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Degree programs in Geophysics are equipping students to answer some of the most pressing questions of our time.

Ian Mann inducted into the Royal Society of Canada

September 09, 2020

Space weather research expert Ian Mann in the Department of was one of five University of Alberta researchers inducted into the Royal Society of Canada this year, joining the country’s oldest and most prestigious scholarly institute.
A quantum breakthrough: Transforming information from microwaves to optical light

July 22, 2020

New tool has the potential to translate data from quantum computers to quantum communications channels.
A magnetic mystery: UAlberta physicists explain decades-old puzzle of Earth’s magnetic field

June 30, 2020

Study illustrates why changes to Earth’s magnetic field are weaker in the Pacific.
New funding allows ALS researcher to expand search for treatment

June 24, 2020

UAlberta postdoctoral fellow Abhishek Narayan awarded prestigious Banting Fellowship for research on ALS.
New funding supports research on prion diseases

June 23, 2020

By building a better understanding of prion diseases, researchers hope to develop more effective drug treatments.
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