New study shows oxygenation levels in the placenta are an important predictor of cortical growth and is likely a predictor of childhood cognition and behaviour.
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Western-led team designs prototype to analyze minerals in Martian rocks
Working with industry partner, Earth sciences professor Roberta Flemming and her Western Space team designed prototype to analyze minerals in Martian rocks.
Climate-changing human activity predicted to cause 1 billion deaths; new study
Study led by Joshua Pearce proposes aggressive energy policies to accelerate the decarbonization of the global economy, aiming to minimize the number of projected human deaths.
Movie-inspired technology successfully collects hail data from eye of the storm
Researchers from Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology and Western’s Northern Hail Project successfully launched two probes into a hailstorm.
Western team creates open-source medicine autoinjector
Research team led by Joshua Pearce has developed a new 3-D printed, completely open-source autoinjector for a tenth of the cost of a commercially purchased product.
Western researchers determine July 1 Alberta tornado was among most powerful ever seen in Canada
A tornado that sliced through a rural area south of Didsbury, AB on July 1 has been rated at EF4 by Western’s Northern Tornadoes Project.
Western mini-satellite to launch aboard SpaceX as second mission spreads its wings
First ever miniature satellite, or CubeSat, built by a Western team is set for liftoff in Florida and will provide students with an opportunity to learn first-hand about space mission development.
Northern Tornadoes Project confirms 117 tornadoes for Canada in 2022
NTP researchers conducted 447 severe weather investigations using satellites, aircraft, drones and ground surveys and confirmed 117 for 2022.
Northern Hail Project recovers record-breaking hailstone
A Canadian record-breaking hailstone was recovered by the Northern Hail Project field team weighing 292.71 grams, eclipsing the previous title holder – a hailstone weighing 290 grams, collected nearly 50 years ago.
Open-source tech enables 3D-printed surgical table
A collaborative project between Western Engineering and Michigan Tech University was successful in building a 3D-printed, functional surgical fracture table at a fraction of what it would normally cost.
New Western innovation gels engineering with medicine
Western biomaterials expert Kibret Mequanint has developed the first-ever water-hating fluid, which displaces body fluids surrounding an injury allowing for near-instantaneous gelling, sealing and healing of injured tissue.
Severe weather experts join Western’s Northern Hail Project
Julian Brimelow has been appointed as the first-ever Northern Hail Project executive director and Simon Eng will serve as its research meteorologist.