Western researchers have shown just one 20-minute session of moderate intensity aerobic exercise can improve an athlete’s executive function and concussion symptoms in the early stages of recovery.
Research & Innovation
Western campus acts as ‘living lab’ for building smart cities
Western engineering professor Ayan Sadhu and his team are investigating roads and buildings across campus with an urban scanning framework as part of their Campus as a Living Lab initiative.
Northern Tornadoes Project tracks longest Canadian tornado season
Canada experienced its longest tornado season on record, according to the annual year-long investigation by Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project.
Western-led study shows promise for treating core symptom of frontotemporal dementia
Largest trial in frontotemporal dementia patients finds oxytocin can improve apathy symptoms
Western researchers uncover new approach to predicting pain through international collaboration
Two biomarkers could transform the way chronic pain is understood and managed
Western researchers mine decades of data to build financial resiliency
Fuelled by nearly $4 million in grants, researchers at Canada’s Financial Wellness Lab are exploring financial wellness using expertise in financial modelling, machine learning, data science, actuarial science, behavioural finance and systems thinking.
Western researchers develop course to boost physical activity at childcare centres
Children are sedentary for 60 per cent of their time in childcare
Grazing ‘solar’ sheep offer lucrative solution for farmers
New study shows utilizing sheep on solar farms is lucrative for farmers and offers a promising path forward to augment agriculture with solar technology.
Ivey researcher explores brand nicknames
Zhe Zhang explains why brands shouldn’t use the nicknames coined by consumers
Western and Canadian Race Relations Foundation researchers develop tool to aid in prosecution of hate crimes
Tool provides insights on more than 15 years of case law and more than a hundred cases
Is the craft party over? How disruption reshapes artisanal industries
Ivey’s Andreas Schotter reveals how disruption is redefining the craft beer industry and transforming the artisanal movement as a whole.
Western scientists and international collaborators find new way to study near-Earth asteroids
Scientists determined composition and size of Asteroid 2022 WJ1 before it fractured upon entering Earth’s atmosphere by comparing telescopic observations to video captured by Western’s Southern Ontario Meteor Network cameras.