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Dialysis research taps tech to save dollars

Dialysis research taps tech to save dollars

While saving millions of dollars for the health-care system is important, improving quality of life for at-home dialysis patients is the utmost focus of a new study led by Department of Medicine professor Arsh Jain. “Patients on in-home dialysis are n …

Capone: Research push will take commitment

It won’t be an easy climb to the top of the research heap for Western, said John Capone, Western vice-president (research). But it’s something he feels the university needs to do.

Modern mummification sheds light on Ramses II

Some millennia ago, Yes might have been the object of worship in ancient Egypt. Today, Yes – a modern, domestic house cat – is helping shed light on the practice of mummification and the lives of ancients, such as Ramses II, the most celebrated pharaoh of Egypt.

Research clears concussion picture for hockey

Research clears concussion picture for hockey

While concussions may be an unfortunate part of some high-impact sports, an international study involving Western researchers suggests a significant underestimation in the number of concussions being reported in hockey. And those findings may change how we play the good ol’ hockey game

Debunking the IQ myth

You may be more than a single number, according to a team of Western-led researchers.

Western team among unit earning NATO honour

For the last six years, Western faculty members Ray Kao, Brian Church and Vivian McAlister have spent numerous months in Afghanistan providing advanced surgical and medical care to coalition, Afghan civilian and enemy casualties.

Future of veterans

How do we care for the growing population of young military veterans after they return from combat deployment? An answer to this question is not as simple as one might presume.

The future of neuroscience

Within the last 40 years, extraordinary technological developments in the field of brain imaging have produced a cornucopia of new techniques for examining both the structure and the functioning of the living human brain.

Building reopens after explosion

Building reopens after explosion

The Robarts Research Institute building on the Western campus has re-opened following an explosion in a lab earlier this afternoon.

Campus Digest: Two new Canada Research Chairs named at Western; eight renewed

Western professors Bipasha Baruah and Girma Bitsuamlak have been named Western’s newest Canada Research Chairs (CRC). Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), announced the two new and eight renewed CRCs at Western University, marking the kickoff to National Science and Technology Week.

Capone: Research push will take commitment

It won’t be an easy climb to the top of the research heap for Western, said John Capone, Western vice-president (research). But it’s something he feels the university needs to do.

Modern mummification sheds light on Ramses II

Some millennia ago, Yes might have been the object of worship in ancient Egypt. Today, Yes – a modern, domestic house cat – is helping shed light on the practice of mummification and the lives of ancients, such as Ramses II, the most celebrated pharaoh of Egypt.

Research clears concussion picture for hockey

Research clears concussion picture for hockey

While concussions may be an unfortunate part of some high-impact sports, an international study involving Western researchers suggests a significant underestimation in the number of concussions being reported in hockey. And those findings may change how we play the good ol’ hockey game

Debunking the IQ myth

You may be more than a single number, according to a team of Western-led researchers.

Western team among unit earning NATO honour

For the last six years, Western faculty members Ray Kao, Brian Church and Vivian McAlister have spent numerous months in Afghanistan providing advanced surgical and medical care to coalition, Afghan civilian and enemy casualties.

Future of veterans

How do we care for the growing population of young military veterans after they return from combat deployment? An answer to this question is not as simple as one might presume.

The future of neuroscience

Within the last 40 years, extraordinary technological developments in the field of brain imaging have produced a cornucopia of new techniques for examining both the structure and the functioning of the living human brain.

Building reopens after explosion

Building reopens after explosion

The Robarts Research Institute building on the Western campus has re-opened following an explosion in a lab earlier this afternoon.

Campus Digest: Two new Canada Research Chairs named at Western; eight renewed

Western professors Bipasha Baruah and Girma Bitsuamlak have been named Western’s newest Canada Research Chairs (CRC). Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), announced the two new and eight renewed CRCs at Western University, marking the kickoff to National Science and Technology Week.