Research & Technology

The theme of “cloning” is common within the science-fiction and horror film genres — often tagged with apocalyptic views in mainstream media and pop culture. Filmmakers like Jordan Peele have familiarized their audiences with...

Scientists across the globe are taking massive steps in the long-standing quest to cure cancer by optimizing treatment regimes, developing new classes of cancer medication and expanding our understanding of the disease.  Among those contributing...

Humans and wildlife are inextricably linked. Our activities directly influence the natural community around us.   Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic — which prompted nationwide lockdowns — as we altered our behaviour, so did...

Approximately one in eight cisgender women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their life.  In 2020 alone, over 2 million were diagnosed with breast cancer and 685,000 died from the disease....

With Canadian crops becoming more valuable and serving an expanding market, Canada has become one of the world’s largest pea producers, with production estimated at 4.6 million tonnes in 2020 alone.  In 2021, French company...

Biodiversity — the variation of life on earth at all its levels — is fundamental to a healthy ecosystem and continued life on our planet.   However, climate change has posed a threat to biodiversity, leading...

Research Manitoba’s New Investigator Operating Grant Competition — which funds the supplies and equipment needed for new investigators in Manitoba to establish independent research programs — has recently announced its 2022 recipients. Among them...