2016 Science News

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2016 Year in Review with Science

  • Katie Willis
  • 21 December 2016
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Democratizing the space race with nanosatellite technology

  • Katie Willis
  • 19 December 2016
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Dean Jonathan Schaeffer appointed for second term

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 16 December 2016
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Bringing life on Mars closer to reality

  • Katie Willis
  • 9 December 2016
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Stemming the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease

  • 8 December 2016
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Award-winning dinosaur expert channels childhood passion

  • News Staff
  • 8 December 2016
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Life preserved in amber

  • News staff
  • 8 December 2016
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Moving Canada's centre of gravity farther north

  • Katie Willis
  • 8 December 2016
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Rewriting Canada's glacial past

  • News staff
  • 7 December 2016
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The time and place for your attention

  • Katie Willis
  • 5 December 2016
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December Instructor of the Month Vincent Bouchard

  • News staff
  • 1 December 2016
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First annual Canadian Mountain Festival taking place in Edmonton

  • Katie Willis
  • 1 December 2016
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Why did the elk cross the road?

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 29 September 2016
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Forbidden fruit a fatal temptation for grizzly bears in Southeastern British Columbia

  • Kristy Condon
  • 27 September 2016
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Chemistry grad advocates for sustainable fashion

  • 23 September 2016
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Revealing Earth's early secrets

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 19 September 2016
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Making friction count

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 14 September 2016
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Chair comes full circle from student days

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 13 September 2016
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Team MoEDAL gets first results

  • 13 September 2016
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Polar bears not finding adequate food on land to prevent weight loss

  • News staff
  • 12 September 2016
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Sorry, Chomsky: English spelling is hardly "close to optimal"

  • Kristy Condon
  • 23 August 2016
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Study shows circadian rhythm does a lot more than keep time

  • Kristy Condon
  • 18 August 2016
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Scientists urge governments to decrease phosphorus inputs to reduce algal blooms in lakes

  • News Staff
  • 16 August 2016
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Small but mighty: Alberta's first satellite starts its journey toward final launch

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 12 August 2016
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Solving the mystery of mammoth extinction on St. Paul Island

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 1 August 2016
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Perfecting the art and science of urban planning

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 27 July 2016
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Eliminating the uncompetitive edge

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 26 July 2016
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Graduate student meets Pope Francis in summer course at Vatican Observatory

  • Cosette Gilmour
  • 21 July 2016
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Murusraptor barrosaensis likely a megaraptorid "Giant Thief"

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 20 July 2016
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Meet our 2016 Science Camp Leaders

  • News Staff
  • 18 July 2016
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Margaret-Ann Armour receives honorary degree from University of Edinburgh

  • News Staff
  • 12 July 2016
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Meet the professor: Bei Jiang

  • News Staff
  • 25 April 2016
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Meet the professor: Vladimir Michaelis

  • Kristy Condon
  • 21 April 2016
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Sink or swim: polar bears swimming more as sea ice retreats

  • Kristy Condon
  • 18 April 2016
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Unlocking early ocean evolution

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 18 April 2016
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Diamonds are forever

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 14 April 2016
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Deceptive feathered dinosaur finally gets a name

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 14 April 2016
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Full-frontal physics

  • Ross Lockwood
  • 11 April 2016
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Statisticians step up to aid neurological health research

  • Kristy Condon
  • 1 April 2016
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Fuelling the search for a more environmentally friendly search for fuel

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 30 March 2016
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Meet Suzanne MacDonald: animal behaviorist, psychology professor, and University of Alberta alumna

  • News Staff
  • 29 March 2016
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Starting the conversation

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 2 March 2016
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International graduate school unites students across disciplines, cultures

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 27 January 2016
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UAlberta Deep Minds master the game of Go

  • Kristy Condon
  • 27 January 2016
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University of Alberta scientists calculate dinosaurs' need for speed

  • News Staff
  • 27 January 2016
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A global classroom to address a global challenge

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 22 January 2016
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The measure of a ram

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 20 January 2016
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Charting the growth of one of the world's oldest babies

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 13 January 2016
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Arguments for the Anthropocene

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 7 January 2016
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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a plesiosaur!

  • Jennifer Pascoe
  • 4 January 2016

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