Research Leadership Institute participants now research partners

Sept. 13, 2024

Leslie Hawthorne Klingler, Research Development Services, RII

RLI colleagues focus on stroke

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.