Research & Technology

Research & Technology

Studying young minds

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Rhea Bhalla
 The U of M’s Young Minds Research Lab explores how an individual’s perception of the world changes as they age. Shaylene Nancekivell, director of the lab and assistant professor of psychology at the U of...
Teegan Gillich
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Exploring Ongomiizwin

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Rhea Bhalla
Ongomiizwin is an Anishinaabe word that means “clearing a path for generations to come.” It is also the name of the U of M’s Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing. Founded in 2017, Ongomiizwin...
Teegan Gillich
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U of M professor investigates soil health in British Columbia

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Elah Ajene
In Canada, British Columbia is the second largest producer of natural gas. However, the intersection of energy infrastructure and agricultural lands poses a unique set of challenges for its farmers. Francis Zvomuya is a...
Dallin Chicoine
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Rethinking healthcare in terms of technology

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Rhea Bhalla
Ranging from wheelchairs to speech recognition software, over 2.5 billion people globally need assistive technology. As the population ages and noncommunicable diseases become more prevalent, that number is expected to rise to 3.5 billion...
Teegan Gillich
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Crunching code and cracking jokes

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Elah Ajene
 Tristan Miller has always been interested in linguistics and languages. From a young age, this fascination was sparked by a thoughtful gift from his mother — one of Willard Espy’s books on wordplay. Delving into the...
Dallin Chicoine
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Toward new frontiers in cellular biology

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Elah Ajene
 Last month, Research Manitoba’s Innovation Proof-of-Concept (IPoC) Grant Program allocated close to $550,000 in funding over the span of two years to support five research initiatives at the University of Manitoba. Among the recipients...
Teegan Gillich
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The joys and challenges of marriage

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Rhea Bhalla
 The Thriving Center of Psychology found in a 2023 survey that 83 per cent of Generation Z and millennials would like to get married at some point in their lives. Yet with nearly half...
Michele Melendez

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