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Blood products were transported by truck, plane and snowmobile from Ottawa, through Quebec City to Resolute and Eureka, Nunavut, to assess whether appropriate cold-chain conditions could be maintained throughout the journey. (Photo: Canadian Armed Forces)
Research, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology

Saving lives on a frozen front line

Researcher teams up with Canadian Armed Forces to find out what it will take to get blood to a battlefield in the High Arctic.

  • November 10, 2026
  • By Gillian Rutherford
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BTS performing during their Speak Yourself tour in 2019. The popular Korean boy band has withdrawn their music from consideration in the 2027 Grammy Awards, in protest of a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Society and Culture

Why new Grammy categories are hitting a sour note

A musicologist breaks down the pushback from artists.

  • November 12, 2026
  • By Bev Betkowski
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Kids tend to spend more time getting healthy playtime outdoors when their parents feel a strong sense of community in the neighbourhood, new research shows. (Photo: Getty Images)
Health And Wellness, Research, Society and Culture

It takes a neighbourhood to keep kids active

Children spend more time playing outdoors when their parents feel a strong sense of community involvement, research shows.

  • November 09, 2026
  • By Bev Betkowski
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PhD student Adrien Lam is working with a Vancouver-based biotech company and U of A researchers to make donor hearts universally compatible for transplant. (Photo: PlanIt Sound)
Business, Health And Wellness, Science and Technology, Research

Engineering the universal heart

Inspired by a Nobel laureate, Adrien Lam is on a mission to eliminate organ rejection.

  • November 05, 2026
  • By Michael Brown

Folio Spotlight

Sociologist’s audio documentary highlights the fight of everyday Canadians against apartheid

Oral histories and interviews with activists show how a movement was built from the ground up.
09 November 2026 By Geoff McMaster

Serving up food literacy to kids

Family routines and everyday experiences are part of the recipe, study shows.
03 November 2026 By Bev Betkowski

Particle physicists help explore the ‘dark side’ at world’s biggest dark matter detector

U of A experts are playing a crucial role in building the massive detector that will shed light on one of the deepest mysteries of the universe.
29 October 2026 By Geoff McMaster
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