On Saturday, May 7, 2011, the public is invited to explore the world of science at Science Rendezvous 2011. From 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, there will be free hands-on activities and demonstrations at locations:
University of Manitoba, Fort Garry campus: Engineering and Information Technology Complex (EITC), 75 Chancellors Circle
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Inner City Science Centre: Niji Mahkwa School, […]

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When television journalists broadcast live from war zones or inside hurricanes, many use satellite-phone systems with compact antennas to send live images and reports back to the news desk. This technology was developed by Lotfallah Shafai, Canada Research Chair in Applied Electromagnetics. His wave-breaking technologies have made Canada a world leader in the research and […]

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N. MURRAY EDWARDS TO RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARD FROM UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
On Tuesday, September 21, 2010, the Associates, a group of more than 250 prominent business leaders who support the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba will presented N. Murray Edwards, financier and energy developer, with the 2010 International Distinguished Entrepreneur Award […]

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As the world recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of man’s landing on the moon, the University of Manitoba is hosting a Manitoba Space Adventure Camp designed to make “space” accessible to all Manitoba students.”Forty years ago, space was reserved for the very few,” says Witold Kinsner of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of […]

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A team of researchers have found evidence that climate change on a global scale took place about 13,000 years ago, caused by a flood of biblical proportions.
Previous research had suggested that a massive outpouring of water from glacial Lake Agassiz in Canada may have travelled down the St. Lawrence eastward and out into the Atlantic […]

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A University of Manitoba researcher is one of an international team of geologists who have announced the discovery of what may be evidence of the oldest complex life formed on Earth. They found fossilized microorganisms that were deposited in ancient marine sediment about 3.2 billion years ago.
“These are the oldest large microfossils with significant implications […]

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A lack of atmospheric oxygen helps explain why some of the world’s largest mineral deposits came to rest where they did some 2.7 billion years ago, geological scientist Andrey Bekker and his colleagues report in the November 19th issue of the journal Science.

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