UAF Researchers Probe Origin of Lunar Water
Scientists at the UAF Geophysical Institute suggest atmosphere leaking from the Earth might have frozen as water on the Moon.
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Alaska Science Forum: Alaska’s Water Crop Is a Natural Resource
Clear as gin, brown as iced tea, or tinted aquamarine by glacial dust, Alaska’s freshwater supply is so abundant the numbers are hard to comprehend.
Ideas Power UAF Arctic Innovation Competition
More than two dozen selections split $40,000 in cash prizes at the 13th annual UAF Arctic Innovation Competition.
Alaska Science Forum: Happenings North of the Arctic Circle
Checking in with an active Arctic community: musk oxen, lynx, and trees are on the move.
Pickles from Space: Extending Alaska’s Food Independence
Efforts to expand Alaskans’ diet beyond 95 percent imported foods are drawing from the fields of medicine, mental health, and even outer space.
Radar Work Earns NASA Honor for UAF Leader
NASA gave one of its highest national honors to UAF’s Nettie La Belle-Hamer for her work in synthetic aperture radar.
Alaska Science Forum: Shipping Brings More Noise, Trash to Bering Strait
Scientists are finding waters of the Bering Strait are becoming much noisier due to more industrial ship traffic. Alaska residents of the region have noticed more garbage floating ashore recently.
First Season for UAF Esports Team
The University of Alaska Fairbanks entered the world of intercollegiate esports competition this semester, fielding four teams that compete in video games (or, as they prefer to call them, electronic sports) across the country.
UAF, Kotzebue Electric Overhaul Energy Monitoring System
Kotzebue’s electric utility will install advanced electricity meters next year with help from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The new platform will allow researchers and utility managers to better understand the community’s electric use.
Study: Microbe Can Eat Pollution in North Pole
A UAF research team found a microbe in North Pole groundwater that eats sulfolane, an industrial solvent, but the organism by itself probably can’t remedy the area’s contamination.