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Geoff Mcmaster

Geoff Mcmaster

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    Recent Articles

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    Video: The softer side of robotics

    A new field of “soft” robotics is exploring the potential of pliable, jelly-like materials that take inspiration from the natural world — such as the shape-shifting octopus.
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    New podcast explores why ‘Sleep is the New Sex’

    To unpack the meaning of sleep in our lives and how it is culturally represented, a U of A researcher has launched a new podcast called Sleep is the New Sex, an extension of her long-term research project on the topic designed for a popular audience.
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    Video: A powerful new tool to accelerate drug development

    The University of Alberta has acquired one of five cryo-electron microscopes in Canada — and the only one in Alberta — capable of revealing the smallest details of cells, proteins and viruses, and accelerating the development of antiviral drugs.
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    Battery breakthrough: researchers improve performance of rechargeab...

    U of A engineering researchers have begun to close the proficiency gap between aqueous and lithium batteries, finding a way to make the rechargeable water-based batteries perform far better than those currently available.
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    Stage setter: Theatre education cultivates skills for any career

    Theatre education can be beneficial for almost any profession, according to a U of A drama professor who found grads thriving in fields as diverse as law, finance and medicine.
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    Stage setter: Theatre education cultivates skills for any career

    Far from being an impractical training with a slim chance of resulting in a career, theatre education can be beneficial for almost any profession, according to a U of A drama professor who found grads thriving in fields as diverse as law, finance and medicine.
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    Building the city of tomorrow

    When Murtaza Haider takes on his new position this summer as the Radhe Krishna Gupta Executive Chair in Cities and Communities in the Alberta School of Business, he plans to pull together the best minds at the University of Alberta to envision what the thriving city of tomorrow will look like — starting with Edmonton.
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    Video spotlight: Birds, beasts and mythical animals come to life in...

    A new U of A art exhibition called “Birds & Beasts: Wearing Honour and Order in the Qing Dynasty” explores how birds and beasts on clothing represented rank and legitimized a person’s position in the larger Qing bureaucratic and military system.
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    Overcoming obstacles: AI-powered app flags mobility barriers for pe...

    Rehabilitation medicine and engineering researchers are teaming up by using AI to identify mobility barriers in real time, so disabled people can plan their movements before leaving the house.
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    Hot streaks boost productivity, study shows

    If you’re an employer seeking ways to improve your team’s performance, it might be a better idea to offer increasing “streak incentives” rather than set payouts as a reward, according to a new U of A study.
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    U of A life sciences research gets a $100M lift

    The Government of Alberta has contributed $100 million to transform the U of A’s Biological Sciences Building into a dynamic, shared laboratory complex where researchers and students from across the university — along with industry partners — will work on solving the most urgent problems of our time.