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Highlight reel: Snapshots of science

  • Katie Willis
  • 21 December 2018
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Health checkups for alpine lakes

  • Katie Willis
  • 20 December 2018
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Student-created probiotic for honeybees fights deadly fungus

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 20 December 2018
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Snowed in: Wolves stay put when it's snowing, study shows

  • Katie Willis
  • 19 December 2018
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Getting a glimpse inside the moon

  • Katie Willis
  • 18 December 2018
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When stars collide: Computer model sheds new light on cosmic event

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 18 December 2018
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In Memoriam: Gary Horlick (BSc Alberta 1965, FRSC)

  • Chuck Lucy
  • 18 December 2018
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Scientists unearth soil property that combats chronic wasting disease

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 17 December 2018
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Christmas comes early for UAlberta Computing Science

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 17 December 2018
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Biologists identify promising drug for ALS treatment

  • Katie Willis
  • 17 December 2018
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Icequakes: A New Year's Day mystery solved

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 13 December 2018
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High-efficiency discovery drives low-power computing

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 13 December 2018
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Scientists identify new minerals for carbon capture

  • Katie Willis
  • 12 December 2018
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How you move shows how you make up your mind

  • Katie Willis
  • 11 December 2018
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Sea sponges give insight into evolution of modern life

  • Katie Willis
  • 10 December 2018
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Resting easy: Oxygen promotes deep, restorative sleep, study shows

  • Katie Willis
  • 06 December 2018
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High school student discovers new way to extract diamonds from kimberlite

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 06 December 2018
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Scientists pave the way for saliva test for Alzheimer's disease

  • Katie Willis
  • 05 December 2018
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Record levels of mercury released by thawing permafrost in Canadian Arctic

  • Katie Willis
  • 04 December 2018
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Building smarter computers and maximizing human capacity

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 03 December 2018
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On our game: New professor returns to UAlberta to pursue world-class computing science research

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 30 November 2018
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Virtual personal trainer helps seniors get more exercise at home

  • News Staff
  • 29 November 2018
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Scientists with new companies, patents honoured at annual Innovation Awards

  • Katie Willis
  • 29 November 2018
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Wriggly, squiffy, lummox, and boobs: What makes some words funny?

  • Katie Willis
  • 27 November 2018
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Building brilliant computers, using the human brain

  • Katie Willis
  • 26 November 2018
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Waste not: Grace Anne Stewart Speaker Series presents Lesley Warren

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 23 November 2018
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Resource-based communities: not just all work and no play

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 22 November 2018
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Congratulations to the class of Fall 2018

  • Chris Fetterly
  • 20 November 2018
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Earth's cobalt deposits formed much later than previously believed

  • Katie Willis
  • 20 November 2018
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Fireball network to aid search for meteorites in Western Canada

  • Katie Willis
  • 19 November 2018
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Celebrating Yunjie Xu, 2018 Royal Society of Canada Fellow

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 16 November 2018
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Population of rare Stone's sheep 20% smaller than previously thought

  • Katie Willis
  • 15 November 2018
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Land annexation in Alberta: what you need to know

  • Katie Willis
  • 14 November 2018
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A quiet summer for blue-green algae in Albertan lakes

  • Katie Willis
  • 13 November 2018
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Astro 101: Your 5 biggest questions about black holes answered

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 09 November 2018
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Preventing app updates from draining your battery

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 07 November 2018
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"Celebrated, not just endured": How to build a successful winter city

  • Katie Willis
  • 07 November 2018
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Student-made Satellite: Farewell to Ex-Alta 1

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 06 November 2018
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Physicists create new, simpler-than-ever quantum "hard drive for light"

  • Katie Willis
  • 05 November 2018
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Bringing innovation to industry: Using AI for predicting disasters

  • Katie Willis
  • 05 November 2018
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Global forum focused on the future of the world's oceans

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 01 November 2018
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Bilingual vocabularies equal to monolinguals, study shows

  • Katie Willis
  • 31 October 2018
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Machine learning experts recognized for work on prostate cancer treatment

  • Katie Willis
  • 30 October 2018
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The model of motion: New assistant professor examines principles of random motion

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 29 October 2018
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Getting a charge out of sustainability

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 26 October 2018
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Southern African Field School blends science and safari

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 25 October 2018
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Using AI to protect the elderly

  • Katie Willis
  • 24 October 2018
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Anxious about learning a new language? Science says it's all in your head.

  • Katie Willis
  • 24 October 2018
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Getting the art of baking down to a science

  • Andrew Lyle
  • 24 October 2018
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No average bears: How human use of trails affects grizzlies

  • Katie Willis
  • 23 October 2018

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