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Project aims to make water treatment greener, more efficient

Reading Time: 4 minutes U of A computing scientists working with Edmonton company to find out if applying AI to water treatment is a financial, environmental win-win

Sugar molecules in lungs linked with risk of death from influenza

Reading Time: 4 minutes New research by leading glycomics expert points to new drug targets that could help reduce death rates and prevent future flu pandemics

3D printed protective wear “shields” front-line health workers

A group at the U of A is teaming up with Alberta Health Services to 3-D print up to 2,000 reusable face shields for health-care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: 3D Printing for Edmonton)

Reading Time: 3 minutes From Viking Ear Savers to face shields and goggles, the U of A’s David King has been busy helping protect people during the pandemic

Wearable tech helps people manage multiple sclerosis

Sensor small enough to wear behind the ear but powerful enough to reduce costly hospital visits

Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A researchers, precision-health company develop sensor small enough to wear behind the ear but powerful enough to reduce hospital visits

Salt-coated masks can kill COVID-19

U of A engineering researcher Hyo-Jick Choi (left) and his lab team will focus on manufacturing prototype salt-coated masks and respirators, or a salt-coated filter that is easy to produce and reusable. (Photo: Michael Brown)

Reading Time: 3 minutes Research on oral vaccines yields discovery that led to a new kind of protective mask capable of killing viruses and bacteria

Sound engineer for Prince to talk about brilliant partnership

Reading Time: 4 minutes Now a professor of music psychology, Susan Rogers will also discuss music and psychology in two virtual presentations for the U of A’s music department

COVID-19 creating new paradigm for developing vaccines

Michael Houghton works in his lab at the U of A. Since coming to the university in 2010, Houghton has been developing a vaccine against hepatitis C, the virus he co-discovered in 1989. (Photo: Jeff Allen)

Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s showing us how fast we can develop them when the will is there

New drug to treat muscular dystrophy based on U of A research

The U.S. FDA has approved a drug called viltolarsen to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The drug was developed based on research by U of A medical geneticist Toshifumi Yokota. (Photo: Supplied)

Reading Time: 3 minutes Created using synthetic DNA, viltolarsen is an excellent example of precision medicine

Paleontologists identify new species of mosasaur

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ancient lizard’s long, crocodile-like snout suggests it carved out a niche in a competitive marine ecosystem

Diamonds found in Far North offer clues to Earth’s early history

Reading Time: 5 minutes Though the diamonds found are quite small the geologic implications are immense

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