How video games help teach Arctic climate science

PhD candidate Lisa Matthew excites students with parallels between her research methods and video games

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

How video games help teach Arctic climate science

March 12, 2020 —
More than 150 middle-and-high school learners met with climate researchers on March 5 for Arctic Science Day. Students learned how new knowledge is developed from working in harsh Arctic conditions, and how the learning process can be a lot like playing video games.

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Nobel Prize in Physics: James Peebles, master of the universe, shares award

October 9, 2019 —
In the Nobel press conference, Peebles was keen to highlight that he didn’t work alone. But to say that he has been largely responsible for shaping our understanding of the universe is a cosmic understatement.

Physics, The Conversation

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Kenneth G. Standing (left) with Werner Ens.

Alumni

Remembering Ken Standing, emeritus physics professor

April 1, 2019 —
Nationally recognized Winnipegger developed technologies for life-saving discoveries

Alumni, Faculty and Staff, faculty of science, Physics

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School of Art

Finding connections: Artist Rebecca Kamen bridges the gap between science and art

September 17, 2018 —
Rebecca Kamen, Artist in Residence in the Computational Neuroscience Initiative and Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania visits the University of Manitoba, September 24-28, 2018

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A partial view of the apparatus used at Jefferson Lab to measure the weak charge of the proton. The electron beam travelled down a vacuum pipe from left to right. Electrons scattered from the liquid hydrogen target were selected by a contoured shielding system and deflected radially outwards by an 8-fold symmetric magnetic spectrometer in the center of the figure; they were detected by an array of quartz Cerenkov bars forming the black octagonal structure at the far right. The Canadian group designed and constructed the magnetic field coils with support from NSERC and TRIUMF. U of M students and scientists played a key role in building and operating the electron detector array, which was surrounded by a heavy concrete shielding structure (not shown) during data taking.

Faculty of Science

The weak side of the proton

May 9, 2018 —
An international team, including several university of Manitoba researchers, have gained new insight into the most elusive of the four fundamental forces in nature

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