Research and International News Archive

March 27, 2025 — 
Drinking water is under threat. Rivers and lakes, essential for sustaining life, have become increasingly contaminated by a cocktail of thousands of chemicals from pharmaceuticals, pesticides, cosmetics and many other sources.

March 20, 2025 — 
Dr. Hooman Derakhshani, Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, is exploring the natural gut microbiome, aiming to create the next generation of probiotics for livestock.

March 18, 2025 — 
Virtual reality is a rapidly developing technology. As the technology expands, becoming more portable and affordable, the potential uses have expanded as well.

March 17, 2025 — 
As written in The Conversation by Nicole Rosen, Canada Research Chairs in Langage Interactions, University of Manitoba.  United States President Donald Trump has recently been commenting on accents while meeting foreign leaders and taking questions from foreign journalists. 

March 14, 2025 — 
The pioneering work of Dr. Nazanin Vafaei in low-temperature canola oil extraction has been recognized with the prestigious Mitacs Outstanding Innovation Award.

March 13, 2025 — 
Recently, the federal government announced support for four new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and three renewals at UM.

March 10, 2025 — 
In Canada, ongoing advocacy efforts from disabled communities have resulted in an evolution of education over time.

March 6, 2025 — 
Groundbreaking research from PrairieGen is redefining how chronic and genetic diseases such as cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and pediatric disorders are detected and treated.

March 3, 2025 — 
Groundbreaking study warns of rapid and dramatic changes in the Arctic accelerating global temperatures with potentially irreversible consequences by the end of the century.

March 3, 2025 — 
Seven faculty and alumni have recently been appointed to the  Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (CEC) board, an important arms-length provincial  agency under the Environment Act.