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For his master’s project, Arne Andres is working with a team developing an app using AI to help people with disabilities navigate mobility barriers in public spaces. (Photo: Geoff McMaster)

Overcoming obstacles: AI-powered app flags mobility barriers for people with disabilities

Rehabilitation medicine, engineering researchers team up for pilot project to help navigate accessibility challenges on U of A campus.

April 08, 2025
By Geoff McMaster

Science and Technology, Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture

Video Spotlight: Research in record time

In the Three Minute Thesis competition, grad students showcase the impact of their research in compelling elevator pitches anyone can understand.

April 07, 2025
By Geoff McMaster

A U of A project uses ultrasound augmented with AI as a cheap and safe tool to identify juvenile arthritis in the temporomandibular joints of the jaw. (Illustration: Kimia Balghaei)

Research, Health And Wellness

Ultrasound investigated as safer and cheaper way to diagnose juvenile arthritis

U of A team uses AI to help with imaging of temporomandibular joints, often the first joints affected.

April 03, 2025
By Gillian Rutherford

U of A researchers developed a new method to help communities better manage wildfire threats. (Photo: Getty Images)

Science and Technology, Research

New research helps Alberta communities take fuel away from wildfires

Study reveals highest-priority areas for removing trees and brush that heighten the threat to buildings.

April 01, 2025
By Bev Betkowski

Michael Houghton Awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

University of Alberta 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.

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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