In the drive to become more efficient and adaptive, farms are becoming innovation incubators – ALES Dean Stan Blade discusses.
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University of Alberta and TELUS partner on a 5G ‘living lab’
The $15-million TELUS 5G Living Lab will help the U of A leverage its leading expertise and industry collaborations in agriculture and food systems to create new teaching and research opportunities.
U of A wildfire expert to head up national research network
U of A wildfire scientist Mike Flannigan (Renewable Resources) is the principal investigator for the NSERC Canadian Wildfire Strategic Network announced today. The new federal network will foster collaborative research aimed at making Canada more resilient to wildfires.
COVID-19 could reduce wildfire risk this season, says expert
Humans account for up to 80 per cent of Alberta’s wildfires in May, but that’s likely to change this year as public health measures keep people at home.
How can we sustain family carers’ capacity to care? What carers need and how technology can help provide it
In this blog post, the authors of a new qualitative study in BMC Geriatrics discuss what they learned about carers’ goals and how technology could help them.
Pine trees with larger resin ducts better able to survive mountain pine beetle attack
Discovery could help regenerate pine stands blighted by beetle attacks.
Scientists find recipe for greener garden waste disposal
Adding manure and crop leftovers to leaves and clippings helps earthworms digest them—and speeds up composting by 80 per cent, researchers find.
Leaving more deadwood in forests enhances biodiversity: study
Increasing the number of dead trees in protected forests boosts populations of species that depend on it for habitat, research review shows.