Tiny medical advances
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…
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Will you pass the cancer sniff test?
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…
Science briefs
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…
Stay sharp
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…
The God Particle
Remember when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was going to mark the end of the world? Doomsayers claimed it would be so powerful that it…
Senate highlights
A Senate meeting was held on Nov. 3 in the Senate Chambers. The University of Manitoba Graduates Report was handed out to the Senate. There…
UMSU Notes
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) met on Feb. 3, 2010. U of M president David Barnard and Debbie McCallum, vice-president (administration), made a…
International News Briefs
Frat house shooting ends with one dead, 11 injured A shooting at a Youngstown State University fraternity ended with one student dead and 11 injured,…
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Man survives three days alone in Manitoba wilderness A Manitoba woodcutter survived three days after being hit by a falling tree, just north of Winnipeg,…
Campus mental health services see increase in demand
While more university students are coming into campus health centres with greater mental health challenges than in the past, it may not necessarily be a…