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Researchers unravel two mysteries of COVID-19

Researchers unravel two mysteries of COVID-19

A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University has made significant steps forward in understanding COVID-19 through two back-to-back studies published this week in Critical Care Explorations. In one study, the team has identified six molecules...

Research touts lower-cost, longer-life battery

Research touts lower-cost, longer-life battery

New materials engineering research led by Western could translate into significant real-world benefits like greater range for electric vehicles and longer battery life for cell phones. Researchers from Western Engineering, Western’s department of chemistry and Soochow...

Ancient beavers cut trees for food first, not to build dams

Ancient beavers cut trees for food first, not to build dams

By studying the wood-cutting behaviour of ancient beavers that once roamed the Canadian high Arctic, an international team of scientists has discovered that tree predation – feeding on trees and harvesting wood – evolved in these now-extinct rodents long before...

Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers

Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers

A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars’ surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought, according to a new study by Western and University of British Columbia researchers. The findings...

Grasping the world is not the same as understanding it

Grasping the world is not the same as understanding it

A new study from Western’s renowned Brain and Mind Institute shows that when humans reach out and grab things, they do not rely on the same visual cues that are used to perceive an object’s size. Images of people and objects projected onto human eyes are constantly...

Machine learning predicts satisfaction in romantic relationships

Machine learning predicts satisfaction in romantic relationships

The most reliable predictor of a relationship’s success is partners’ belief that the other person is fully committed, a Western University-led international research team has found. Other important factors in a successful relationship include feeling close to,...

Brain Study explores lasting impacts of COVID-19

Brain Study explores lasting impacts of COVID-19

Neuroscientists exploring the lasting impacts of COVID-19 on the brain hope their newest study will provide answers for health-care professionals and improved care for millions of patients around the globe. The COVID-19 Brain Study looks to recruit 50,000 individuals...

Global study examines pregnancy and stress during COVID-19 pandemic

Global study examines pregnancy and stress during COVID-19 pandemic

Pregnancies, at the best of times, are stressful. When the world is experiencing a global pandemic, human response to risk -- real or perceived -- is undoubtedly heightened. A new study from Western University will investigate how mothers are dealing with stress...