Research & Technology

Research & Technology

Program integrates arts and humanities into health care

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Elah Ajene
 Traditional science entails the isolation and thorough understanding of specific phenomena, often emphasizing the removal of external influences to focus solely on the subject of study. This approach, while effective for scientific inquiry, poses...
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Fighting food insecurity

By
Rhea Bhalla
Canada is currently facing severe levels of food insecurity. In 2022, 18.4 per cent of Canadians across the provinces (and 19.6 per cent of Manitobans) lived in a food-insecure household, a number that increased since...
Teegan Gillich
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A digital love affair

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Elah Ajene
In emerging technologies, discussions surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) often touch on its potential applications in intimate and sexual contexts. For some, it may simply be a matter of seeking casual connections. In any case,...
Teegan Gillich
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Friends to lovers, romantic bonds founded on friendship

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Rhea Bhalla
 About two-thirds of people in a romantic relationship were friends with their significant other before initiating a romantic partnership. Among those under the age of 29, this number is even higher, at 84 per...
Teegan Gillich
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The future of meat

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Rhea Bhalla
 Argenis Rodas-González, a former farm-owner, fled Venezuela with his family amid threats of kidnapping and ransom. As a professor, researcher and ranch consultant with a degree in veterinary medicine, he immigrated to the United...
Teegan Gillich
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Advancing equity in cancer care

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Elah Ajene
 Last month, U of M assistant professor in the college of nursing Tara Horrill was among the winners of the Canadian Cancer Society’s 2023 Emerging Scholar Research Grants competition, receiving funding for her research...
Bahareh Rashidi
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Tackling compostable plastic recycling challenges

By
Elah Ajene
U of M interdisciplinary undergraduate student group Prairie iGEM is aiming to solve recycling practices and problems with polylactic acid (PLA) plastic in Manitoba through their project, PLAnet Zero. As a student-led group, Prairie iGEM...

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