Researchers at Western University have secured funding to establish a new laboratory to improve services for newcomers to Canada and to conduct gender analysis of international development policy and practice.
Jeff Renaud
Students simulate Mars Rover mission at Canadian Space Agency
Media representatives are invited to attend a simulation of a robotic mission to Mars, conducted by a team of 30 university students and researchers in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), on Thursday, June 6.
New brain imaging study advances understanding of how humans use tools
Using brain imaging, researchers at Western University and Queen’s University have revealed new insights into how the human brain supports the use of everyday tools like plastic tongs.
Humans answer “yes” or “no” to Western neuroscientists via brain activity
Researchers at Western University have used neuroimaging to read human thought via brain activity when they are conveying specific “yes” or “no” answers.
Discovery Week: Learning about rural medicine from those living it
168 year one students will fan out to communities across Southwestern Ontario (SWO) stretching from Tobermory to Point Pelee and Sarnia to Woodstock to experience “Discovery Week.”
Research identifies a way to make cancer cells more responsive to chemotherapy
New research from Western University explains why some cancer cells don’t respond to chemotherapy, and identifies a mechanism to rectify that.
Western led research strips down platinum to nanosized fuel cell catalysts
Dividing highly expensive platinum isotopes into nanosized particles (or even single atoms) has triggered the discovery of less expensive way to create fuel cells for use in everything from automobiles to computers.
Western University researcher identifies breast cancer fighting hormone
Transformative research from Western University has identified new hormones in the body which may suppress breast cancer and stimulate the regression of breast tumors.
Bill Tucker to join Western’s Faculty of Education
Bill Tucker, the retiring Director of the Thames Valley District School Board, has joined Western University’s Faculty of Education as a Visiting Appointment at the rank of Associate Professor.
Western’s CIBC Centre examines growing concern over student loans
A growing concern for graduating students around the world is how they will repay student loans, which have accumulated over the course of their studies.
International knee experts to discuss meniscus transplantation at forum in Toronto
An International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) approved event, the forum is co-hosted by Dr. Alan Getgood from Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Western’s Goodale Elected Fellow of Prestigious Royal Society
Goodale is one of the world’s leading visual neuroscientists best known for his research of the human brain as it performs different kinds of visual tasks and is a pioneer in the study of visuomotor control in neurological patients.