Getting over a 13-hour jet lag: how do Canada’s speed-skaters do it?

Sport - Feb 9
Sport

Researchers analyzed how the country's short-track speed-skating team adapts to major time-zone differences when they fly to competitions in Asia. It only takes members of Canada's short-track speed-skating team five days to get over jet lag when they fly to competitions in Asia, 13 time zones away, according to a new study.

Sport - Feb 6

VR training: no substitute for the real thing

Sport

UdeM researchers find that cognitive training using NeuroTracker virtual-reality software does not, in fact, improve the on-field performance of teenage elite soccer players.

Incarceration reduces reoffending rates in British Columbia, SFU study finds

A new, long-term study of youth who have experienced incarceration in British Columbia has found that those who have spent more time in custody showed a decrease in reoffending following release from prison.

Health - Feb 5

Between body muscle and the brain influences fertility

Health

Discovery could lead to new treatment strategies for infertility, but raises potential concerns about emerging therapies for muscular dystrophy and obesity A newly discovered line of communication bet

Music - Feb 3

When using music to alleviate pain, tempo matters

We each have a natural rhythm, and music that matches it offers the best pain relief, McGill research suggests Music has the best chance of providing pain relief when it is played at our natural rhythm, a McGill University research team has discovered.

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