Strengthening parents' ability to communicate with their autistic children has not only greatly benefited a number of Ontario families but it's also landed a Western University student a major international prize. Mary Wang, a fourth-year Medical Sciences student, was...
Warming forces have caused millennia of dryness in California's prehistory, and greenhouses gases could do the same. Clues from prehistoric arid periods in California show that today's increasing greenhouse gas levels could lock the state into drought for centuries,...
A new study led by Western University's all-star cosmochemist Audrey Bouvier proves that the Earth and other planetary objects formed in the early years of the Solar System share similar chemical origins – a finding at odds with accepted wisdom held by scientists for...
The Canadian Ambassador to the Netherlands, a past Professor of Poetry at Oxford, a manufacturing industry titan and two world-renowned economists will receive honorary degrees when Western University hosts its 308th Convocation this fall. The ceremonies are scheduled...
TORONTO, Ontario - Precision Proteomics, a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company commercializing a novel precision medicine platform, announced its launch today. The company will focus on accelerating the development of novel diagnostics and therapeutics based on...
An international study led by researchers at Western University's Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR) has shown that birds living in congested cities are greatly affected by persistent traffic noise and that their brains and learning ability are seriously...
Rare and valuable selections from the Dr. Eddy Smet Comic Book Collection at Western University Archives will be showcased next month at London Comic Con. The pop culture event runs from September 23-25 at the Western Fair District Progress Building in London, Ont....
From influencing health outcomes for people and wildlife in Rwanda to helping to understand the impact of a unique health promotion project in the Irish Prison Service, Western University’s Master of Public Health (MPH) candidates are shaping the health of communities...
Using newly developed methodology, planetary scientists from Western University have re-estimated the diameter of eight well-known impact craters on Earth. The journal Science Advances published an explanation of the new technique and the improved estimations today....
Bears, wolves and other large carnivores are frightening beasts but the fear they inspire in their prey pales in comparison to that caused by the human 'super predator.' A new study by Western University demonstrates that smaller carnivores, like European badgers,...
In what he has said will be his last Olympic Games, Usain Bolt's goal of repeating his three gold medal-winning performances from each of the previous two Olympic Games may be in jeopardy. The star sprinter was forced to withdraw from the 100-meter final of the...
The importance of youth-focused mental health programs in our communities has come sharply into focus over the last several months after the recent cluster of youth suicides in Woodstock, Ontario. Researchers from Western University and Lawson Health Research...
