Inside a nondescript black cube no bigger than two shoeboxes, there is sophisticated technology that can analyze the composition of street drugs in under fifteen minutes. The aim is to allow those who use drugs at safe consumption sites to understand what …
Western researchers will be at the forefront of preventing, detecting and combating family violence and child abuse as part of a 10-year, $100-million investment by the federal government. PreVAiL – Preventing Violence Across the Lifespan Research Network – will serve...
Western’s Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children has been named among 20 global organizations chosen as finalists for the fourth annual Avon Communications Awards, which recognize outstanding communications campaigns that are...
The beating of a bird’s wings may soon be all the power Western Biology professor Chris Guglielmo needs to generate limitless data on his feathered friends.
Don’t blame Stefanie Kuhn for sweating the small stuff. “I’m artsy and I love detail. I notice all the little details – all of them,” said Kuhn, a visiting graduate research scholar in the Faculty of Health Sciences. “In architecture, you get to be a bit of a...
The makeover is just beginning for Western Libraries. When Catherine Steeves took up the post of vice provost and chief librarian last fall, she knew a strategic-planning process was on the horizon. “My vision is to position Western Libraries as a catalyst for success...
A new Western-led study may lead to more guided treatment for young cerebral palsy patients, potentially increasing effectiveness in treatment and reducing frustration for thousands of sufferers.
Up to 80 per cent of sexually active people will get an HPV (human papillomavirus) infection during their lifetime. And the prevalence peak of HPV infection occurs in the 18-24 age group – that is, university-aged individuals. However, according to one Western...
Western Science students Mohammed Asmail and Thasan Kandasamy were named among a select group of North American research poster winners at the 2015 PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloquium in Toronto. Asmail won first prize in the Masters Category for his poster, Host...
Results of an international study exploring the effectiveness of a revolutionary stroke treatment may lead to a new lease on life for millions of sufferers previously facing disability or even death, Western researchers say.
Canada’s future scientists and engineers will benefit from a pair of PromoScience grants awarded to two Western researchers, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced Wednesday. Civil and Environmental Engineering professor...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-eKQMK0YwM Western researchers, in association with Canadian documentary filmmaker Su Rynard, are sounding the alarm about the mass depletion of songbirds in the Americas in a new film, debuting on CBC this week. SongbirdSOS debuts at...
Medical Biophysics professor Michael Kovacs, part of a cross-Canada collaboration with five other scientists, is addressing the scarcity of Tc-99m, which is currently used to diagnose cancer and heart disease.
Western researchers will be at the forefront of preventing, detecting and combating family violence and child abuse as part of a 10-year, $100-million investment by the federal government. PreVAiL – Preventing Violence Across the Lifespan Research Network – will serve...
Western’s Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children has been named among 20 global organizations chosen as finalists for the fourth annual Avon Communications Awards, which recognize outstanding communications campaigns that are...
The beating of a bird’s wings may soon be all the power Western Biology professor Chris Guglielmo needs to generate limitless data on his feathered friends.
Don’t blame Stefanie Kuhn for sweating the small stuff. “I’m artsy and I love detail. I notice all the little details – all of them,” said Kuhn, a visiting graduate research scholar in the Faculty of Health Sciences. “In architecture, you get to be a bit of a...
The makeover is just beginning for Western Libraries. When Catherine Steeves took up the post of vice provost and chief librarian last fall, she knew a strategic-planning process was on the horizon. “My vision is to position Western Libraries as a catalyst for success...
A new Western-led study may lead to more guided treatment for young cerebral palsy patients, potentially increasing effectiveness in treatment and reducing frustration for thousands of sufferers.
Up to 80 per cent of sexually active people will get an HPV (human papillomavirus) infection during their lifetime. And the prevalence peak of HPV infection occurs in the 18-24 age group – that is, university-aged individuals. However, according to one Western...
Western Science students Mohammed Asmail and Thasan Kandasamy were named among a select group of North American research poster winners at the 2015 PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloquium in Toronto. Asmail won first prize in the Masters Category for his poster, Host...
Results of an international study exploring the effectiveness of a revolutionary stroke treatment may lead to a new lease on life for millions of sufferers previously facing disability or even death, Western researchers say.
Canada’s future scientists and engineers will benefit from a pair of PromoScience grants awarded to two Western researchers, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced Wednesday. Civil and Environmental Engineering professor...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-eKQMK0YwM Western researchers, in association with Canadian documentary filmmaker Su Rynard, are sounding the alarm about the mass depletion of songbirds in the Americas in a new film, debuting on CBC this week. SongbirdSOS debuts at...
Medical Biophysics professor Michael Kovacs, part of a cross-Canada collaboration with five other scientists, is addressing the scarcity of Tc-99m, which is currently used to diagnose cancer and heart disease.