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Adding polling stations won’t reduce apathy: students, CRO
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This year’s UMSU election will be in full swing after nominations for candidates close Feb. 18. Now for the next step: where to vote?
Chief Returning Officer (CRO) Jason van Rooy has finalized this...
Local Egyptians demand change
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Local Egyptians showed their support for protestors demanding democracy in Egypt at demonstrations held at the University of Manitoba and on the steps of the Manitoba legislature last week.
U of M students Halim...
Life: all tangled up
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How is it that birds, those tiny feathery creatures, were precisely navigating the globe while hominids had not yet managed to efficiently communicate directional information?
Why is it that bees, seemingly mindless hive animals,...
Tiny medical advances
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It’s no exaggeration to say that semiconductors have revolutionized every facet of life in industrialized nations. One of the latest results of the silicon transformation is the emergence of “Lab on a Chip” (LOC)...
Will you pass the cancer sniff test?
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Cancer is a devastating disease that will most likely touch your family in one way or another. It is also somewhat preventable according to the World Health Organization (WHO), who say that one third...
Science briefs
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New semiconductor
It may not be graphene that revolutionizes transistors after all, according to an article in the Nature Nanotechnology journal, reports physorg.com. Molybdenite, a mineral occurring frequently in nature and currently used in steel...
Stay sharp
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As the body ages, cells are gradually replaced less and less frequently, and organs, such as the brain, actually begin to shrink. But did you know that some kinds of exercise might prevent this?...
