• Weight-loss drug found to shrink muscle in mice, human cells https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2024/11/weight-loss-drug-found-to-shrink-heart-muscle.html 444 comments 20/11/2024
• Research reveals new clues to the mysteries of long Covid https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2024/10/research-reveals-new-clues-to-the-mysteries-of-long-covid.html 5 comments 28/10/2024
• Innovative wireless light switch could cut house wiring costs in half https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2023/11/innovative-light-switch-could-cut-house-wiring-costs-in-half.html 72 comments 5/12/2023
• Lack of sunlight makes our cells store more fat (2018) https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2018/01/reduced-sunlight-may-contribute-to-winter-weight-gain.html 110 comments 8/12/2021

• The sickest long COVID patients face symptoms identical to chronic fatigue syndrome https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2024/02/sickest-long-covid-patients-face-symptoms-nearly-identical-to-chronic-fatigue-syndrome.html 6 comments 11/2/2024 health
• Researcher has developed, at a cost of less than one dollar, a wireless light switch that runs without batteries, can be installed anywhere on a wall and could reduce the cost of wiring a house by as much as 50% https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2023/11/innovative-light-switch-could-cut-house-wiring-costs-in-half.html 949 comments 5/12/2023 technology
• University of Alberta employee who signed open letter denying jewish rapes has been fired https://www.ualberta.ca/news/news-releases-and-statements/statements/2023/2023-11-18-statment.html 27 comments 18/11/2023 worldnews
• Scientists developed a new step to improve the process for creating insulin-producing pancreatic cells from a patient’s own stem cells, bringing the prospect of injection-free treatment closer for people with diabetes. https://www.ualberta.ca/news/news-releases-and-statements/news-releases/2023/11-november/a-step-closer-to-injection-free-diabetes-care-u-of-as-innovation-in-insulin-producing-cells.html 3 comments 7/11/2023 science
• A new study (survey) that involved 1,485 women aged 35 and older living in Alberta, suggests many women use cannabis to treat symptoms of menopause despite a lack of evidence that it is effective for menopause symptoms https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2023/10/women-are-turning-to-cannabis-to-treat-menopause-symptoms.html 486 comments 22/10/2023 science
• Machine learning model reliably predicts risk of opioid use disorder for individual patients, that could aid in prevention https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2022/12/machine-learning-predicts-risk-of-opioid-use-disorder.html 185 comments 25/12/2022 science
• Genome study shows 600 fungi behind to a new branch of the tree of life. https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2022/11/genome-studies-uncover-a-new-branch-in-fungal-evolution.html 7 comments 30/11/2022 science
• Shrub expansion preceded megafauna extinction at the end of the last ice age - Researchers clarify the timeline of ancient vegetation changes and extinctions, with implications for combating climate change today. https://www.ualberta.ca/science/news/2021/december/shrub-expansion-preceded-megafauna-extinction.html 2 comments 22/12/2021 science
• India, U.S. account for a quarter of COVID-19 misinformation: study https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2021/12/india-us-account-for-a-quarter-of-covid-19-misinformation-study.html 31 comments 11/12/2021 worldnews
• India, U.S. account for a quarter of COVID-19 misinformation: study https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2021/12/india-us-account-for-a-quarter-of-covid-19-misinformation-study.html 3 comments 10/12/2021 technology
• India, U.S. account for a quarter of COVID-19 misinformation. Social media accounted for the largest amount of COVID-19 misinformation at 85 per cent of total output, and the internet as a whole generated just over 90 per cent. Facebook alone produced 67 per cent of misinformation https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2021/12/india-us-account-for-a-quarter-of-covid-19-misinformation-study.html 40 comments 10/12/2021 science
• Causal link found between food allergies and changes to infant gut bacteria due to method of childbirth, and mother’s ethnicity. Babies born by caesarean section to mothers of Asian descent are eight times more likely to develop peanut allergy by age three. https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2021/04/causal-link-found-between-food-allergies-and-changes-to-infant-gut-bacteria-due-to-method-of-childbirth-mothers-ethnicity.html 513 comments 21/4/2021 science
• Traumatic stress in childhood can lead to brain changes in adulthood. The study is the first to show that trauma or maltreatment during a child’s early years—a well-known risk factor for developing mental health conditions such as major depressive disorder in adulthood https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2021/02/traumatic-stress-in-childhood-can-lead-to-brain-changes-in-adulthood-study.html 641 comments 9/2/2021 science
• More than a third of kids who have COVID-19 don't show symptoms, according to new U of A research. The study also showed that the most reliable indicators of infection among kids with symptoms are loss of taste and smell, headaches, fever, and nausea and vomiting. https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2020/11/more-than-one-third-of-children-with-covid-19-show-no-symptoms-study.html 11 comments 1/12/2020 science
• Common sunscreen ingredients prove dangerous for freshwater ecosystems: The active ingredients found in sunscreen have detrimental effects on freshwater ecosystems, according to new research https://www.ualberta.ca/science/news/2020/september/sunscreen-ecosystems.html 16 comments 3/9/2020 science
• Brains of adolescents struggling with mental-health issues may be wired differently from those of their healthy peers. Research shows clear differences in connective neural pathways, as a function of cognitive control, between the healthy adolescents and those struggling with mental-health issues. https://www.ualberta.ca/science/news/2019/december/mental-health-youth 16 comments 22/12/2019 science
• Theory of quantum battery with zero environmental energy loss for long-term energy storage https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2019/october/new-quantum-battery-research 14 comments 26/10/2019 science
• The Canadian Rocky Mountains were formed when the North American continent was dragged westward during the closure of an ocean basin off the west coast and collided with a microcontinent over 100 million years ago, according to a new study https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2019/may/canadian-rocky-mountains-formation 4 comments 11/6/2019 science
• Study identifies factors for healthy memory at any age. Research finds targets for promoting healthy memory aging, early intervention, and prevention for disease. https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2019/april/healthy-memory-preventing-alzheimers 7 comments 14/4/2019 science
• Geologists have used a new technique to measure the age of cobalt-copper ore in Central Africa—showing the deposits are 150 million years younger than previously thought. The findings could lead to the discovery of more sources of cobalt around the world. https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2018/november/cobalt-deposits-formation-earth 7 comments 31/12/2018 science
• Neuroscientists have identified the neural circuit that may underlay intelligence in birds, according to a new study. The discovery is an example of convergent evolution between the brains of birds and primates, with the potential to provide insight into the neural basis of human intelligence. https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2018/july/neuroscientists-uncover-secret-to-intelligence-in-parrots 4 comments 3/7/2018 science
• Using AI to uncover ancient mysteries: Modern scientific methods help to decipher 15th century Voynich manuscript https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2018/january/ai-used-to-decipher-ancient-manuscript 214 comments 30/1/2018 history
• Computing scientists at the University of Alberta claim to have deciphered the 600 year old Voynich manuscript https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2018/january/ai-used-to-decipher-ancient-manuscript 9 comments 30/1/2018 science
• Scientists digging deep into the Earth’s mantle recently made an unexpected discovery. Five hundred and fifty kilometres below the Earth’s surface, they found highly oxidized iron, similar to the rust we see on our planet’s surface, within garnets found within diamonds. https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2018/january/oxidized-iron-diamonds-earths-interior 1193 comments 27/1/2018 science
• Oxidized iron found in diamond's garnet inclusions under Earth's mantle: Unexpected finding shows surprises geoscientists around the world https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2018/january/oxidized-iron-diamonds-earths-interior 6 comments 24/1/2018 science
• 70% of readings from home blood pressure monitors are unacceptably inaccurate, which could cause serious implications for people who rely on them to make informed health decisions, new UAlberta research reveals, published in the American Journal of Hypertension. https://www.ualberta.ca/news-and-events/newsarticles/2017/june/home-blood-pressure-monitors-inaccurate-70-per-cent-of-the-time-study 7 comments 11/6/2017 science
• 430 million years ago, eurypterids—better known as sea scorpions—had thin, flexible bodies, some also had pinching claws, and could grow up to 3 metres in length. New research hypothesise that they had another weapon at their disposal: a serrated, slashing tail spine. https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2017/april/sea-scorpions-the-original-sea-monster 3 comments 18/4/2017 science
• Fecal transplant from mice fed reservatrol for 8 weeks improves glucose intolerance more dramatically and rapidly than mice fed reservatrol alone, leading scientists to believe that another compound in the gut, caused by the consumption of reservatrol, is responsible for the therapeutic effect. https://www.ualberta.ca/medicine/news/2017/march/ualberta-research-may-provide-solutions-for-the-future-treatment-of-diabetes-and-insulin-resistance 3 comments 9/3/2017 science
• The more depressed your romantic partner may be, the more love you should give them, according to new University of Alberta research. The study, published in Developmental Psychology, surveyed 1,407 couples on their levels of depression, self-esteem and mutual support. https://www.ualberta.ca/news-and-events/newsarticles/2017/february/want-to-help-your-partner-deal-with-depression-try-a-little-tenderness 271 comments 13/2/2017 science
• Physicists solve decades-old scientific mystery | Device showing backwards electrical behavior enables faster, cheaper, smaller electronic devices https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2017/january/backwards-electrical-behavior-enables-faster-cheaper-smaller-electronic-devices 5 comments 6/1/2017 science
• Scientists have precisely dated the world’s oldest rock unit at 4.02 billion years old with the help of of well-preserved grains of the mineral zircon inside the rock. https://www.ualberta.ca/science/science-news/2016/september/uncovering-earths-oldest-continental-crust 9 comments 20/9/2016 science
• Arduino EEPROM programmer. Useful for hobby bread-boarded computers. https://www.ualberta.ca/~smartynk/eeprom/info.html 4 comments 13/10/2014 arduino
• "Pragmatism, relativism, and irrationalism" Rorty's 1979 presidential address to the APA [pdf] http://www.ualberta.ca/~clepock/rorty%20-%20pragmatism%20relativism%20irrationalism.pdf 4 comments 20/7/2014 philosophy
• Russell's very short, dry obituary of Wittgenstein (I felt depressed after reading such a short thing). http://www.ualberta.ca/~francisp/newphil448/russellwittobituary1951.pdf 65 comments 31/3/2014 philosophy
• [PYTHON] Please help me with VTK python wrapping. http://www.ualberta.ca/CNS/RESEARCH/Vis/VTKBlender/ 3 comments 29/11/2013 learnprogramming
• Hey r/math: What's your favorite .gif visualization of some mathematical concept? I'll start with this cool straight-line homotopy. http://www.ualberta.ca/dept/math/gauss/fcm/topology/algbrctop/hmtpcmps/strghtlnhmtp_anmtn1.gif 170 comments 18/11/2012 math