Geoff Mcmaster

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.