Dr. Rhonda Bell’s study provides good news for people who hope to avoid developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Pulses may be at the centre of a trade tiff between Canada and India, but they’re also the focus of some very important research to improve your health. Pulse is a term used for the dried seeds of plants in the legume family – beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas. Canada exports pulse crops worth $4.2…
Part 5 of a 10-part series: The new online app BRIMS identifies bio-resource locations that can benefit nature, people and business
When developing natural resources, one of the first things you want to look at is a map that shows deposits of oil or gold. The same goes for developing Alberta’s bio-resources. As an investor or entrepreneur, where will you find plentiful supplies of straw, wood fibre or sludge to support your green business venture? The…
To Dr. Nicholas Ashbolt, wastewater has great value, but realizing that value requires an infrastructure overhaul
Once you learn what Dr. Nicholas Ashbolt does for a living, you’ll never look at plumbing the same way again. Ashbolt believes it’s time for a paradigm shift in the way we think about water, sewage and public health. From his perspective, wastewater has value and we should stop flushing money and resources down the…
Part 3 of a 10-part series: Forge Hydrocarbons, a U of A spinoff, turns low-grade fats and oils into valuable fuel
New technology employed by Forge Hydrocarbons Corp., a University of Alberta spinoff company, proves you don't have to dig oil wells to produce fuel. You only have to dig through the muck we send to the landfill. Waste streams like those from rendering plants and restaurants are loaded with low-grade fats and oils that can…
Part 2 of a 10-part series: Taking the dirty out of dirty oil and cleaning up the world's oceans at the same time
What do beer, bitumen and greenhouse gas emissions have in common? That would be Neil Camarta, founder of Field Upgrading. Camarta spent most of his engineering career building conventional upgraders, which emit sulphur dioxide and other noxious GHG pollutants into the atmosphere. Now he’s teamed up with the Coors Brewing family and Alberta Innovates to commercialize a simple…
University of Lethbridge students continue to win international honours by developing groundbreaking technology
The University of Lethbridge has been sending teams of students to compete in the iGEM Jamboree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston for the last 10 years. At the competition sponsored by iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation), student teams by the hundreds gather from around the world to present their latest…