Research & Innovation
Canadian project monitors satellites over High Arctic for first time
Frugal Biomedical Innovations at Western provide global health solutions
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry profs building tools to improve health care in remote regions
New machine learning model improves early tsunami warnings
New Western study buoyed traditional statistics with novel machine learning techniques, using artificial intelligence, to test early warning models for Tofino, B.C.
Western researchers show nostalgia’s influence on grooving to music
Neuroscientists studied impact of familiarity and nostalgia on the desire to tap, move and dance along to music and found nostalgic songs elicited a higher desire to get groovy than familiar songs across all three.
Western researcher receives funding from ARIA to unlock potential of plants
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Bogumil Karas awarded $1.5M to optimize plants by creating genomes from scratch
No evidence for viral mouth-taping trend, Western sleep expert says
New study examines the social media trend and its health effects
Air pollution may increase epilepsy risk, new study suggests
Western and LHSCRI researchers hope to inform environmental, health policy in high-pollution areas
Passive scrolling linked to anxiety, other mental health concerns in teens
New study tracked screen time of 580 adolescents over nine months, including frequency, total time, posting content on social media and passive scrolling, which showed the strongest negative influence on youth.
Arctic fossils reveal world’s oldest salmon and carp relatives
Using latest in 3D imaging technology, Lisa Van Loon and Neil Banerjee from Western University and their collaborators analyzed fossilized fish bones in Alaska to reveal world’s oldest salmon and carp relatives.
Global clinical trial to test existing drugs as long COVID treatments
Western and Schmidt Initiative for Long Covid will enroll more than 300 patients across four continents
New study reveals potential biological link between cannabis and psychosis
Researchers from London, Ont. discover regular use linked to signs of increased dopamine in the brain, a key factor in psychosis