For the second time in less than five years, Calgary, Alta. was hit by a violent hailstorm on Monday, Aug. 5. Western’s Northern Hail Project (NHP) was collecting data on the day of the storm and, because of the extensive damage, is now leading Canada’s …
A new ultra-flexible cardiac patch may one day be used to restore function to a damaged heart following a cardiac arrest.
Researchers create reptile-derived ‘super glue’ that stops bleeding in seconds using visible light
Aleksander Essex and his team investigated Ontario’s online voting practices and procedures for municipal elections and found numerous issues and irregularities.
Western alumnus Raymond Francis serves as an engineer on NASA’s science operations team for the Perseverance rover, which is set to land in Jezero crater on Mars.
Western materials engineer Hamid Abdolvand and his team discovered important factors into the deformation of metals used in automobiles and nuclear reactors, and developed new models to predict the lifetimes of these materials.
The team conducted 409 investigations, thanks in part to reports from everyday Canadians.