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Thousands of Canadian women may have died needlessly of breast cancer because of the fallout from two flawed studies on breast screening, according to a group of prominent researchers.In a commentary published today in the Journal of…

Imagine children with severe mobility issues being able to move their wheelchairs with their minds. That’s the idea behind a new brain-computer interface being developed by researchers at the University of Alberta and University of…

A music professor and his interdisciplinary research team are aiming to reduce stress in intensive care patients with soothing soundscapes.The “smart” sound system, based on machine learning, would read physiological feedback such as…

Inuk author Norma Dunning loves to court the absurd.In one of her short stories, called “Eskimo Heaven,” a Inuit ancestral spirit visits a priest from the North.“The spirit says, ‘Come with me, we're gonna take a walk on the wild side,’”…

In 2015, University of Alberta cancer researcher Jack Tuszynski learned that his patent application for a promising chemotherapy treatment for people suffering from metastatic bladder cancer had been rejected by the U.S. Patent…

A music professor and his interdisciplinary research team are aiming to reduce stress in intensive care patients with soothing soundscapes.The “smart” sound system, based on machine learning, would read physiological feedback such as…

On November 18, over 40 universities and colleges from across Canada – including the University of Alberta – officially signed the Scarborough Charter, a document outlining a national plan of action to fight structural racism.The U of A…

Filling in the links of the evolutionary chain with a fossil record of a ‘‘snake with four legs” connecting lizards and early snakes would be a dream come true for paleontologists. But a specimen formerly thought to fit the bill is not…

Liam Buchart has always been a team player.He didn’t let academic pursuits get in the way of playing Junior B hockey in the Capital Junior Hockey League while stickhandling through his first three years in the Faculty of Science at the…

Roohi Dodd knows that having the right person to talk to at the right time can make all the difference, which is why she is devoting her career to providing support for those affected by violence.Set to graduate this week with her BScN…