Eight things you need to know about the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine
Experts share their knowledge, hopes and fears about the chances of finding a way to inoculate the world against the deadly virus…
Dungeons & Dragons may help at-risk kids level up social skills
U of A researchers look at community program to find out why playing the popular role-playing game seems to foster social growth…
Study reveals insights into how we change as we age
Landmark 35-year research project yields surprising findings about happiness, relationships, generational differences and more…
Pollinators in peril and need our help
Pollinators are responsible for about one out of every three bites of food people eat. Without them, we would starve…
COVID-19 may spread more than two metres through air
But recent evidence presents no cause for panic, says U of A infectious disease specialist…
The building of the Atomic Bomb Part 4
Until his death in 1970, Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves never had a single regret about the lives that were lost as a result of the Manhattan Project…
New test for heart failure could help COVID-19 patients
U of A researchers say COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease are linked thanks to ACE2 enzyme and may respond to same treatments…
The building of the Atomic Bomb Part 3
The majority of people who worked on the Manhattan Project were only told what they needed to know to do their jobs…
The building of the Atomic Bomb Part 2
The beginnings of the Manhattan Project can be traced to research into uranium-238 conducted at the University of California, Berkeley…
The building of the Atomic Bomb Part 1
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves orchestrated, planned and summoned the most brilliant minds of the time to work on the nuclear device that ended the Second World War…