Western University cancer researcher Shun-Cheng (Shawn) Li, PhD, has been awarded a China-Canada Joint Health Research Initiative grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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Fraunhofer Project Centre for Composites Research @ Western announces Advisory Board
Western University announced today the new Advisory Board for the Fraunhofer Project Centre (FPC) for Composites Research @ Western.
Western researchers explore links between learning disorders in children
New interdisciplinary research from Western University has uncovered fundamental links among three major learning difficulties in some school-age children.
Birds predict weather change and adjust behaviour by reading barometric pressure
A new study from Western University’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR) proves through experimentation that birds can predict changes in the weather by reading the rise and fall of barometric pressure.
Legal expert available to comment on Supreme Court ruling in union picket-line case
The Supreme Court of Canada released a unanimous decision today holding that restrictions on a union’s expression rights on a picket-line imposed under Alberta’s privacy law were invalid.
Western welcomes 11,000 visitors for annual Fall Preview Day
Western University’s Fall Preview Day takes place on Saturday, November 16th.
Taking a philosophical approach to better understand science
Recruited from the University of Athens, Stathis Psillos was named Rotman Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Science at Western’s world-renowned Rotman Institute of Philosophy.
Research identifies potential new treatment for sepsis
Research led by Dr. Qingping Feng of Western University suggests a protein called recombinant human annexin A5 may have therapeutic potential for the treatment of sepsis.
CPSX teams with NASA for virtual institute
Researchers from Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) and the Canadian Lunar Research Network (CLRN) will play a major role in NASA’s recently announced Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI).
Actor and humanitarian Martin Sheen to tour labs at Robarts Research Institute
President Josiah Bartlet is coming to Western University’s Robarts Research Institute.
Orthopaedic surgeon says anterolateral ligament not “new” but promising for ACL injuries
While anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery is a widely accepted and proven procedure, according to a renowned orthopaedic surgeon at Western University, there is still an unacceptably high re-injury rate in young patients returning to pivoting sports like basketball, volleyball and soccer.
Western and Fraunhofer team-up for a new composites research center in London
Western, Fraunhofer celebrate launch of lightweight composites centre.