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Supplied U of A genetics competition team to fight infection in bee populations
A team of students from the University of Alberta is preparing to compete in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM)…
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U of A students and staff behind the scenes in Royal Alberta Museum’s grand reopening
In preparation for the Royal Alberta Museum’s reopening on October 3, volunteers like University of Alberta student Wendy Dennis have…
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Cross-faculty collaboration leads to development of new antiviral compound
Professor Frederick West from the University of Alberta’s chemistry department thinks it’s a “happy coincidence” that brought him and professor…
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Bacterial “sunscreen” may explain Earth’s oxygenation, according to new U of A research
UV protection offered by iron-silica particles in ancient seawater may have helped early bacteria oxygenate Earth’s atmosphere over two billion…
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U of A student attends Nobel laureate conference
The next best thing to being awarded a Nobel prize as a young scientist is attending a Nobel laureate conference.…
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U of A project aims to take a new look at Indigenous women’s stories
A new University of Alberta project is searching to find the true meaning of resilience for Indigenous women and youth.…
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U of A researchers working on regulating anxiety in the brain
Researchers in the University of Alberta’s pharmacology department have found another method to decrease anxiety in rats, potentially leading to…
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Grade 11 students present summer research projects at the U of A
Thirty-seven Grade 11 students from across Alberta convened for the Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology (WISEST)’s “Celebration of…
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100-million-year-old snake trapped in amber reveals new information on snake evolution
Three years ago, a pair of researchers bought a piece of amber in a Myanmar market without realizing the small…
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U of A neuroscientists discover brain circuit behind intelligence in parrots
Neuroscientists at the U of A have discovered what makes parrots so clever, and it turns out to be a…
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