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Blended-entry system will allow direct admission at U of M

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Joanna Graham
Faculties and schools that admit students after University 1 will now be able to accept applicants straight from high school at the University of Manitoba. Until now, the only faculties that did so were...
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Electric feel

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Martin Turczynowicz
When you think Star Wars, your mind will probably drift to space battles and quasi-religious hermits. However, when researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) reflected on the films, their thoughts apparently...
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Cyber warfare?

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Martin Turczynowicz
The term “computer virus” usually conjures up images of incompetent users, less-than-reputable websites and, at worst, lost data. However, the recent attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure by the Stuxnet virus may change the way...
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Private Universe

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Scott Young
n the recent film Clash of the Titans, ancient mythology is given the big screen treatment yet again. The movie, which features major special effects and beautifully-rendered computer-generated monster sequences, is actually a remake...
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Zoological Investigations

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Leanne Grieves
I'm tired. I'm getting sick and I have exams coming up and papers due and grant applications to write and I had to cook my own Thanksgiving dinner and I just want to curl...
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Living Lego

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Martin Turczynowicz
What if you could rearrange DNA like Lego, cutting and pasting useful bits and pieces or writing entirely new sequences? What if through this manipulation you could write biological “programs,” organisms that act according...
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Chemical cause of anxiety found

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Miguel Yetman
A recent animal study has shed some light on anxiety and how scientists are able to predict it through genetic trends. The May 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience highlighted a key factor on...

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