Researchers at the University of Manitoba will receive new funding for grants and scholarships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) over the next five years.
The money will support research in a variety of areas, including magnetism at the nanoscale, learning and memory, and geothermal energy.
The awards total $9,500,100 and were […]

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Once upon a time energy was so cheap economists could afford to ignore it. But times have changed and Andrew Nikiforuk, this year’s 29th Annual Ward Lecturer, will dedicate his lecture to this topic.
On January 31, St. John’s College will host Andrew Nikiforuk who will present his lecture “Energy and the Economist’s Delusions”.
For more than […]

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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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Researchers at the University of Manitoba have received $1.2 million, over three years, to develop components that could be used to create a clean, “green,” renewable fuel-generating system.
Michael Freund and Torsten Hegmann, chemistry, and Douglas Thomson, electrical and computer engineering, are part of an international collaboration with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) working to […]

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New York Times article, Energy Thinkers Ponder the Future, prominently features University of Manitoba Vaclav Smil.

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