Physical exercise for seniors; Turning sulfite liquor into biofuel; Rural policy innovations
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 30, 2014
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- Health News Network covers new research by a team including Louis Bherer, scientific director of the PERFORM Centre, that found cognitive functioning in seniors is improved by any form of physical exercise.
- Canadian Biomass Magazine reports on research by Damien Biot-Pelletier, a PhD candidate in the Department of Biology, that investigates ways of turning sulfite liquor, a toxic by-product of the pulp and paper manufacturing process, into biofuel. The article mentions Biot-Pelletier hopes to expand on work done by Dominic Pinel while he was a PhD candidate. Pinel produced a strain of yeast that is resistant to sulfite liquor.
- The Trail Champion reports on a research project led by William Reimer, professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, that aims to support rural policy innovations in order to improve prosperity in rural and northern regions of Canada.