Western University’s Abouzar Sadrekarimi doesn’t want you to feel the Earth move beneath your feet so he’s leading research that helps strengthen it. By adding urea and calcium to the soil, Sadrekarimi and his team at Western Engineering have created a bio-cement that...
The Consortium on Electoral Democracy (C-Dem) -- co-led by Western University’s Laura Stephenson -- has released the 2019 Canadian Election Study (CES). The data collection includes more than 40,000 surveys, making it the largest ever study of its kind for a Canadian...
Based on an initiative, concept and design by Western University, General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada is now producing approximately 500 medical face shields per day to support Canada’s fight against COVID-19. The London-based global aerospace and defence company is...
Asian giant hornets – AKA ‘murder hornets’ – are the latest damaging invasive insects discovered in North America. Not unlike emerald ash borer, spotted wing drosophila, Asian long-horned beetle and the brown marmorated stink bug, murder hornets likely found their way...
A new international study has found no evidence that consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) impacts life satisfaction or relationship quality with the primary partners in a romantically involved couple. On the contrary, the study demonstrated only positive outcomes and provides...
Using machine learning, a team of computer scientists and biologists from Western University and University of Waterloo have identified an underlying genomic signature for 29 different COVID-19 virus RNA (ribonucleic acid) sequences. This new data discovery tool will...
As part of an initiative called the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research (GCCR), scientists at Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute are studying the sudden loss of smell in COVID-19 patients. They are asking individuals with confirmed or...
An international team of scientists, including Fred Longstaffe from Western University, has revealed new insights into the inner workings of ancient dinosaur communities. Seventy-five-million years ago, North America was divided into western and eastern landmasses by...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, data is showing that while illness and mortality occur across the lifespan, the death rate increases significantly for those over 65 years of age. Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso, Professor at Western University’s Schulich School of...
Being bilingual does not improve general mental ability, according to a new study conducted by a team of researchers at Western University’s renowned Brain and Mind Institute. More than 11,000 participants from around the world completed 12 online cognitive tests that...
A study co-led by researchers at Western and McMaster universities on a new approach to treating public safety personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is receiving close to $1 million in funding. McMaster’s Margaret McKinnon and Western’s Ruth Lanius are...
World renowned neuroscientist Adrian Owen and his team at Western University have developed a new strategy for predicting cognitive performance in Canadian university football players based on results from online surveys completed by the general population. The most...
