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All content by Lyra Fontaine
The task force assessing the impact of the medical marijuana law at their first meeting at the State Office Building on Thursday.

Task force weighs medical marijuana law

by Lyra Fontaine
Published August 6, 2014
Members of a tour group take photos while observing the world-class NOvA far detector Thursday afternoon in Ash River, Minn. The 14,000-ton detector is one of the world's largest free-standing plastic structures.

University celebrates completion of world-class NOvA detector

by Lyra Fontaine
Published July 30, 2014
College of Veterinary Medicine assistant professor Nicholas Phelps explains the aquaponic farm which is in a greenhouse in St. Paul on Friday. Phelps is also one of the project's researchers.

University combats food supply issues with MnDRIVE

by Lyra Fontaine
Published July 30, 2014

UMD receives almost $9 million for Antarctica research

by Lyra Fontaine
Published July 27, 2014
The new TargetExpress in Dinkytown on the corner of Fourteenth Avenue and Sixth Street is set to open on July 27.

First Target mini-store set to open doors Wednesday

by Lyra Fontaine
Published July 23, 2014

Private water wells soaking up fertilizers, University research says

by Lyra Fontaine
Published July 23, 2014

Minnesota Power resolves dispute with EPA

by Lyra Fontaine
Published July 21, 2014
Team members of the University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project raise the shell of the completed solar car on the St. Paul campus on Tuesday, to reveal its interior for bystanders. The UMNSVP will race its solar car in an international race starting next Monday.

Solar car charged up for cross-country race

by Lyra Fontaine
Published July 16, 2014
Adjunct professor Akhouri Sinha views a picture of human cells at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Monday. Sinha volunteers five days a week doing research on prostate cancer at the VA Medical Center.

At 81, professor still pioneers research

by Lyra Fontaine
Published July 16, 2014

UMN students, staff and faculty could get free Green Line rides on campus

by Lyra Fontaine
Published July 13, 2014
Bee Squad team member Chris Kulhanek carries a frame from a hive at the rooftop apiary at Urban Ventures in south Minneapolis on Monday afternoon. Recent state allocations will partially fund the construction of a new University Bee Lab on the St. Paul campus.

U gets funding boost for bee research

by Lyra Fontaine
Published July 9, 2014
Member of Cornercopia Student Organic Farm Gerry Presley sells different types of mushrooms at a farmers market on St. Paul campus, Wednesday. Cornercopia's produce is gown nearby at an urban farm.

U project could use farming to turn down urban heat

by Lyra Fontaine
Published July 2, 2014
Researcher and neuroscience professor David Redish poses with one of his test subjects in front of a lego maze that is part of current behavioral studies with rats, at his lab in the molecular biology building on Thursday.

U rat regret research will expand to humans

by Lyra Fontaine
Published June 25, 2014

Smaller Minneapolis police department conducting fewer stops

by Lyra Fontaine
Published June 24, 2014

CSE adds environmental engineering major

by Lyra Fontaine
Published June 18, 2014
Researcher Rita Jha prepares a kidney sample extract to test for cytoplasmic and nucleoid tissue as part of Dr. Kalpna Gupta's research. Part of Dr. Gupta's research involves testing the analgesic properties of cannabinoids found in marijuana, specifically for the treatment of pain in patients with sickle cell anemia.

Medical marijuana could treat pain caused by sickle cell disease

by Lyra Fontaine
Published June 11, 2014

Tech experts call for heightened cybersecurity

by Lyra Fontaine
Published June 4, 2014

Minneapolis parks ranked first in nation

by Lyra Fontaine
Published June 2, 2014
Minnesota Aquatic Invasive species associate director Rebecca Nash walks in the Engineering and Fisheries laboratory on the University's St. Paul campus on Tuesday. The Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Center received funding to renovate the lab on May 17 through the state bonding bill.

Aquatic invasive species center gets new director

by Lyra Fontaine
Published May 28, 2014

Minnesota is the first state to ban triclosan

by Lyra Fontaine
Published May 22, 2014
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