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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...

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?...

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 would create a black hole, which would grow and...

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 will be 774 graduates for the February 2011 graduation. There...

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 presentation on the plans for the new Active Living...

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, reported the Wall Street Journal. Two men, who were not...

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, reported the Canadian Press. The 51-year-old man was struck...