Science Articles
Winnipeg Student Heading to Ottawa for BioGENEius Challenge
A Grade 11 student from Balmoral Hall School is headed to Ottawa to compete in the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC), awarding biotech science prizes to the country's brightest minds. Sixteen-year-old Ella Thomson genetically modified a common soil...
Inner-City Youth to ‘Talk Science’ at U of W
Inner-city youth will be engaged in science and environment issues on Friday as the University of Manitoba launches its Let's Talk Science program. The award-winning program provides hands-on activities to improve the understanding of physical and life science,...
Winnipeg Hosting Prestigious International Science Fair
By Brian Schultz Students from across the world will descend on Winnipeg today for the eighth annual International Student Science Fair (ISSF 2012). The week-long science fair, running until Friday, May 4, attracts the best and brightest minds to compete. The theme...
U of M Scientist Trying to Clone Extinct Mammoth
A University of Manitoba scientist is involved with the task of cloning a mammoth as part of a Discovery Channel and BBC television show. Kevin Campbell, along with other scientists, are studying the remains of a butchered mammoth that occurred about 10,000 years ago....
Venus, Jupiter Align to Dazzle in Night Sky
PHOTOS: Students Compete in Annual ‘Robot Games’
Students from across the province battled their machine creations over the weekend in the 17th annual Manitoba Robot Games. The event at Tec Voc High School was the culmination of months of hard work, where youth went head-to-head for ultimate robot supremacy. The...
Students Put Homemade Robots to the Test on Saturday
Months of hard work to design and build robots will be shown off on Saturday during the 17th annual Manitoba Robot Games. Youth from across Manitoba will compete at Tech Voc High School to test out their robotic creations. Robots, some of which are named "Circuit...
Manitoba Teacher Chosen for NASA-Led Project
An elementary school teacher from Woodlands, Manitoba is one of a special group who recently returned from visiting the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Maria Nickel of Woodlands Elementary School, or "Commander Nickel" as her students say, was invited to...
U of M Researchers Develop Multi-User Table Top Software
By Brian Schultz Computer scientists at the University of Manitoba have developed multi-user table top computer software that will one day be used in the classroom. Called "See You, See Me," the tablets enable computers to distinguish between user touches with...
Elm Creek Meteorite Going on Display at Manitoba Museum
The biggest meteorite ever found in Manitoba will go display at the Manitoba Museum on Wednesday. The 8.3 kilogram space rock, which is approximately 4.5 billion-years-old and the size of a football, will be displayed in the Science Gallery’s Space Rocks exhibit....
Students Reach New Heights with Balloon Launch
Students from Shaftesbury High School who launched a high-altitude balloon have surpassed their initial goal of how high the device would actually fly. The students launched the SHARP-2 balloon in Riding Mountain National Park on October 28 and had hoped it would...
