The visual similarity between auks and Antarctic penguins can be seen in this photo. Auks, such as the thick-billed murre shown here, has the highest wing-loading of any bird and consequently flight costs are exceptionally high, explaining why Antarctic penguins have evolved flightlessness. Photo credit: Kyle Elliott
Recently, University of Manitoba biologists studying auks – a […]

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Baking the perfect loaf of bread is both a science and an art, so researchers are using Canada’s only synchrotron to look at the way bubbles form in bread dough to understand what makes the perfect loaf and how gluten-free products might better resemble traditional bread. 
Researchers from the University of Manitoba alongside scientists at the […]

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University of Manitoba alumnus Erna Buffie won Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series for the documentary “Smarty Plants: Uncovering the Secret World of Plant Behaviour” at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards.
Erna graduated in 1982 with a Master of Arts majoring in History from the University of Manitoba.
Produced by Merit Jensen Carr and directed by Buffie, “Smarty Plants: […]

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D’après une nouvelle étude, l’administration d’hydroxyéthylamidon, un expanseur du volume sanguin à base de maïs couramment utilisé pour réanimer des patients gravement malades et ayant une basse pression artérielle, s’avère plus dommageable que bénéfique.
Une équipe de recherche dirigée par le Dr Ryan Zarychanski du George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI) de l’Université […]

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A new study shows the use of corn-based hydroxyethyl starches (HES), the most common blood volume expanders used to resuscitate critically ill patients with low blood pressure, may be doing more harm than good.
A team of researchers led by Dr. Ryan Zarychanski at the George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI) at the […]

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One of the world’s outstanding medical researchers in the field of breathing and lung function is coming back to his alma mater to talk about his work.
Born in Winnipeg and a graduate of the University of Manitoba, Dr. James Hogg’s brilliant career and uniquely-blended background in pathology, pulmonary physiology and molecular biology has leveraged over […]

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The work of a team of University of Manitoba researchers will be featured this week on a new episode of The Nature of Things with David Suzuki.
ZAPPED: The Buzz About Mosquitoes is the story of our ongoing struggle to conquer a little insect that is both delicate and deadly. As the program reveals, this beautiful […]

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