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Former U of M Botany Student Wins Innovate Manitoba’s 2016 Venture Challenge

June 29, 2016 — 
Businesswoman combines botany degree and marketing studies to create sucessful business

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Ahmad Byagowi grinning with the satellite

Will a tiny satellite answer life’s big questions? Huge U of M project hopes so

June 10, 2016 — 
'The university is loaded with beautiful projects, but this is very special to us. There has never been anything like this before'

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Black Hole Weather Report Calls for Clouds and Cold Intergalactic ‘Rain’

June 10, 2016 — 
Theoretical prediction is confirmed by new observations of clumps of cold gas feeding a black hole

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Deep in the heart of the Abell 2597 Brightest Cluster Galaxy, astronomers see a small cluster of giant gas clouds raining in on the central black hole. They were revealed by the billion light-year-long shadows they cast toward Earth. These ALMA data present the first observational evidence for predicted "chaotic, cold" accretion on a supermassive black hole. Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; Dana Berry / SkyWorks; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

Black hole weather report calls for clouds and cold intergalactic ‘rain’

June 8, 2016 — 
U of M faculty are part of an international team of astronomers that witnessed a never-before-seen cosmic weather event

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EMERGING: Meet Dennis Drewnik

June 2, 2016 — 
At 17, incoming U of M student secures top prize at international science fair

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Meeting with the stars

May 26, 2016 — 
The annual meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) will be held in Winnipeg from May 30 to June 2

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Better Testing for Pulmonary Disease Using Microfluidic Chips

May 25, 2016 — 
Scientists from the U of M have patented a all-on-chip solution for testing for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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National Geographic: Arctic Foxes ‘Grow’ Their Own Gardens

May 24, 2016 — 
Greater plant diversity gives herbivores a spot to forage during short summers

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Visiting high schoolers learn professors are polite, science is cool, and an open mind leads to discovery

May 17, 2016 — 
Q&A with two students who came to campus for the Verna J. Kirkness Science and Engineering Education Program

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Science Rendezvous promotional photographs at the University of Manitoba

A date with science

May 2, 2016 — 
Science Rendezvous explores wonders with the community on May 7

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