University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public university established in 1908 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The student body is approximately 36,000 comprised of full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The university offers 110 master's degrees and 60+ doctoral degrees in 300 research areas. The Research Institute is noted for its work on solar energy, cultural diversity factors, nanotechnology and a host of innovative cross/discipline discoveries.
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University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
T6G 2H1
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"University of Alberta" in the news:
Are female mountain goats sexually conflicted over size of mate?
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Mountain goats are no exception to the general rule among mammals that larger males sire more and healthier offspring. But University of Alberta researcher David Coltman has found a genetic quirk that might make female mountain ...
Canadians finding it tough to shake the salt habit
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Canadians know that too much salt isn't good for their diets, but half still continue to shake it on, according to a new study by University of Alberta researchers.
Researcher wants to tip the scales for northern lizard
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Armed with eyelash glue, a walking stick and a faithful horse, University of Alberta researcher Krista Fink is hoping to help Canada's most northern lizard get off the species-at-risk list.
Alberta's hidden valleys offer both resources and danger
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Alberta is crisscrossed with hidden glacial valleys that hold both resource treasures and potential danger. University of Alberta researcher Doug Schmitt discovered a 300 metre deep, valley hidden beneath the surface of the ...
Carbon Atmosphere Discovered on Neutron Star
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year ...
Exercise is good medicine for lymphoma patients
Oct 27, 2009 |
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A healthy dose of exercise is good medicine, even for lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy, University of Alberta researchers have found.
Angina in the legs? Time to alert patients and physicians
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Edmonton researchers recommend that people over age 40 be screened for peripheral artery disease (PAD), which puts people at high risk for serious medical complications including heart disease, stroke, and possible lower ...
Melanoma treatment options one step closer
Oct 20, 2009 |
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A targeted chemotherapy for the treatment of skin cancer is one step closer, after a team of University of Alberta researchers successfully synthesized a natural substance that shows exceptional potential to specifically ...
Arctic lake sediments show warming, unique ecological changes in recent decades
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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An analysis of sediment cores indicates that biological and chemical changes occurring at a remote Arctic lake are unprecedented over the past 200,000 years and likely are the result of human-caused climate ...
Research discovers underground pockets of water, natural gas
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Look out below! That's the warning a University of Alberta geophysics researcher has for hydrocarbon and water drillers after discovering uncharted land forms beneath the surface of the province. Deep valleys, ...
Places to play, but 'stranger danger' fears keep inner-city kids home
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Kids and teens in inner-city neighbourhoods have parks and places in which to play and be physically active, but their perceptions of "stranger danger" keep many of them away.
A misplaced dinosaur tooth may have been cannibalism
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You don't have to be a paleontologist to suppose that way back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth chances were good meat eaters would dined on one of their own. Short of a time-machine trip back ...
Places to play, but 'stranger danger' fears keep inner-city kids home: Study
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Fear of dangerous strangers in inner-city neighbourhoods is keeping kids and teens from using playgrounds and parks to be physically active.
Sold-out products influence consumer choice
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2009 |
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An empty store shelf tempts shoppers to buy the next best thing, according to a new study from the University of Alberta.
Ein, Zwei, Molson Dry? Researcher says hand gesturing to count in foreign countries can be tricky
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2009 |
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If you are planning to do some Oktoberfesting in Germany, you may want to pay attention to how you order your beverages. The server is not giving you a three-for-the-price-of-two beer special; you're holding up the wrong ...
