Western’s Denis Vida helped guide recovery of an extremely rare meteorite this week using Global Meteor Network, a world-wide camera collaboration he coordinates.
Research & Innovation
‘Atmospheric drying’ will reduce crop yields, stunt tree growth
Research shows that global atmospheric drying significantly reduces productivity of both crops and non-crop plants, even under well-watered conditions.
Human rights law provides transparent, fair framework for vaccine allocations
Study recommends governments adopt an intersectional approach to understanding how vulnerabilities and disadvantages affect a person’s health.
Study pinpoints role of language disruptions in psychosis
Patients with psychosis may experience communication difficulties because non-language parts of the brain are trying to manage communications tasks, new research from Western and Lawson Health Research Institute shows.
Dialysis patients four times more likely to die from COVID-19 infection
Patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis are particularly vulnerable to contracting and dying from COVID-19, a Western-led study found.
Project mines new frontiers in outer-space law
Science is outpacing policies for responsible resource extraction in space.
Most instructions for inserting COVID-19 nasopharyngeal swabs don’t go deep enough, research finds
There are wide discrepancies in the instructions for how deep the nasopharyngeal swabs used to test for COVID-19 are to be inserted up Canadian noses, new research has found. As an otolaryngologist, Dr. Leigh Sowerby is an expert in the anatomy of the head, neck and...
New process can extend lifetime of metals
Western materials engineer Hamid Abdolvand and his team discovered important factors into the deformation of metals used in automobiles and nuclear reactors, and developed new models to predict the lifetimes of these materials.
Amazing spider mite silk key to new nanomaterial ‘stronger than steel’
The gorse spider mite has provided a Western research team with the genomic framework for new bio-nanomaterials based on its silk.
‘Brain training’ may help treat PTSD, clinical trial finds
Neurofeedback, also called ‘brain training,’ consists of exercises where individuals regulate their own brain activity. In a new study from Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute, researchers have found that neurofeedback may be an effective treatment for individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
More evidence needed to inform policy on sending kids back to school
Are kids in schools driving community transmission of COVID-19, or is it the other way around? This uncertainty could be clarified by conducting cluster randomized trials when students return to class, according to a new publication from an international team of...
Law project examines pandemic’s impact on family justice
New study will look at the reduction in access and how it is affecting those involved with Ontario’s family justice system.