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Business, Science and Technology, Research

Research project explores new way to boost canola production

Latest technology will test how well different breeds convert the power of the sun, offering hope of better yields for farmers.

  • July 23, 2021
  • By Bev Betkowski
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Society and Culture, Science and Technology

Professors promote science as a tool for Indigenous governance

By leading an internship and creating a new online course, Kim TallBear and Jessica Kolopenuk are addressing increasing demands for Indigenous governance in STEM.

  • July 22, 2021
  • By Kate Black
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Business, Research, Science and Technology

Coal mining waste material more than 90 per cent effective at removing heavy metal

Nano humus works like a sponge that attaches to and holds cadmium, a common byproduct of mining, U of A research shows.

  • July 21, 2021
  • By Bev Betkowski
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Society and Culture, Science and Technology

Digital tech experts work to bring internet to rural and remote communities

Coalition they helped create will advocate, share ideas and shape policy aimed at improving access to broadband.

  • July 20, 2021
  • By Bev Betkowski

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Research Highlights

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Energy channelled by space weather favours the north, new study shows

U of A physicists discover surprising new findings about how our planet’s magnetic field controls space weather as it shields us from solar wind.
11 January 2021 By Folio Staff
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U of A researchers discover one of our cellular building blocks acts as a gel, not liquid as previously believed

Landmark discovery of the physical state of complex DNA and protein “packages”—called chromatin—in a cell’s nucleus could lead to better understanding of diseases such as cancer.
12 January 2021 By Ryan O’Byrne
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Target of new cancer treatment valid for breast as well as blood cancers: study

Results reinforce rationale for clinical trials expected to begin in May.
20 January 2021 By Gillian Rutherford

U of A In The News

Impact & Initiatives

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Pilot program aims to give high schoolers a head start on becoming entrepreneurs

U of A business professor teams up with Edmonton school to teach students what it takes to turn ideas into successful ventures.
19 May 2021 By Michael Brown
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Canadian-led project saves lives in Somalia through innovative solar-powered oxygen system

U of A researchers team with Grand Challenges Canada and World Health Organization to bring a health-care necessity to a Somalian conflict zone.
20 May 2021 By Ross Neitz, with files from WHO Somalia
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U of A’s innovative wheat-breeding program gets $2M funding boost

Five-year agreement with Canadian Wheat Research Coalition will support development of new varieties of earlier-maturing, higher-yielding wheat for Western Canadian growers.
03 May 2021 By Bev Betkowski

Statements & Advisories

May 12 - Notice from the Alberta Labour Relations Board

12 May 2021

Institutional Statement About China Relations

04 May 2021 By Walter Dixon

The University of Alberta Strongly Condemns Assault of Student at LRT Station

Statement from President Bill Flanagan regarding assault of a student at Edmonton LRT station.
26 April 2021 By Bill Flanagan

The University of Alberta Strongly Condemns Assault of Student at LRT Station

Statement from President Bill Flanagan regarding assault of a student at Edmonton LRT station.
26 April 2021 By Bill Flanagan

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