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��ֱ�� engineering professor Brian Fleck is developing a tool that promises to transform how we master wind flow in our urban environments. (Photo: Alex Pugliese)

Science and Technology, Business, Research, Health And Wellness

Wind of change: U of A and partners innovate for smarter, cleaner cities

Automated mapping of wind flow around buildings could yield big savings in energy costs.

September 18, 2025
By Michael Brown

Nursing professor Samantha Louie-Poon is using storytelling as a way to better understand the experiences of Asian children and their families within the mental health care system in Canada, and to identify racism and remedy gaps in care. (Photo: Supplied)

Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture

Storytelling a unique approach to research racism and mental health in children

Understanding cultural differences, language barriers, family dynamics all key when developing resources for the East Asian community.

September 18, 2025
By Barb Wilkinson

Science and Technology

Video Spotlight: U of A spinoff company aims to win space waste race

Engineering researchers’ innovation for recycling waste on long lunar missions reaches final phase of $3-million NASA challenge.

September 17, 2025
By Geoff McMaster

Pam Thomson-Kai with her children Amaya (now 14), Sawyer (now 11) and baby Leila. Thomson-Kai used her first-hand knowledge as a parent to help U of A researchers identify how to support families facing the decision to allow a tracheostomy on their sick child and then care for them at home. (Photo: Supplied)

Research, Health And Wellness

Agreeing to a tracheostomy for your sick baby is traumatic — but it’s not the hardest decision families have to make

The life-saving procedure is also a life-changing challenge for families with medically complex children, parent-driven research shows.

September 16, 2025
By Gillian Rutherford

Michael Houghton Awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

��ֱ�� virologist awarded Nobel Prize

Michael Houghton wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the hepatitis C (HCV) virus.

Science and Technology, Research

U of A Nobel winner’s impact extends from personal to global

Michael Houghton’s colleagues and trainees describe the determination that led him to discover the hepatitis C virus and continue his quest for vaccines that will save millions of lives.

08 October 2020 By Gillian Rutherford

Research, Science and Technology

COVID-19 has ‘created a new paradigm for developing vaccines,’ says U of A Nobel winner

A vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is essential—and thanks to scientific advances and global will, it will likely come faster than any previous vaccine, according to virologist Michael Houghton.

08 October 2020 By Michael Brown

Research, Health And Wellness

U of A virologist Michael Houghton explains the only thing that could best receiving a Nobel Prize.

07 October 2020

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