It is a common hack to stretch a balloon out to make it easier to inflate. When the balloon stretches, the width crosswise shrinks to the size of a string. Noah Stocek, a PhD student collaborating with Western physicist Giovanni Fanchini, has developed a n …
Faculty of Science
Western partnership drives push for international standard on flushable products
Students work with City of London to seek data, solutions for flushable wipes
‘Revealing images that seemed lost forever:’ Research revives 1800s photos
Synchrotron light helps study the past, prevent corrosion in future
The science of the solar eclipse
Professor Jan Cami on what to look for (and how to be safe) on April 8
Western celebrates 2024 Green Award recipients
From the classroom to the operating room, three campus community members recognized for their sustainability efforts
Western draws top number of Early Researcher Awards
10 faculty attract provincial funding for projects focused on health, homelessness and climate change
Western strengthens collaborations with Makerere University
New memorandum of understanding broadens existing relationships with Uganda’s largest and oldest institution of higher learning
Six new Canada Research Chairs named at Western
Research by new CRCs spans engineering, health sciences, music and science
Wildlife tracking project receives new Canada Foundation for Innovation funding
Motus on the Move one of five Western projects sharing in $14.7M
‘Zero chance’ infamous Apophis collides with another asteroid, redirects to Earth
Western astronomer calculates paths of all known asteroids to rule out planetary impact
Musical gallery weaves science and art in a symphony of tornadoes
Student composers create a world where tornadoes sing and science plays music
Metal ‘scar’ discovered on cannibal star: Study
Western researcher part of team that found a unique signature of a star ingesting surrounding planets and asteroids
Expert insight: Extreme environments coded into genomes of extremophiles
Genome of organisms living in extreme conditions reveal information about type of environment they thrive in
Western partnership drives push for international standard on flushable products
Students work with City of London to seek data, solutions for flushable wipes
‘Revealing images that seemed lost forever:’ Research revives 1800s photos
Synchrotron light helps study the past, prevent corrosion in future
The science of the solar eclipse
Professor Jan Cami on what to look for (and how to be safe) on April 8
Western celebrates 2024 Green Award recipients
From the classroom to the operating room, three campus community members recognized for their sustainability efforts
Western draws top number of Early Researcher Awards
10 faculty attract provincial funding for projects focused on health, homelessness and climate change
Western strengthens collaborations with Makerere University
New memorandum of understanding broadens existing relationships with Uganda’s largest and oldest institution of higher learning
Six new Canada Research Chairs named at Western
Research by new CRCs spans engineering, health sciences, music and science
Wildlife tracking project receives new Canada Foundation for Innovation funding
Motus on the Move one of five Western projects sharing in $14.7M
‘Zero chance’ infamous Apophis collides with another asteroid, redirects to Earth
Western astronomer calculates paths of all known asteroids to rule out planetary impact
Musical gallery weaves science and art in a symphony of tornadoes
Student composers create a world where tornadoes sing and science plays music
Metal ‘scar’ discovered on cannibal star: Study
Western researcher part of team that found a unique signature of a star ingesting surrounding planets and asteroids
Expert insight: Extreme environments coded into genomes of extremophiles
Genome of organisms living in extreme conditions reveal information about type of environment they thrive in