An internationally renowned wife-and-husband team of cognitive neuroscientists have joined Western University after collaborating on game-changing research for the past 15 years at the University of Cambridge. Tim Bussey and Lisa Saksida specialize in understanding...
For more than three million Canadians suffering from osteoarthritis, getting out of bed in the morning or opening a jar can be a serious challenge. The disease, which results in degeneration of bones and joints, has a very human face, causing severe pain and...
As the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) launched a space probe early this morning from the Russian Kosmodrom in Baikonur, Kazakhstan to study trace gases in the Martian atmosphere, a planetary scientist from Western University...
If you watch science fiction movies from 1970s, you would think by the year 2016 there would be a robot in every home performing tasks like cooking, cleaning and cutting the lawn. But there isn't. Jörn Diedrichsen, who has come to Western University from University...
According to a study completed at Western University, obese women in the Canadian workforce earn less money than non-obese women. Sisira Sarma, PhD, and his team from Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, analyzed data on adults, 18 to 53 years old,...
An innovative, new approach to delivering community-based end-of-life care – developed and piloted by South West Community Care Access Centre and being evaluated by Western researchers – is now being used by a palliative care centre in the United Kingdom. St. Luke's...
Lions, wolves and other large carnivores are frightening beasts that strike fear into humans and other animals. A new study led by Western University demonstrates that the fear these top predators inspire can have cascading effects down the food chain critical to...
New musculoskeletal research from Western University, originally intended to improve a hockey goaltender's life-long mobility, has led to the development of goalie pads that do just what netminders want them to do – stop more pucks. In collaboration with industry...
A new interdisciplinary study at Western University has shown for the first time that 70 per cent of nitrates in high mountain lakes in Utah are from human-caused sources – with fertilizers having, by far, the most impact. The research suggests these findings also...
A Western University research team is calling on the need for the availability of more information about the risk of common household chemicals for pregnant women. Dr. Jeff Nisker, senior author and professor, Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and...
Hallucinations can be a terrifying part of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia. But according to a new study from Western University and the University of Cambridge, being able to visualize things in our mind's...
Gulf War technology is making it possible for researchers to detect prostate cancer with a single drop of blood. Hon Leong, PhD, assistant professor at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute,...
