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Mind games: UAlberta students create video game you can control with your thoughts

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 27 August 2019
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Land-use program fosters white-tailed deer populations in USA

  • Katie Willis
  • 27 August 2019
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Meet the 2019 Science Camp Leaders - Senior Leaders

  • News Staff
  • 23 August 2019
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Starting out in smaller communities may be better for refugee populations

  • Katie Willis
  • 22 August 2019
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Diversity champion and Earth sciences researcher honoured for contributions to science

  • Katie Willis
  • 19 August 2019
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In Memoriam: Paul Kebarle, 1926-2019

  • Karl Kopecky
  • 19 August 2019
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Meet the 2019 Science Camp Leaders - Nature Science

  • News Staff
  • 16 August 2019
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CMN researchers looking to the past and future to understand human impacts on mountains

  • Annie Webb
  • 15 August 2019
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Taking a bite out of West Nile Virus: New discovery suggests positive paths toward therapeutic treatment of infectious disease

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 15 August 2019
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Tiny snapping worms make one of the loudest noises in the ocean, study shows

  • News Staff
  • 13 August 2019
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Two researchers receive new funding for state-of-the-art infrastructure

  • Katie Willis
  • 12 August 2019
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What's in a name? National contest asks Canadians to name a star and exoplanet

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 8 August 2019
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CMN researchers studying how climate change affects mountain lakes

  • Annie Webb
  • 8 August 2019
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What a garden-variety snake can tell us about the evolution of reptiles

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 7 August 2019
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Inspiring discovery for a better world: New chair of Department of Biological Sciences shares vision

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 1 August 2019
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Traditional Indigenous knowledge supports flood mitigation research in James Bay region

  • Katie Willis
  • 30 April 2019
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Astronomers discover rapidly-changing jet from black hole

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 29 April 2019
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The same, but better: How we represent ourselves through avatars

  • Katie Willis
  • 29 April 2019
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Gene-editing technology may produce resistant virus in cassava plant

  • Katie Willis
  • 25 April 2019
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Driving drug discovery's future focus: UAlberta chemist receives prestigious award to simplify complex chemistry by streamlining transformations of alcohols down to a single step

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 25 April 2019
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New test for IBS and ulcerative colitis delivers faster, more accurate results

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 25 April 2019
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Scientists unearth "utterly bizarre" chimera crab fossil

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 24 April 2019
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Eclogitic diamonds formed from oceanic crust, study shows

  • Katie Willis
  • 24 April 2019
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Sweet success: $20M in government funding brings new talent in sugar research to Canada and UAlberta

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 17 April 2019
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Climb every mountain: Canada's newest Network of Centres of Excellence to be hosted at the University of Alberta

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 16 April 2019
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Sound advice: Study finds bias against medical advice delivered with an accent

  • Katie Willis
  • 15 April 2019
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What the first ever photo of a black hole means for science

  • News Staff
  • 11 April 2019
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Recent Arctic temperatures warmest in more than 10,000 years

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 10 April 2019
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Aging gracefully: Study identifies factors for healthy memory at any age

  • Katie Willis
  • 9 April 2019
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Gene responsible for toxic metal accumulation in durum wheat identified

  • Katie Willis
  • 8 April 2019
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"Celebration of Life" for Dr. George E. Ball

  • News Staff
  • 5 April 2019
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$1-million catalyst grant sparks Alzheimer's research collaboration at the U of A

  • News Staff
  • 4 April 2019
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An intimate interconnection: Linking traditional Indigenous knowledge and earth science research

  • Katie Willis
  • 2 April 2019
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Charles Lucy receives J. Calvin Giddings Award for excellence in education

  • News Staff
  • 2 April 2019
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What can Twitter tell us about health?

  • Katie Willis
  • 1 April 2019
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UAlberta scientists first to pinpoint a cause of pigmentary glaucoma

  • 31 January 2019
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Paleontologists discover ancient hagfish fossil with evidence of slime glands

  • Katie Willis
  • 29 January 2019
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Artificial intelligence for mental health

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 28 January 2019
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14 U of A clean energy projects receive funding boost

  • News Staff
  • 23 January 2019
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New tool enables imaging of neural activity with near-infrared light

  • Katie Willis
  • 21 January 2019
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Four reasons to look to the skies in 2019

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 18 January 2019
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Individual lichens can have up to three fungi, study shows

  • Katie Willis
  • 17 January 2019
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To leave or not to leave: Understanding indigenous experiences of evacuation in Canada

  • Katie Willis
  • 17 January 2019
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The bright future of purpose-built biochar

  • Katie Willis
  • 16 January 2019
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Tiny silicon nanoparticles cement new era for ultra-high capacity batteries

  • Katie Willis
  • 14 January 2019
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Introducing the Margaret-Ann Armour Lecture Series

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 10 January 2019
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Syrian refugees face disparate experiences in private sponsorship programs

  • Katie Willis
  • 9 January 2019
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Snowshoe hares scavenge animal remains

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 8 January 2019
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Breaking ground on the (ultra-small) future of medical imaging

  • Katie Willis
  • 7 January 2019
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Making mountains: How the Southern and Central Rocky Mountains were formed

  • Katie Willis
  • 3 January 2019

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