A future without aging complications or disease
Imagine a future with no consequences from aging, no disease, and no unnecessary suffering from the side effects of medical treatments. Now imagine all of…
Elizabeth Drewnik
Milk as new eco-friendly flame retardant
When thinking of the next new product that could be used as a flame retardant, milk is probably not at the top of the list….
Careers in Space
On March 12, the University of Manitoba held the event “Careers in Space,” for which a panel of individuals involved in the space science community…
One step closer in the fight against chronic pain
New research sheds light on chronic pain, a major concern in public health. About 20 per cent of the worldwide population is affected by acute…
Women in science at the U of M
This week is International Women’s Week, and to observe the occasion, let’s take a look at women in the sciences at the University of Manitoba….
Women in the sciences: Hall of fame
Women have been contributing to the sciences for a great number of years. Here is a brief list of only a small fraction of the…
U of M gains seat in NSERC
Digvir Jayas, the University of Manitoba’s vice president (research and international) has recently been appointed to the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada…
Video games to help battle dyslexia
Playing video games is not only for the fangirls and fanboys (although that new Deadpool game sure looks great). They can also be used to…
A pHantastic discovery
A novel approach to stem cell research, published in the journal Nature, has been implemented by Japanese researcher Haruko Obokata of the RIKEN Center for Developmental…
U of M engineering student wins first place at Sunnybrook Prize competition
University of Manitoba engineering student Cameron MacGregor is the winner of the third annual Sunnybrook Prize competition for internship research in biomedical engineering, held at…