As a linguistics graduate and former student journalist who now works in communications, I am well aware of the power of words. It seems that, despite literally working with words as a profession, many...

Across human languages, there are six possible ways for the subject, object and verb of a sentence to be ordered. The most common word order is subject-first, which accounts for the majority of known languages. It...

Electrical engineering is a field that can be applied in a variety of areas, such as sustainable technology and health sciences.   U of M professor of electrical and computer engineering Douglas Thomson researches the development...

Hemoglobin and myoglobin are two respiratory pigments — molecules that bind to oxygen, a respiratory gas — found in the human body. Hemoglobin, which exists in our blood, uptakes oxygen from the lungs and delivers...

Flooding in Manitoba can cause hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of damage.   In some cases, whole roads need to be rebuilt or repaired as a result of floods. The destruction of infrastructure also costs...

The University of Manitoba Faculty Association hosted a webinar on Feb. 28 to discuss the current and future COVID-19 situation and how to make campus safer. The webinar included presentations from two experts on...

There is a misconception among the general public that women do not have heart attacks.  In the media, heart attack patients are most often portrayed with classic heart attack symptoms such as chest pressure and...