Simon Fraser University researchers will use their pioneering imaging technology—called Mango, for its bright colour— to develop coronavirus testing kits. They're among a small set of Canadian researchers who responded ...
Biochemistry
Mar 19, 2020
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In advancing research to tackle the problem of burgeoning global economic inequality, researchers at Simon Fraser University used a poverty simulation game called SPENT to foster greater understanding of what causes poverty ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2020
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A new Simon Fraser University-led study looking at the effects that glacier retreat will have on western North American Pacific salmon predicts that while some salmon populations may struggle, others may benefit.
Ecology
Mar 11, 2020
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A Simon Fraser University-led research team has found significant evidence that human activity in estuaries is impacting juvenile Pacific and Atlantic salmon. The team's review of 167 peer-reviewed studies (from an initial ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2020
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A new study led by Simon Fraser University's Dean of Science, Prof. Paul Kench, has discovered new evidence of sea-level variability in the central Indian Ocean.
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2019
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There's nothing certain in life except death and taxes. But taxpayers' support for the latter could potentially be improved, according to a new study led by SFU psychology researchers Emily Thornton and Lara Aknin.
Economics & Business
Dec 5, 2019
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The world's insects are headed down the path of extinction with more than 40 percent of insect species in decline according to the first global scientific review, published in early 2019. Intensive agriculture is the main ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 2, 2019
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A new study on the long-term relationship between humans and clams in B.C."s Salish Sea is helping to inform modern marine resource management.
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2019
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Researchers drawing on 100-year-old sources of salmon data have found that recent returns of wild adult sockeye salmon to the Skeena River—Canada's second largest salmon watershed— are 75 percent lower than during historical ...
Ecology
Aug 21, 2019
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A Simon Fraser University researcher is hoping to help women in rural areas access information about their reproductive health using a common tool in their pockets: a smartphone.
Engineering
Jun 26, 2019
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