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science bases
features
1 Science in the News
7 Leading in energy
Bio-physics student wins Rhodes scholarship to study solar energy, two Sloans are better than one for science power couple, swimming dinosaurs, an international award for finding a greener way to make everything from drugs to shampoo and caffeine to fight cancer.
4 Upcoming Events
in the Faculty of Science
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innovation, tapping the natural heat of the Earth’s core
8 The man with the
answers: Peter Tertzakian, geophysicist and energy futurist on what’s ahead for Alberta
9 The secrets held in
rocks: checking in with PhD grad, Lynn Dafoe of the Geological Survey of Canada
10 A new kind of
scientific literacy
14 Getting the scoop on geo fingerprinting
for science students— citizenship and change agency
14 An ear to the ground to reduce impacts from fracking
11 EAS at 100
—scientific leadership to build a resourceful province
15 Mike Ranger’s eye-opening geo-art: data visualization for hunting for oil and gas
12 EAS looking ahead
to the forefront of research and innovation
17 Taking another look
at tailings ponds, ducks, and cannons
13 The real social
science: how citizen
19 Feelin’ the heat —U of A grad harnesses the
science is changing the research game
sun with new polymer
20 Translating
continental drift
into Alberta energy with Alex MacNeil of Osum Energy
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cover story
21 Dr. Kickstarter: Michael Serpe on how the crowd can push environmental research into application
The Science of Leadership
23 Brian Krausert and
CEO of ConocoPhillips Ken Lueers reflects on lessons learned in geology—persistence and following your passion.
the maverick story of the first Alberta-owned drilling company, Beaver Drilling
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