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Western researchers to probe greenhouse gases at city landfill

Western researchers to probe greenhouse gases at city landfill

The Western Institute for Earth and Space Exploration is leading a new project to measure methane released by London’s dump, with a multi-disciplinary team of researchers helping to track the potent greenhouse gas. The team will use drones, satellites …

Idea aims for available, affordable meds

Idea aims for available, affordable meds

The solution to a widespread shortage of certain antibiotics, painkillers and anesthetics is to declare national pharmacopoeia an issue of national security, says the editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Surgery.

‘Escape box’ teaches teamwork

‘Escape box’ teaches teamwork

An ‘escape box’, developed by Nicole Campbell and John Kelly at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, helps students work together to solve its puzzles within puzzles.

Tool helps schools assess value of naloxone kits

Tool helps schools assess value of naloxone kits

Researchers at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and the Ivey Business School have designed a tool to help school boards decide if naloxone programs are the best use of resources.

Neuroscience grants promote teamwork

Neuroscience grants promote teamwork

Seven teams of researchers have been awarded funding for transformational research projects in neuroscience, through the first round of the McGill-Western BrainsCAN collaboration grants.

Brain, body linked to cardiovascular health

Brain, body linked to cardiovascular health

The slow, precise demands of research can be frustrating - but there are times the work becomes personal, and then it takes on a greater urgency. Nárlon C. Boa Sorte Silva, is researching the benefits of exercise for older adults with high blood pressure or...

Fighting to win the war against epilepsy

Fighting to win the war against epilepsy

You can’t describe Sophie Cowin without more than a mention of the epilepsy that relentlessly threatens her life. But you also can’t define the 17-year-old solely by her seizures.

Muslim ban still resonates with academics

Muslim ban still resonates with academics

Matthew Leavitt was in San Diego, Calif., attending the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience – the world’s largest organization for researchers studying the brain – when he realized the palpable, negative effects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

Idea aims for available, affordable meds

Idea aims for available, affordable meds

The solution to a widespread shortage of certain antibiotics, painkillers and anesthetics is to declare national pharmacopoeia an issue of national security, says the editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Surgery.

‘Escape box’ teaches teamwork

‘Escape box’ teaches teamwork

An ‘escape box’, developed by Nicole Campbell and John Kelly at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, helps students work together to solve its puzzles within puzzles.

Tool helps schools assess value of naloxone kits

Tool helps schools assess value of naloxone kits

Researchers at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and the Ivey Business School have designed a tool to help school boards decide if naloxone programs are the best use of resources.

Neuroscience grants promote teamwork

Neuroscience grants promote teamwork

Seven teams of researchers have been awarded funding for transformational research projects in neuroscience, through the first round of the McGill-Western BrainsCAN collaboration grants.

Brain, body linked to cardiovascular health

Brain, body linked to cardiovascular health

The slow, precise demands of research can be frustrating - but there are times the work becomes personal, and then it takes on a greater urgency. Nárlon C. Boa Sorte Silva, is researching the benefits of exercise for older adults with high blood pressure or...

Fighting to win the war against epilepsy

Fighting to win the war against epilepsy

You can’t describe Sophie Cowin without more than a mention of the epilepsy that relentlessly threatens her life. But you also can’t define the 17-year-old solely by her seizures.

Muslim ban still resonates with academics

Muslim ban still resonates with academics

Matthew Leavitt was in San Diego, Calif., attending the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience – the world’s largest organization for researchers studying the brain – when he realized the palpable, negative effects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban.