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(L-R) Chemistry professor Jennifer van Wijngaarden and MP Terry Duguid look over a magnetic resonance chamber in a chemistry lab on Aug. 22, 2016.

$8 million in funding to support research at U of M

August 22, 2016 — 
'The upgrades to our lab space are critical to the optimal function of these 21st century instruments'

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Free Press, Metro, et al.: Gov’t will pour $9M into Churchill scientific facility

August 11, 2016 — 
Supported by government, the University of Manitoba is taking the lead in understanding how ice and oil mix.

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CIHR and Research Manitoba Funding for U of M Microbiology Labs

July 29, 2016 — 
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Research Manitoba Award Funding to Three Labs in the Faculty of Science

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U of M prepares for kickoff at RoboCup 2016

Robotic soccer team wins big at RoboCup

July 11, 2016 — 
Students just finished competing at RoboCup, the world's largest and most prestigious competition for intelligent soccer robots, with more than 3,500 participants from across the globe

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Introducing the Manitoba Institute for Materials

July 7, 2016 — 
Manitoba Institute for Materials grand opening July 8

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A rendering of the Astronomical Observation Satellites X-ray Astronomy Satellite "Hitomi" (ASTRO-H) // Image courtesy of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency Akihiro Ikeshita

Opening new windows into our universe

July 7, 2016 — 
'Looking at this amazing science data is truly bittersweet.'

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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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