New EEG testing procedure for tinnitus (ringing in the ears), led by physics professor Andrea Soddu, described in the journal Brain Communications.
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Study shows how personal stories of health risks got students to stop vaping
Babac Salmani, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences, studied the intention and behaviour change of regular vapers after they watched a short video explaining the potential health risks.
Milk consumption increased ancient human body size, finds study
Researchers compared skeletons from archaeological sites spread over 25,000 years.
Page from first book printed in England to be studied
Leaf from first edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, published on Caxton’s printing press in 1476, now part of Western Libraries Archives and Special Collections.
Western research leads to new understanding of how HIV hides itself in the body
A new study has identified a new function of a virus-fighting protein called APOBEC3 (A3) in the integration process of HIV in the human genome.
AI tech exaggerates biases in facial age perception more than humans
Western-led study tested a large sample of AI technologies available today and found not only did they reproduce human biases in the recognition of facial age, but they exaggerated those biases.
‘Unexpected’ space traveller defies long-held theories about origin of Solar System
Western-led team confirms meteoroid from edge of Solar System made of rock, not ice, challenging long-held beliefs about how the Solar System was formed.
Fireball may have dropped meteorites in Niagara region
A cosmic drama unfolded over southern Ontario on the night of Friday, Nov. 18, triggering an international collaboration and a meteorite hunt.
Western planetary geologist to lead science for Canada’s lunar rover
Canadensys Aerospace will design and build Canada’s first lunar rover and Western planetary geologist Gordon “Oz” Osinski will serve as principal investigator and scientific lead.
Le Prix Nobel de littérature d’Ernaux n’est pas une surprise pour la professeure d’études françaises
Karin Schwerdtner a étudié des œuvres d’écrivains Français acclamés pendant des années
Western-led study explores COVID-19 effects on cognition
New long-term study led by Western neuroscientists found significant impairments in reasoning, speed of thinking and verbal abilities in patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, but no losses in memory functioning.
Climate change and deforestation may drive tree-dwelling primates to the ground
A large-scale study of 47 species of monkeys and lemurs has found that climate change and deforestation are driving these tree-dwelling animals to the ground.