University of Manitoba — Eigenmotion

I’m a prairie kid who loves research. I have a Master’s in economics with a focus on public programs, labour and education. Long before that, I did my undergrad in physics & English with a math minor.

Besides my resume, you’ll find this page full of sewing projects, the odd published poem, and stories about Canadian science.

A note about the blog title: in math and physics, the prefix eigen means one's own. It comes from the german, but mostly I always liked thinking about a particle's eigenvalues, and thought I might apply the same thought to my excursions.

All tagged University of Manitoba

Dec 13

Dec 13 Fighting food waste

Victoria Martinez

Canadian Light Source, Science

Oct 5

Oct 5 Nanoscale rust: The future of magnets?

Victoria Martinez

Canadian Light Source, Science

Mar 8

Mar 8 Bubbles in noodle dough

Victoria Martinez

Canadian Light Source, Science

There are bubbles in noodle dough. These are the first researchers to look at them.

Oct 19

Oct 19 Aimee Bell: Finding unknown interstellar molecules

Victoria Martinez

Canadian Light Source, Science

May 10

May 10 Quick cooking chickpeas use microwaves - but not how you'd expect

Victoria Martinez

Canadian Light Source, Science

Researchers from the University of Manitoba have developed a simple technique to speed up the time it takes to prepare chickpeas and lentils by exposing them to microwaves before cooking.