A new study from Western University outlines statistics-based solutions to eliminate ‘hallway medicine’ in Canadian hospitals, which was a key talking point during the recent Ontario election. Hospital crowding is always a hot button topic in Canada because emergency...
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Western-led research team uncovers lost images from the 19th century using 21st century tech
Art curators will be able to recover images on daguerreotypes, the earliest form of photography that used silver plates, after a team of scientists led by Western University learned how to use light to see through degradation that has occurred over time. Research...
Matt Davison named next Dean of Western’s Faculty of Science
Matt Davison has been appointed to a five-year term as the new Dean of Western University's Faculty of Science, commencing July 1, 2018. Following an eight-month international search, Davison's appointment was approved by the Senior Operations & Policy Committee...
NASA shortlists Western co-investigated project for future launch to Saturn’s largest moon
NASA has shortlisted a revolutionary strategy, co-investigated by a Western University planetary scientist, for a future launch mission that could see a drone-like quadcopter buzz above the surface of Saturn's largest moon. The Dragonfly project would take advantage...
Rate of earthquakes depends on volume of fluids in hydraulic fracturing operations – but the magnitude of the largest possible events does not
New findings published by the high impact journal Science show that the rate in which earthquakes are triggered or induced by fracking depends on the volume of the hydraulic fracturing operations. But the magnitude of the triggered events is not capped - contrary to a...
Western planetary scientist readies for Mars mission with exciting new surface images
The Mars Camera, officially known as CaSSIS (Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System), aboard the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) captured its first high resolution images of the Red Planet last week. The Swiss-led camera worked almost...
Asteroid impacts could create habitats for life, suggests Chicxulub crater study
Scientists studying the Chicxulub crater have shown how large asteroid impacts deform rocks in a way that may produce habitats for early life. Around 65 million years ago a massive asteroid crashed into the Gulf of Mexico causing an impact so huge that the blast and...
Western students ‘heading’ back to Mars with Canadian Space Agency as part of simulation
Planetary scientists have learned much about Mars from the various robotic missions that have landed on the Martian surface. However, rovers and landers can only carry a limited set of instruments and there are many things yet to be learned about Mars – like whether...
Western University astronomers predict possible birthplace of Rosetta-probed comet 67P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCSB1l8UHgA&feature=youtu.be When the Rosetta spacecraft successfully touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on September 30, 2016, the news was shared globally via Twitter in dozens of languages. Citizens the world over...
Western University scientists develop game-changing ‘ultrathin’ flash memory device
At 10 nanometers (nm), the sleek new polymer material that scientists at Western University have developed for use in flash memory devices is 10,000 times thinner than a single human hair and a fraction of the 30-80 nm minimum of a typical flash drive. The organic,...
Western University cameras capture fireball in the sky over Georgian Bay
https://youtu.be/_tav_aU303Q Researchers from Western University have released footage of a basketball-sized fireball that was seen widely by observers throughout southern Ontario and adjacent areas early Friday morning (Oct. 7). Peter Brown, Canada Research Chair in...
Western hosts International Observe the Moon Night this weekend
International Observe the Moon Night is an annual event, led by NASA, the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, the Lunar and Planetary Institute and partners around the world, which is dedicated to encourage observation, appreciation and understanding...