According to a new study led by Western University, the globally recommended and recognized six-foot physical distancing rule – to prevent the spread of COVID-19 – may not make much of a difference if someone coughs right in your direction. The findings were recently...
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Robarts Research Institute will be home to Canada’s first Magnetic Particle Imaging system
Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) – considered the most promising and emerging imaging technology of the past 20 years – is coming to Western University. The MPI system will be housed at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry’s Robarts Research Institute and...
International 15-year study shows most dominant HIV subtype is also ‘wimpiest’
An international study 15 years in the making has shown that it's 'survival of the wimpiest' among subtypes and strains when it comes to understanding the spread of HIV/AIDS around the world, a virus that has killed an estimated 35 million people since the 1970s....
Six prestigious Canada Research Chairs named at Western
This morning, six Western University researchers were named Canada Research Chairs (CRC), which recognize the country's best scholars across disciplines. Another had his Chair renewed for an additional five years. Coming to Western from Germany, Sweden, the United...