This article was published by Folio on April 18, 2023. By Adrianna MacPherson A University of Alberta researcher has found a way to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while mining critical metals needed for [Read more]
This article was published by Folio on Feb. 7, 2023. By Geoff McMaster Burning a blend of hydrogen and natural gas to heat our homes could save as much as five per cent on carbon [Read more]
This article was published by Folio on July 11, 2022. By Bev Betkowski Cruising down the highway in an electric car, who wouldn’t want to squeeze a few hundred extra kilometres out of a single [Read more]
This article was published by Folio on May 26, 2022. By Donna McKinnon A new AI-powered social media tool is showing that Canadians aren’t as polarized about energy policy and transition as we might imagine. [Read more]
By Bev Betkowski This article was published by Folio on May 05, 2021. University of Alberta research is brewing up better ways to help ethanol producers make the most of plant waste they use to [Read more]
By Michael Brown This article was published by Folio on May 25, 2021. Alberta’s oil and gas fields could be in store for another natural resource boom thanks to a University of Alberta-based lithium extraction [Read more]
By Bev Betkowski This article was published by Folio on March 31, 2021. A potentially huge industrial project powered by University of Alberta research to create jet fuel from biowaste has received a $2.89-million funding [Read more]
This article was published by Folio on March 4, 2021. By Katie Willis A scientist at the University of Alberta is lending her expertise on mineral carbonation to policy-makers in the United States in hopes [Read more]
By Catherine Tays This article was published by Folio on July 29, 2020. Investment in new energy-efficient, greenhouse gas mitigation strategies by oil sands producers could net them some important profits, according to a model [Read more]
By Brett Wittmeier This article was published by Folio on January 10, 2020. University of Alberta engineers have found a way to turn waste fat, oil and grease into a steady supply of renewable energy. [Read more]
By Geoff McMaster This article was published by Folio on April 8, 2020. It’s easy to feel trapped in the present by COVID-19—stuck at home, preoccupied with fears of what’s to come. But as history [Read more]
By Andrew Lyle This article was published by Folio on Feb. 14, 2020. A new algorithm by computing scientists at the University of Alberta could be the first step in reducing the massive amounts of [Read more]
By Bev Betkowski This article was published by Folio on Jan. 22, 2020. Climate change is already affecting our health, even if we don’t think about it much, says a University of Alberta public health [Read more]
By Geoff McMaster This article was published by Folio on Nov. 12, 2019. Human-induced climate change has origins far earlier than commonly assumed, according to a study published in the journal Science. Archeological evidence collected around the world [Read more]
By Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle, Lauren Bortolotti and Lionel Leston This article was published by Folio on Nov. 7, 2019. The grasslands of the Canadian Prairies are a hidden gem for bird watchers, with millions of migratory [Read more]
By Roger Epp This article was published by Folio on Nov. 6, 2019. Political memory might be an oxymoron—the equivalent of a deafening silence, a civil war or old news; it is surely a malleable [Read more]
By Katie Willis This article was published by Folio on Oct. 24, 2019. Scientists from the universities of Alberta and Toronto developed a blueprint for a new quantum battery that doesn’t leak charge. “A quantum [Read more]
By Shauna Wilton This article was published by Folio on Sept. 30, 2019. As the federal election on Oct. 21 approaches, Canadians will soon be inundated by the campaign slogans of the parties. Slogans embody [Read more]
By Katie Willis This article was published by Folio on Sept. 26, 2019. Recycling salty water produced from hydraulic fracturing may be effective for managing microbes at well sites in Alberta, according to a new [Read more]
By Michael Brown This article was published by Folio on Sept. 6, 2019. Short of the advent of quantum singularity seen in the fusion drives of futuristic movies, there is really no renewable energy answer [Read more]
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