSES BEHIND SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN INFANTS
      • ANAL SECRETIONS OF APHIDS PROVIDE SUSTENANCE FOR MOSQUITOES
      • CITIZEN SCIENTISTS' RARE FOSSIL BIRDS SHED NEW LIGHT ON AVIAN HISTORY
      • STATISTICS STUDENTS IMPRESS THE NFL WITH THEIR MOVES
      • 3D IMAGES IN PDFS IS A GAMECHANGER FOR CHEMISTRY EDUCATION
      • DAVID SHIFFMAN NAMED PRESIDENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR
      • EARTH SCIENCES TECHNICIAN DIGS DEEP TO DEVELOP ENGAGEMENT
      • EARLY-CAREER LECTURER KEVIN LAM DRIVEN BY LIFE-LONG PASSION FOR TEACHING
      • CHEMISTRY TEAM "FIXES" CANCER-SUPPRESSING P53 PROTEIN
      • SFU RESEARCHERS FIND NEW CLUES TO CONTROLLING HIV
      • STUDY PREDICTS WARMER, DRIER MOUNTAINS POSE A DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR COLD-ADAPTED AMPHIBIANS
      • “MICROSCOPIC” IMPROVEMENTS YIELD BIG GAINS IN SFU’S RESEARCH CAPABILITIES
    • 2018 News
      • SFU PROF’S WORLDWIDE INFLUENCE ON SHARKS AND RAYS RESEARCH LEADS TO ACCOLADE AND A NEW CONSERVATION PROGRAM
      • SFU TEAM LEADS $12-MILLION EFFORT TO EXPAND SYSTEM OF WORLDWIDE HEALTH RESEARCH DATABASES
      • SFU FACULTY MEMBERS SET SIGHTS ON HOLLYWOOD NORTH
      • NEWLY HIRED STATS PROF BRINGS EXPERTISE IN BIG DATA AND MACHINE LEARNING
      • MUSCLES KNOW BEST
      • NANOMACHINES HAVE ALL THE MOVES
      • PHD CANDIDATE IN MARINE BIOLOGY WINS MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE
      • ENGAGED STUDENT DOES IT ALL
      • GENETIC MUTATION PROVIDES POTENTIAL CLUE TO NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
      • BUILDING MOLECULAR MOTORS – ONE STEP AT A TIME
      • NEW STUDY ON EFFECTS OF CANNABIS ON PAIN AND SEIZURE CONTROLNEW STUDY ON EFFECTS OF CANNABIS ON PAIN AND SEIZURE CONTROL
      • FACULTY OF SCIENCE WELCOMES NEW DEAN!
      • SCIENCE INQUIRY VIDEOS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LAUNCHED
      • SFU MATHEMATICIAN RECEIVES ROYAL SOCIETY AWARD
      • JOHN REYNOLDS NAMED CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE IN CANADA
      • SFU STUDY BUSTS MYTH ABOUT FACIAL HAIR ON PILOTS
      • NOT SO FAST: FROM SHREWS TO ELEPHANTS, ANIMAL REFLEXES SURPRISINGLY SLOW
      • SFU TEAM RECEIVES FUNDING TO EXPAND SYSTEM OF WORLDWIDE HEALTH RESEARCH DATABASES
      • MEET THE LATEST WINNERS OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS.
      • MEET NEW MATH PROF & CANADA 150 RESEARCH CHAIR, CAROLINE COLIJN
      • SCIENTIFIC TEAM SCOOPS MAJOR AWARDS FOR WORK CONFIRMING THE STANDARD MODEL OF COSMOLOGY
      • HOW SALMON "OUST THE LOUSE"
      • ABORIGINAL SUMMER CAMP ALUMNI JOIN SFU AS UNDERGRADS
      • OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARD FOR STEVEN HOLDCROFT
      • SCIENTISTS ON TWITTER: PREACHING TO THE CHOIR OR SINGING FROM THE ROOFTOPS?
      • SFU KICKS OFF SPORTS ANALYTICS CONFERENCE
      • NEW METHOD FOR DETECTING DOPING IN CYCLISTS PROPOSED
      • SFU’S LONGEST SERVING SENATE FACULTY MEMBER STEPS DOWN
      • PRIME GROWING AREAS FOR B.C. OYSTERS CONTAIN ALARMINGLY HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF PLASTIC MICROBEADS
      • TALK ABOUT SCIENCE!
    • 2017 News
      • FLIRTING ON THE FLY: HUMANS CAN LEARN A THING OR TWO FROM BLOW FLIES ABOUT ATTRACTION ON DATING APPS
      • SFU RESEARCHERS SHINE LIGHT ON ANTIMATTER
      • SARAH JOHNSON WINS FACULTY OF SCIENCE EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AWARD
      • SCIENCE TECHNICAL CENTER WINS SFU TEAM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
      • SFU's Trottier Observatory wins national award for landscape design
      • SFU PROF SCORES POSITION WITH NBA
      • STUDY FINDS GREATER RISK OF EXTINCTION AMONG HIGH DIVERSITY AMPHIBIAN GROUPS
      • 2017 CONVOCATION STAR - DANIELLE JEONG
      • 2017 CONVOCATION STAR - ANDY ZENG
      • 2017 CONVOCATION STAR - JOHN THOMPSON
      • PERFECT PAIRINGS: COUPLE MEETS AT SCIENCE FROSH & HEAD TO MED SCHOOL TOGETHER
      • EXTREME SCIENCE IN VOLCANOLOGY
      • NEW CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR BOOSTS FUNDING FOR ENERGY-CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY
      • CHEMISTRY BUILDING EARNS GOLD, LEED AWARD
      • NEW CLASSROOMS + SOCIAL AREA = [MATH WEST]
      • NEW STUDY SHOWS BANNING SHARK FIN IN THE U.S. WON’T HELP SAVE SHARKS
      • NEW RESEARCH LINKS HEART ATTACKS TO GENETIC MUTATION
      • CONSERVATION ACTUALLY WORKS
      • NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL HONORS GERHARD GRIES' INSECT EXPERTISE
      • REVVING YOUR NANOSCALE ENGINE
      • "ROCK STAR" GEOSCIENTIST RECEIVES LEGGET MEDAL
      • PUBLIC HEALTH MATHEMATICIAN JOINS SFU AS CANADA 150 RESEARCH CHAIR
      • VOLCANIC SIMULATION TEACHES EARTH SCIENCES STUDENTS CRISIS MANAGEMENT SKILLS
      • MARS' SURFACE WATER: WE FINALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
    • 2016 News
      • HANDS-ON LEARNING ON THE MOUNTAIN
      • SEA STARS SHED LIGHT ON HUMAN REPRODUCTION
      • EXERCISE MAY PUT SOME HEART PATIENTS AT RISK
      • ZIKA VIRUS AND THE RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES
      • STAFF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE
      • DIGGING FOR ANTIBIOTICS
      • FROM STUDENT TO CEO
      • FACULTY OF SCIENCE SWEEPS EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS
      • STATS STUDENT SAYS THANKS TO HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER
      • SWEET AWARD FOR STATISTICS PROF
      • ECONOMICS DRIVE THE EXTINCTION OF LARGE MARINE ANIMALS
      • SFU RESEARCHERS STUDY DNA TO FIND GENETIC MUTATION BEHIND RARE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER
      • EMPU DIRECTOR RECEIVES "HIGH-FLYING" AWARD
      • SFU'S POPULAR ACADEMIC SUMMER CAMP FOR ABORIGINAL STUDENTS A HIT WITH ALUMNI
      • SEA STAR DEATH TRIGGERS ECOLOGICAL DOMINO EFFECT
      • DUGAN O'NEIL WINS COMPUTE CANADA TRAILBLAZER AWARD
      • INTERNATIONAL ENTOMOLOGY AWARD FOR ‘BED BUG’ BIOLOGIST
      • UNDERGRAD GETS MUSCLE MECHANICS RESEARCH PUBLISHED
      • TRAILBLAZING SCIENTIST AND ADVISOR PASSES AWAY AT 102
      • UNDERSTANDING HOW THE "BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER" IS BREACHED IN BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
      • NEW SFU PROFESSORSHIP TO BOOST RESEARCH COLLABORATION WITH RCH
      • SFU RESEARCHERS WORK TO FINE-TUNE COLLAGEN GROWTH
      • EVERGREEN LINE 'CORES' PROVIDE EARTH SCIENTISTS WITH WEALTH OF HISTORICAL DATA
    • 2015 News
      • JOHN REYNOLDS NETS AWARD
      • ISABELLE COTÉ & WENDY PALEN RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS LEOPOLD FELLOWSHIPS
      • HUMAN GENOMICS CLASS GETS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
      • TRIPLE WIN FOR MATHEMATICIANS
      • DATING TECHNIQUES: ILLUMINATING THE PAST
      • HOWARD TROTTIER WINS BC SUGAR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
      • TEMPERATURE CHANGE CAN TRIGGER SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
      • FAT ACCUMULATION IN HUMAN SKELETAL MUSCLES EFFECTS ABILITY TO PERFORM EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES
      • SFU TO HOST SITE OF RESEARCH CYBER NETWORK
      • STATISTICS PROF. SNAGS HIGHEST HONOR
      • NEW CANCER-FIGHTING FUNDS TO HELP PATIENTS WITH AGGRESSIVE NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
      • WIRED FOR LAZINESS
      • SFU CO-LEADS NATIONAL PROJECT TO REVIVE COHO SALMON
      • NEW PROFESSORSHIP FOCUSES ON NEW TREATMENTS FOR AUTISM
      • NEW RESEARCH OPENS DOORS TO UNDERSTANDING TONSIL CANCER
      • NEW DISEASE-CARRYING MOSQUITO ARRIVES IN BC
      • GENES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THREE KINDS OF MALE RUFFS IDENTIFIED
      • SCIENTISTS TAKE AIM AT DISEASE-CARRYING “KISSING BUG”
      • BURNABY AND CHILEAN ELEMENTARY STUDENTS LEARN ASTRONOMY TOGETHER
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