Science for Alaska lecture series: Detecting space-debris bullets

February 02, 2023

The UAF Geophysical Institute presents the 31st annual Science for Alaska lecture series and events.
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Science for Alaska: First Friday kick-off at the Pub

February 02, 2023

For over 30 years, the Geophysical Institute has hosted the Science for Alaska talk series as one of its largest public outreach efforts. The series brings information about current research to Alaskans from scientists with expertise across the state.
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Magnetic declination and finding the moon

January 31, 2023

Magnetic north, the default setting on many phone compasses, is often many degrees off from true north, depending on where you are on the planet.
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Alaska blackfish in a world of its own

January 26, 2023

North of the village of Hughes, in frigid, sluggish water, dim blue light penetrates two feet of lake ice. The ice has a quarter-size hole, maintained by a stream of methane bubbles. Every few minutes, a brutish little fish swims up, turns to sip air, and peels back to the dank.
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Anderson named director of UAF Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension

January 26, 2023

Jodie Anderson has been named director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension.
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Study offers new insight on what ancient noses smelled

January 26, 2023

It sounds a little like Stone Age standup: A Denisovan and a human walk past a bees' nest heavy with honeycomb. What happens next?
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Research explains strength of earthquake shaking in Nenana Basin

January 25, 2023

New insight in Nenana Basin
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Wade Albright selected as director of Alaska Satellite Facility

January 24, 2023

New director for Alaska Satellite Facility
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Past, Present and Future of Alaska Native Music

January 24, 2023

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Department of Music's Circumpolar Music Series continues this semester with a presentation by guest scholar, Maria Shaa Tláa Williams.
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Food preservation classes scheduled for Kodiak

January 20, 2023

University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension agent Sarah Lewis will offer in-person food preservation classes in Kodiak this February.
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31st annual Science for Alaska talks and outreach events announced

January 20, 2023

Annual lecture series has a new twist
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Gray, Wool honored with UAF alumni awards

January 19, 2023

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alumni Association has named its 2023 award recipients.
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Free radon test kits, workshops offered during National Radon Action Month

January 18, 2023

January is National Radon Action Month. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Center is working with the State of Alaska to provide workshops and free short-term radon test kits to Alaskans.
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Kelp farms could help reduce coastal marine pollution

January 18, 2023

The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study.
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Alaska's small glaciers on the way out

January 17, 2023

Glaciers worldwide are withering. Half of them will disappear by the end of this century, and much of the lost ice will vanish from mountains in Alaska, scientists say.
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New report series aims to help Alaska's Arctic decision-making

January 17, 2023

The University of Alaska has released the first in a series of informational reports designed to aid state leaders as Alaska confronts a rapidly changing Arctic and the increasingly globalized North.
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Diabetes prevention program training course offered in Anchorage

January 13, 2023

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will lead a lifestyle coach training course for individuals or organizations interested in offering a face-to-face group diabetes prevention program.
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