Research & Technology
Machine learning gene analysis the future of medicine
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Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is being rapidly integrated more and more into different sectors, and health care is no exception.
Pingzhao Hu, an assistant professor in the department of biochemistry and medical genetics at the...
3D printing a breath of fresh air for medical research
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Bioengineering as we know it today has been around for less than a hundred years, but exponential advances in technology have placed the field on the cutting edge of science.
At the U of M,...
Report links fetal exposure to diabetes with heart disease
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A new report from the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba has found that fetal exposure to diabetes may be linked to heart disease in teens and young adults.
The report, published Sept. 28 in...
Deeper knowledge requires diversity in education
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Faculty of education associate professor Richard Hechter is currently working on three interrelated projects involving multicultural approaches to science education.
The first, funded by an internal U of M grant, focuses on whether cultural narratives...
Pandemic lifts restrictions on biodiversity research
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While the COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous global impact, humans aren’t the only ones who found their daily lives disrupted. Two University of Manitoba researchers from the faculty of environment, earth and resources’s...
Manitoba Rural Northern Juried Art Show goes online
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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Manitoba Rural Northern Juried Art Show (MRNJAS) has pivoted to an online format. The show, run by the Manitoba Arts Network (MAN), displays the work of...
Video games are the future of telerehabilitation
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The rehabilitation and physical therapy process is difficult for long-term patients. Appointments can number in the hundreds and the cost of care is often steep — not to mention the mental aspect of struggling...







