How Pinteresting: researcher finds social media site to be decidedly unsocial
By Kris Foster
May 21, 2013, 10:40 am
Pinterest is the fastest growing social media site in the world, but to one researcher it seems particularly unsocial.
Researchers looking for ways to hold the salt
By Michael Robin
May 3, 2013, 9:39 am
Researchers in the Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences are taking aim at two of the biggest sources of salt in the Canadian diet: our daily bread and the processed meats that often go with it.
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U of S home to new Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network site
Kirk Sibbald
April 24, 2013, 11:23 am
The U of S is home to a new research centre focused on fostering connections between academics, Aboriginal organizations and governments across Canada.
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VIDO-InterVac certified
By OCN
April 23, 2013, 11:29 am
New vaccine research and development against existing and emerging diseases can now proceed with receipt of final certification of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization’s International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Thomas Rotter tracking Lean initiatives in health care
Michael Robin
April 19, 2013, 11:33 am
Can the principles from Lean, a system developed to build cars, be adapted to cut health-care costs, decrease wait times and move innovations more quickly from the lab to the bedside? It’s a question health regions across Saskatchewan are trying to answer, and one that Thomas Rotter is watching closely.
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10 years on at the CLS: keeping up with the times
Colleen MacPherson
April 12, 2013, 9:18 am
There are many significant milestones in the history of the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron, starting with the announcement it would be built on the U of S campus to its commissioning, the first detection of beamline light (December 2003) and its various expansions. No matter where you start counting, the light source is getting on in years, so how do you keep a state-of-the-art facility state of the art?
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Ketilson to lead international research project
By OCN
April 10, 2013, 11:23 am
Lou Hammond Ketilson, director of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan, will lead a Canadian Co-operative Association research project to examine the impacts on poverty reduction for co-op members in rural Africa and Canada.
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Climate change, not hunting, the real threat to polar bears
By Michael Robin
March 28, 2013, 9:07 am
A U.S.-backed proposal to severely limit or prohibit all cross-border trade in polar bears was voted down by the delegates to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) on March 7, a development that relieved Douglas Clark.
Creating a niche in food security
By Michael Robin
March 25, 2013, 8:59 am
For Roger Beachy, one of the first orders of business for the new Global Institute of Food Security (GIFS) is to carve out a bite-sized piece from an enormous field.
Funding supports U of S research in food, medicine, energy and advanced technologies
By OCN
March 11, 2013, 4:20 pm
The University of Saskatchewan has been awarded $3.8 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for three projects totaling $9.5 million that will help solve economically significant agricultural and health problems and enhance the global scientific leadership of the Canadian Light Source on campus.
Lessons learned from the past – graduate student explores Aboriginal adoption in Saskatchewan
Thomas Onion
March 11, 2013, 1:48 pm
With the Saskatchewan child welfare system at a major crossroads, a University of Saskatchewan graduate student says lessons can be learned from Saskatchewan’s unique history of Aboriginal adoption.
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Good night, sleep tight …
By Michael Robin
March 7, 2013, 10:44 am
First, the good news: they can’t jump and they can’t fly. The bad news: they can climb and cling very well indeed, which is why hitchhiking bedbugs have shown up in some very unlikely places.
On the trail of prairie mammals
By Kris Foster
March 1, 2013, 10:27 am
As more animals are calling Saskatchewan’s prairie fields home, one U of S researcher is paying special attention to two in particular: moose and wild boars.
Water world: student research aims to improve water quality worldwide
By Kirk Sibbald
February 8, 2013, 3:31 pm
Deep in the recesses of the Thorvaldson Building, chemists are developing materials that could soon be used to improve water quality worldwide.
Health researchers recognized by SHRF
By Michael Robin
February 7, 2013, 2:06 pm
Five U of S health researchers were recognized with awards from the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) at its annual Santé! Awards on Dec. 6.
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