- Researchers have developed a new method of killing brain cancer cells while preserving the delicate tissue around it: placing long needles through the skull and sending pulses of electrical current into a glioblastoma tumour, this makes chemotherapy treatment of brain cancer suddenly possible https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2022/zapping-brain-cancer-with-long-needles-opens-door-to-new-treatments-usask-research.php 43 comments science
- A team of international scientists have sequenced the genomes for 15 wheat varieties representing breeding programs around the world, enabling scientists and breeders to much more quickly identify influential genes for improved yield, pest resistance and other important crop traits. https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2020/landmark-study-generates-first-genomic-atlas-for-global-wheat-improvement.php 3 comments science
- Western Canadian scientists discover what an armoured dinosaur ate for its last meal https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2020/western-canadian-scientists-discover-what-an-armoured-dinosaur-ate-for-its-last-meal.php 4 comments science
- New research at the University of Saskatchewan shows how the world’s most widely used insecticides could be partly responsible for a dramatic decline in songbird populations. https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2019/usask-led-study-shows-insecticides-threaten-survival-of-wild-birds.php 12 comments worldnews
- Concussion symptoms—such as loss of balance, hazy comprehension, sleep disturbance and ability to walk straight—can be reversed by a new type of magnetic stimulation, research at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) shows. https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2019/concussion-symptoms-reversed-by-magnetic-therapy.php 11 comments science
- Fish under threat release chemicals to warn others of danger https://news.usask.ca/media-release-pages/2019/fish-under-threat-release-chemicals-to-warn-others-of-danger.php 5 comments science
- 500-million-year-old worm 'superhighway' discovered in Canada https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2019/500-million-year-old-worm-superhighway-discovered-in-canada.php 6 comments nottheonion
- 500-million-year-old worm 'superhighway' discovered in Canada https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2019/500-million-year-old-worm-superhighway-discovered-in-canada.php 111 comments science