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Fighting pathogens with liposomes

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Jeremiah Yarmie
Researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland have developed new compounds to aid in the treatment of bacterial infections. These compounds act to accumulate and neutralize specific toxin proteins formed by pathogenic bacteria. Certain...
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Ure(k)a!

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Jeremiah Yarmie
Vitalism is the doctrine that processes of living organisms are governed by unique principles due to a “vital essence” that is separate and distinct from the laws of physics and chemistry. In the 19th...
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U of M goes to HuroCup

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Chantelle Dubois
Computer science and computer engineering students from the University of Manitoba have recently returned from HuroCup, an international robotics competition held in Beijing, China. The four-day event, which took place between Nov. 6 and 10,...
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Winnipeg’s tech startup scene

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Chantelle Dubois
Global Entrepreneurship Week is a worldwide event created to celebrate innovation around the world. One hundred and twenty-five countries participated, hosting over 33,000 activities globally, focusing on inspiring and recognizing the world’s entrepreneurs and...
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Selinger, former ministers cause a ruckus in the caucus

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Philma Scheepers
Manitoba's New Democratic Party (NDP) caucus underwent several major alterations this month, including a change in the minister of education and advanced learning, predicated by the resignation of five senior ministers from cabinet. On...
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Budget cuts proposed, University of Manitoba prepares

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Ethan Cabel
The Manitoban broke this story last Friday Nov. 14 and will continue to update over the course of development. The University of Manitoba administration has instructed faculties and other non-academic units to prepare for four per...
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A mission 20 years in the making

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Chantelle Dubois
On Nov. 12, 2014 the European Space Agency (ESA) accomplished a very important first: they landed a probe on a comet. While it is common knowledge that the mission has been one of the...