With a new $3.3-million research grant, Western is solidifying its role as a global, interdisciplinary powerhouse in understanding how to store nuclear fuel waste as safely as possible. The investment – $2 million from the National Sciences and Engine …
Earth Sciences
Trio tapped for planetary prize
Western Geology/Planetary Science graduate students Tanya Harrison, Cassandra Marion and Annemarie Pickersgill have been named among 15 international winners of the sixth Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Career Development Award.
Future of oil
By 2052, the second century of the modern oil age will be drawing to a close.
Researchers exploring Martian ‘oddities’
By investigating extremely detailed images of Mars, Western researchers have discovered further evidence linking subsurface volatiles, such as water or ice, to previously recognized (but thought to be rare) pits on the Martian surface.
Western, NASA partner on exploration
The Canadian Astrobiology Network (CAN), centered at Western, has been elevated to affiliate status within the NASA Astrobiology Network.
Grant helps reply to ‘messengers from space’
Western’s effort to keep an eye on the sky just got a little help from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
New CRC looks back 15,000 years
By looking at remains left by plants, animals and people over the past 15,000 years, a new Canada Research Chair (CRC) at Western University hopes to find a key that opens the time capsule of climatic change in North America.
Western names Award of Excellence winners
Western University defines excellence in many ways, but with one award – the Western Award of Excellence. This year’s seven top staff members will be honoured at a special ceremony on Feb. 16.
Western launches new space program
Some students are chastised for having their heads in space. A new training program led by The University of Western Ontario will ensure they are rewarded for it – for thinking about space in new ways, that is.
Trio tapped for planetary prize
Western Geology/Planetary Science graduate students Tanya Harrison, Cassandra Marion and Annemarie Pickersgill have been named among 15 international winners of the sixth Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Career Development Award.
Future of oil
By 2052, the second century of the modern oil age will be drawing to a close.
Researchers exploring Martian ‘oddities’
By investigating extremely detailed images of Mars, Western researchers have discovered further evidence linking subsurface volatiles, such as water or ice, to previously recognized (but thought to be rare) pits on the Martian surface.
Western, NASA partner on exploration
The Canadian Astrobiology Network (CAN), centered at Western, has been elevated to affiliate status within the NASA Astrobiology Network.
Grant helps reply to ‘messengers from space’
Western’s effort to keep an eye on the sky just got a little help from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
New CRC looks back 15,000 years
By looking at remains left by plants, animals and people over the past 15,000 years, a new Canada Research Chair (CRC) at Western University hopes to find a key that opens the time capsule of climatic change in North America.
Western names Award of Excellence winners
Western University defines excellence in many ways, but with one award – the Western Award of Excellence. This year’s seven top staff members will be honoured at a special ceremony on Feb. 16.
Western launches new space program
Some students are chastised for having their heads in space. A new training program led by The University of Western Ontario will ensure they are rewarded for it – for thinking about space in new ways, that is.