Today's local newspaper stories as they pertain to the University of Alberta. Updated every weekday.
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SUN TAN Canadian researchers develop new way to measure historical changes in UV radiation. UofA lake specialist, and Nature paper co-author, David Schindler, has shown that when organic material breaks down, the carbon in it acts as a kind of natural UV sunblock in the water. Front page Cam Cole 4. N.B. An Ontario-commissioned discussion paper proposing increased provincial powers drove a wedge between premiers at their conference in Jasper last year. Written by Thomas Courchene of Queen's University, it proposes stripping the federal government of virtually all authority to regulate in such areas as health and welfare even though Ottawa is still expected to help pay for them.