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Experts on World Water Day

March 20, 2025 -

Glaciers are critical for human life—a source of drinking water, irrigation for our food, clean energy production and healthy ecosystems. This year, the United Nations is putting the spotlight on the importance of glacier preservation for World Water Day.

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Celebrating women and girls in science

February 6, 2025 -

Feb. 11 is the 10th anniversary of the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science. From exciting and impactful research discoveries to community and global partnerships, the University of Victoria (UVic) community continues to demonstrate its commitments to advancing breakthroughs by women and girls in science.

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Microglia: when good cells go dark

February 5, 2025 -

Marie-Ève Tremblay, her research team and partners at the City University of New York (CUNY) reported some first-in-world findings recently. While the others did the biological and biochemical procedures, the UVic professor and Canada Research Chair and her crew of Mohammadparsa Khakpour, Colby Sandberg, Fernando González Ibáñez and Olivia Braniff performed the electron microscopy experiments. Together, they were seeking the agents — secret until now — that cause the devastating damage of Alzheimer’s disease.

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