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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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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On Saturday, May 12, 2012, the public is invited to explore the world of science at Science Rendezvous 2012.
From 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, there will be free hands-on activities and demonstrations in the Engineering and Information Technology Complex (EITC), 75 Chancellors Circle, Fort Garry Campus.
The many Science Rendezvous activities will include:
-          Slimy surprises (making […]

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Join Jan Oleszkiewicz, a world-renowned expert in environmental engineering, to hear about how his groundbreaking research has changed the way wastewater treatment plants are designed around the globe, including here in Winnipeg.
Technologies Oleszkiewicz has developed could potentially save industry and municipalities tens of millions of dollars. He will be speaking Thursday evening about how his […]

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On Thursday, there will be a world premiere screening of Drive For Free-The Alternative Fuel Revolution, a film by Noah Erenberg and Bruce Little in association with MTS Winnipeg On Demand.
The Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences are pleased to host the premiere screening of this made-in-Manitoba documentary film. The […]

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The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced today it has awarded $2,197,648 to eight University of Manitoba researchers from the Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF). The projects range from advancing knowledge about Arctic climate change to the control and prevention of infectious diseases to improving cereal crop yields.
“Canadians from coast to coast to coast can be […]

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An international team of genetic researchers, including a professor from the University of Manitoba and Manitoba Institute of Child Health, has discovered fifty new genes for intellectual disabilities. Their findings, which could lead to future diagnosis and treatment options, will appear in the October 6th edition of the journal Nature.
Intellectual disability is very complex as […]

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