First-year student from Ukraine hopes to find purpose helping others

Sept. 11, 2024

Yuliia Vyskrebenets is among the 9,300 first-year students who started classes at the U of A this fall. She's working toward a career as an international attorney, with a goal of helping to solve global humanitarian issues.

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Newly discovered 'kiss and capture' mechanism explains the formation of Pluto and its largest moon

Billions of years ago, two icy worlds collided. Rather than destroying each other in a cosmic catastrophe, they spun together like a celestial snowman, finally separating but remaining forever linked in orbit. This is how Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, originated, a U of A study finds.

Beyond the 'Dragon Arc,' a treasure trove of unseen stars

Taking advantage of a cosmic "double lens," astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its light dates back to when the universe was only half its present age.

Brain study challenges long-held views about Parkinson's movement disorders

U of A researchers have uncovered new findings about involuntary muscle movements that come with the long-term administration of the Parkinson's drug levodopa.