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NSERC funds two projects focused on laser technology and water contamination

March 1, 2016 — 
Investment of $1.09 million will impact research concerned with Canada's manufacturing and fuel industries

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Diana Nicholson – 2016 Outstanding Young Alumni Award Recipient

Announcing the recipient of a 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award for Outstanding Young Alumni

February 29, 2016 — 
Diana Nicholson is unafraid to go where she’s needed most and work with people in crisis, including those surrounded by disease, disaster and armed conflict.

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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

U of M know-how launched into space

February 24, 2016 — 
Dr. Samar Safi-Harb is one of three Canadian astronomers whose research teams are part of an international science working group that launched a satellite into space last week.

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Team of Winnipeg Computer Scientists in the Running for Manning Award

February 18, 2016 — 
Winnipeg Team Develops Robotics Simulator, gets Nominated for Manning Award

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UofM’s “Team Canada” Wins International Robot Competition Award

February 12, 2016 — 
Team from UofM's Autonomous Agents lab competes in Korea and takes home the most prestigous award

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CBC: ASTRO-H X-ray telescope aims to solve black hole mysteries

February 10, 2016 — 
Using U of M scientists to get better pictures of the universe

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Honoured Alumni Pass Along Valuable Advice

February 2, 2016 — 
Faculty of Science 2016 Honoured Alumni Share Their Experiences at Panel Discussion

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A Cape ground squirrel grooming in Namibia // Photo: Jane Waterman

Happy squirrel appreciation day

January 20, 2016 — 
Yes, this is really a thing

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Graphic. Text reads: It's the solution to a problem

Here are five problems, yo, you solve them

December 9, 2015 — 
Submit your solutions after your team evolves them

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Gizmodo, Fortune, Time: Scientists Have Turned Gum Into a Carbon Nanotube-Loaded Sensor

December 4, 2015 — 
'It sounds like it could be something that Q hands to Bond'

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