Science at the University of Alberta

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  1. Narrowing the search for life on Mars

    Is there life on Mars? A definitive answer to that age-old question might be a little closer thanks to a startling discovery about the Red Planet’s geology that was made with help from a University of Alberta researcher.

  2. Funding gives astronomy program space to grow

    The efforts of a University of Alberta astrophysicist to introduce school kids to the wonders of the solar system and beyond are getting a boost of $50,000 over three years from a national funding agency.

  3. Passion to learn builds bridge between two worlds

    With one hand clutching a microscope, the other guiding a pen on paper, Ron Wigglesworth has literally drawn the “interdisciplinary” into the artwork that now graces the walls of the Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies (CCIS).

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