Constant vigilance
California ground squirrels have a difficult job of avoiding becoming snake food. Rather than running away, many prey animals will display a physical signal to…
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Making protein without nucleic acid
Genetic information being transferred from DNA to RNA to protein – this is the central dogma of molecular biology. In the standard flow of information…
Notes from Gnaraloo
January 5, 2015 We’re officially midway through sea turtle nesting season and are currently recording up to 15 activities per day here at Gnaraloo Bay…
Preventing chronic wasting disease in deer
Prions are normal body proteins found in the brain of many animals, including humans. It is believed that prion proteins play a role in brain…
Notes from Gnaraloo
December 2, 2014 It’s been nearly six weeks since my arrival in Western Australia (WA) and I can’t seem to decide if time is flying…
2015: A space odyssey
The year 2014 saw many exciting space missions come to fruition; the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission saw its first rover land on a…
UMSU withholding $640,000 in CFS student fees
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union is refusing to hand over roughly $640,000 in student fees owed to the Canadian Federation of Students. The fees…
Top 25 Manitoba Employers distinction awards University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba has been named one of Manitoba’s Top 25 Employers for the third year in a row, prompting mixed reactions from unions…
University Centre food court reopens
After undergoing extensive renovations for the first half of the academic year, Campo, the new campus food court in University Centre at the University of…
Goodbye “Gritty Grotto”
The new Active Living Centre at the University of Manitoba—a 100,000-sq.-ft., $45 million facility—will be open to all U of M students next month, accompanied…