Posts Tagged: Faculty of Science
Machine learning allows for ‘ultra-fast,’ ‘highly accurate’ classification of COVID-19 virus genomes
April 27, 2020
Using machine learning, a team of computer scientists and biologists from Western University and University of Waterloo have identified an…
Astronomers detect most energetic outflow from a distant quasar
April 14, 2020
Researchers, led by Western University’s Sarah Gallagher, using the Gemini North telescope on Hawai’i’s Maunakea have detected the most energetic…
Researchers solve mystery of Tuvan throat singing
March 10, 2020
An international research team has uncoupled the mystery of how Tuvan throat singers produce distinctive sounds in which you can…
CSA contract giant leap towards launching Western into space
February 25, 2020
Western University’s Institute for Earth and Space Exploration (Western Space) has landed a major contract from the Canadian Space Agency…
First evidence in more than a decade of endangered and ‘weird’ shark traveling to Canada
November 13, 2019
Named one of the world’s ‘weirdest’ animals by National Geographic, basking sharks are also the second largest shark after the…
International study looks to protect and conserve critically endangered shark species
May 16, 2019
Mackerel sharks are large, fast-swimming apex predators that include Hollywood heavy hitters like great whites (Jaws), mako (Deep Blue Sea)…
Giant beavers didn’t eat wood and that’s likely why they didn’t survive the last Ice Age
May 9, 2019
North American beavers, which weigh between 25 to 75 pounds as adults, are the largest rodents living in Canada. That’s…
STEAM big with Science Rendezvous @WesternU
May 7, 2019
Western University faculty, staff and students host the third annual Science Rendezvous @WesternU this weekend at TD Stadium. A national…
Western welcomes CSA astronaut Dave Williams for Space Day
April 10, 2019
This week, astronaut David Saint-Jacques became the fourth Canadian to complete a spacewalk. Today, scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope…
Research confirms Canadian financial advisors are reliable barometers for broader economy
February 13, 2019
Canadian financial advisors are remarkably attuned to changes across a wide range of broad economic indicators – from GDP and…
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