Faculty of Science
Western astrophysicists predict origins of unexpected space objects in solar system
Western astrophysicists developed a computer model to study the possibility that interstellar material discovered in our solar system originates from Alpha Centauri.
Western nootropics lab investigates brain health benefits of ‘smart’ foods and drinks
Raymond Thomas has launched Canada’s first nootropics food lab at Western. The biology professor and his team, including an in-house chef, will create new recipes and cooking techniques while testing, validating and assessing the brain health benefits.
Western researchers mine decades of data to build financial resiliency
Fuelled by nearly $4 million in grants, researchers at Canada’s Financial Wellness Lab are exploring financial wellness using expertise in financial modelling, machine learning, data science, actuarial science, behavioural finance and systems thinking.
Western scientists and international collaborators find new way to study near-Earth asteroids
Scientists determined composition and size of Asteroid 2022 WJ1 before it fractured upon entering Earth’s atmosphere by comparing telescopic observations to video captured by Western’s Southern Ontario Meteor Network cameras.
Researchers identify craters where majority of Martian meteorites most likely originate
An international research team has identified the specific origins of most of the Martian meteorites that are now on Earth.
Condition first discovered by Western neuroscientist named by scientific community
Adrian Owen’s landmark research on consciousness in patients in vegetative state marks milestone.
Seismic activity in metro Vancouver mapped out for risk analysis, urban planning
Western-led research team studies variability in earthquake hazards for the metro Vancouver area, one of the most seismically active regions in Canada
U.K. election: Expert says another Conservative victory is unlikely
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain has called a snap general election for July 4. Matthew Lebo, professor and chair of political science at Western, is an expert in U.S. and U.K. elections and is available for interviews. According to Lebo, the ruling British...
Australian study proves ‘humans are planet’s most frightening predator’
New study demonstrates kangaroos, wallabies and other Australian marsupials fear humans far more than any other predator.
Western Space researchers chart Orion Nebula like never before
Els Peeters and Jan Cami and their collaborators have released a series of six papers in the high impact journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, in which they investigated the Orion Bar using the James Webb Space Telescope.
Two-dimensional nanomaterial sets record for expert-defying, counter-intuitive expansion
Western team has developed a record-setting nanomaterial which when stretched in one direction, expands perpendicular to the applied force.