New research from Western University provides brain imaging evidence that students well-versed in very basic single digit arithmetic (5+2=7 or 7-3=4) are better equipped to score higher on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT).
Jeff Renaud
Western University astronomers part of massive NASA meteoritediscovery at Sutter’s Mill
An international team of scientists, including Western University meteor astronomers Peter Brown and graduate student Elizabeth Silber, have joined forces with NASA to make an out-of-this world discovery.
Western University-led research debunks the IQ myth
After conducting the largest online intelligence study on record, a Western University-led research team has concluded that the notion of measuring one’s intelligence quotient or IQ by a singular, standardized test is highly misleading.
Western biologists bore into Canadian termite invasion
Scientists at Western University have discovered why termites wreak havoc on megacities like Toronto and Paris and how new findings may lead to possible pest controls.
Bruce Power donation helps create a memorial tribute to Dr. DanaWinterburn
Western University is pleased to announce that Bruce Power has graciously topped up a memorial fund in order to establish the Dr. Dana Winterburn Memorial Award
Western scientists use fossils to discover the ancient equator
Researchers at Western University have discovered where the equator was “precisely located” 450 million years ago, which is an important breakthrough for paleontologists and planetary scientists, as well as private and public mineral resource companies.
Polar Stick competition builds bridges – literally and figuratively
Western University hosts its annual Polar Stick Bridge Competition tomorrow (Friday, November 30) in the Spencer Engineering Building, Room 1200. The building competition begins at 2:45 p.m.
Cold cricket case could defrost mysteries of changing climate
Biologists from Western University have discovered that insects recover from chill-coma by getting water and salt back where it belongs.
Classes Without Quizzes features Parkinson’s disease expert
A neurologist at Western and the Lawson Health Research Institute, Dr. Mandar Jog delivers the latest installment of the popular, complimentary lecture series.
Michael Ignatieff discusses Canada’s political relationship with the U.S. at Western
Michael Ignatieff visits Western University to dissect the political landscape between Canada and the United States in a talk titled, “Us and Them: Opponents and Enemies in Politics.”
Human clinical trials of HIV/AIDS vaccine making steady progress
The first and only preventative HIV vaccine based on a genetically modified killed whole virus, developed by Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his team at The University of Western Ontario, has received approval by the FDA to start human clinical trials.
Western and Sumagen to release preliminary results from HIV/AIDS vaccine trials
Western University and Sumagen Canada will hold a briefing for media and London’s research community regarding preliminary results for the first-ever human applied clinical study (SAV CT 01) of the world’s only preventative HIV vaccine based on a genetically modified killed whole virus (SAV001-H), which was initiated in March 2012.