Study reveals how Canadian songbirds change their bodies during migration
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Julia Zarankin ,Canadian Geographic , May 01, 2024Researchers at Western University’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research explore how much songbirds’ bodies can change to fly higher when migrating
Ziploc, chip bag, protein bar wrapper? There’s a recycling box for that
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Megan Stacey ,Western News , April 30, 2024Master’s student in biology expands snack wrapper recycling across Western’s campus
Location, location location: Why real estate's golden rule also applies to morel mushrooms
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Colin Butler ,CBC News , April 30, 2024Studies show morels pick up what's in their environment, like heavy metals and toxins
Is a Plastic Rock a Rock?
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Avery Orrall ,Slate.com , April 27, 2024A new kind of geological object is washing up on beaches. Geologists can’t agree on what to call it.
Coke, Pepsi top list in global count of plastic waste
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Benjamin Shingler ,CBC News , April 24, 2024New study documents companies behind plastic waste across 5-year period, featuring Patricia Corcoran from the Department of Earth sciences
Western honours excellence with 2023-24 teaching awards
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Keri Ferguson ,Western News , April 18, 2024Seven individuals and two groups recognized for contributions that enhance, support learning. Two recipients are from Western Science
Two-dimensional nanomaterial sets record for expert-defying, counter-intuitive expansion
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Jeff Renaud ,Western News , April 17, 2024When stretched in one direction, nanomaterial expands perpendicular to applied force
Western partnership drives push for international standard on flushable products
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Rebecca Milec ,Western News , April 16, 2024Students work with City of London to seek data, solutions for flushable wipes
Research revives 1800s photos
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Greg Basky from UWO ,Phys.org , April 15, 2024Researchers from Western University developed techniques for creating images from old, badly tarnished photographs. These techniques could also be used to study other historic artifacts and fossils and prevent corrosion in modern materials.
The key figures in Canada's AI revolution
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Maclean's Staff ,Maclean's Magazine , April 10, 2024The Canadians training, regulating, pondering and monetizing the machines. Featuring Dr. Mark Daley for putting AI to work in the classroom
The science of the solar eclipse
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Maya Soukup ,Western News , April 03, 2024Professor Jan Cami on what to look for (and how to be safe) on April 8
Western astrophysicists find destruction, reformation of water in Orion Nebula
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Jack Sinclair ,The Gazette , April 02, 2024Western astrophysicists working in an international team have found evidence of an ocean’s worth of water formed and destroyed in the Orion Nebula each month.
The solar eclipse will look very different in Toronto than it will from Niagara. Here's why
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Kevin Jiang ,Toronto Star , April 02, 2024The solar eclipse experience between Toronto and Niagara will "literally (be) the difference between night and day," experts say.
Western celebrates 2024 Green Award recipients
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Keri Ferguson ,Western News , April 02, 2024The Environmental Science and Biology student is one of three campus community members recognized for their sustainability efforts
A warming climate could bring new animals to our region and beyond
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Patricia Boal ,Ottawa at Work-iHeart Podcast , April 01, 2024Alessandro Filazzola, Data Scientist and Adjunct Professor in Biology at Western University, joins Patricia Boal to follow up on his latest study showing Ottawa-Gatineau could stand to see significant changes to wildlife as a warming climate takes hold.
Cristián Bravo Roman speaks to how real estate agents charge fees
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CBC News Network ,Weekend Business Panel , March 30, 2024This panel takes a look at the top stories of the week. Featuring Western professor and Canada Research Chair in Banking and Insurance Analytics Cristián Bravo Roman
The rise of the Chief AI Officer
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Harry Guinness ,LeadDev , March 28, 2024As AI usage proliferates, more and more companies are putting a chief AI Officer in place. Here’s what you need to know about the emerging role. This article features Professor Mark Daley
Huge crater in India hints at major meteorite impact 4000 years ago
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Joshua Rapp Learn ,New Scientist , March 26, 2024The Luna structure, a 1.8-kilometre-wide depression in north-west India, may have been caused by the largest meteorite to strike Earth in the past 50,000 years
Bird tracking network receives $3.1-million boost
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USask Media Relations ,SaskToday.ca , March 25, 2024Dr. Christy Morrissey of USask’s Department of Biology and Dr. Chris Guglielmo at Western University are co-principal investigators leading the expansion of Motus further west and strengthen research collaborations across the country.
‘Zero chance’ infamous Apophis collides with another asteroid, redirects to Earth
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Jeff Renaud ,Western News , March 04, 2024Western astronomer calculates paths of all known asteroids to rule out planetary impact
Use owls, not poison, to get rid of rodents, students tell university officials
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Arfa Rana ,CBC News London , February 29, 2024Rodent boxes use poison that travels up food chain and harms ecosystem, students say
Zombie star earns metal scar while chewing its own planets: 'Nothing like this has been seen before'
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Robert Lea ,Space.com , February 26, 2024"It is well known that some white dwarfs — slowly cooling embers of stars like our sun — are cannibalizing pieces of their planetary systems."
One oceans' worth of water destroyed every month in Orion Nebula, researchers say
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Ashley Hyshka ,CTV News London , February 25, 2024An international team of astrophysicists, including from London, Ont.’s Western University, are using the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal the destruction of one oceans’ worth of water every month in a planetary nursery in the Orion Nebula.
This made-in-LaSalle, Ont., machine is being built to go to Mars
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Kathleen Saylors ,CBC News Windsor , February 23, 2024The project is a collaboration between Western University and Proto Manufacturing in LaSalle
Expert insight: Extreme environments coded into genomes of extremophiles
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Kathleen A. Hill, Western University, and Lila Kari, University of Waterloo ,Western News , February 23, 2024Genome of organisms living in extreme conditions reveal information about type of environment they thrive in
Odysseus lander reaches lunar surface, marking first moon landing for U.S. in half a century with private spacecraft
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Ivan Semeniuk ,Globe and Mail , February 22, 2024The landing of Odysseus “is incredibly exciting, as it opens the door to an entirely new way of doing lunar science,” Dr. Osinski told The Globe
New Study Looks at Smaller Nuclear Reactors
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Colin Butler ,CBC Afternoon Drive , February 16, 2024A new study at Western University is looking into the production and storage of fuel for small modular nuclear reactors. Host Colin Butler speaks to Samantha Gateman, an assistant professor of chemistry.
Saturn’s largest moon most likely non-habitable: Western study
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Jeff Renaud ,Western News , February 14, 2024Astrobiologist Catherine Neish finds Titan may not have enough amino acids for life to emerge
1 in 5 migratory species at risk of extinction, UN report says
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Ara Garan ,CBC The National , February 12, 2024A new United Nations report says that almost half of the world's migratory animals are in decline and that many birds and fish are at risk of extinction.
World's globetrotting animals at risk due to habitat loss, climate change
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Benjamin Shingler ,CBC News Network , February 12, 2024New report highlights challenges facing migratory species, and what can be done to save them
How springtime weather in February affects bees and plants
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Colin Butler ,CBC Afternoon Drive , February 09, 2024Springtime temperatures in February might feel nice for us, but it could leave plants and insects confused. Graham Thompson, a professor of biology at Western University, joins host Colin Butler to share more.
Hubble traces “string of pearls” star clusters in galaxy collisions
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Jeff Renaud ,Western News , February 08, 2024Sarah Gallagher and international researchers examine Hubble Space Telescope images of galactic encounters
Q&A: The Moon is shrinking. This Western professor explains why
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Travis Dolynny ,CBC News Network , February 04, 2024Moonquakes caused by the shrinkage are unlikely to be a deterrent for lunar-bound astronauts, says Dr. Gordon Osinski
Lunar gold rush: Uncovering the Moon's hidden treasures
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Sarwat Nasir ,National UAE , February 02, 2024Spacefaring nations are racing to its surface to secure untapped mineral wealth
Meteorites from Asteroid 2024 Bx1, which just hit Earth, may be super-rare space rocks
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Robert Lea ,Space.com , January 31, 2024Meteorite hunters have successfully recovered fragments of an asteroid that impacted Earth over Berlin, Germany, on Sunday (Jan. 21).
A rare total solar eclipse will be seen from parts of Ontario this spring. Here's how to watch
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Kevin Jiang ,Toronto Star , January 31, 2024Toronto falls just outside the zone where the total solar eclipse will be visible. Consider a trip to Hamilton to see the full event, experts suggest.
Western to introduce Canada’s first multi-disciplinary climate risk graduate program
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Dan Haves ,Western News , January 29, 2024GDip in Climate Risk Assessment and Opportunity will prepare students to understand, mitigate climate uncertainties
Hottest Job in Corporate America? The Executive in Charge of A.I.
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Yiwen Lu ,The New York Times , January 29, 2024Many feared that artificial intelligence would kill jobs. But hospitals, insurance companies and others are creating roles to navigate and harness the disruptive technology. Article features comments from Western computer scientist Dr. Mark Daley.
Video shows small asteroid burning up as it zooms through skies over eastern Germany
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Emily Mae Czachor ,CBS News , January 21, 2024A small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up early Sunday morning as it hurled through the skies above eastern Germany. Denis Vida, a Ph.D. associate in meteor physics at Western University comments.
China and the US: Who will win Moon race in new space era?
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Sarwat Nasir ,National UAE , January 21, 2024Dr. Gordon Osiniski is quoted in this story about how the new age of space exploration is upon us
The tightest knot ever made is a tied-up chain 54 atoms long
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Alex Wilkins ,New Scientist , January 19, 2024A tiny molecular chain of gold, carbon and phosphorus has tied itself up into the smallest and tightest knot ever seen
Japan Reaches the Moon, but the Fate of Its Precision Lander Is Uncertain
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Jonathan O'Callaghan ,Scientific American , January 19, 2024Japan’s SLIM precision-landing spacecraft—a potential game-changer for upcoming lunar exploration—may expire on the moon before fulfilling its mission. Dr, Gord Osinski is quoted in this article
Cutting-edge Western science research highlights role of collaboration
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Megan Stacey ,Western News , January 18, 2024Fallona Family Interdisciplinary Science Award and Lecture supports research across disciplines
CBC News Network's Aarti Pole speaks with A.I. researcher Mark Daley
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Aarti Pole ,CBC News , January 17, 2024In a discussion about deepfake technology, Aarti Pole talks to Dr. Mark Daley about how AI tools could influence the next federal election
Moon’s Early Crust Wasn’t ‘Bone Dry’: New Research Challenges Prevailing Notion
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Sakchi Khandelwal ,BNN , January 15, 2024A recent study led by Tara Hayden, a postdoctoral fellow at Western University,reveals that the Moon’s crust, over four billion years ago, had a higher water content than previously assumed, putting the theory of a ‘bone dry’ Moon under scrutiny.
Discovery changes understanding of water’s history on the Moon
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Jeff Renaud ,Western News , January 15, 2024Western cosmochemist finds early lunar crust had more water than previously estimated
Probiotics for Honey Bees: How Beneficial Microbes Could Boost Hive Health
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Ed Ricciuti ,Entomology Today , January 12, 2024Beekeepers are turning to probiotics for their honey bees to increase defenses against diseases and promote the overall health of their colonies, but which probiotics show any impact?
What delays to the Artemis II and III missions mean for Canada
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Gordon Osinski ,The Conversation , January 12, 2024On Jan. 9, NASA announced it would be shifting the launch of Artemis II to September 2025. Artemis III — the first mission to land humans on the surface of the moon since 1972 — was moved to September 2026.
Earth Sciences professor interviewed about microplastics in bottled water
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Colin Butler ,CBC Afternoon Drive , January 11, 2024CBC Afternoon Drive interviewed Earth Sciences professor Patricia Corcoran about a new study that found the average bottle of water has nearly a quarter million pieces of nanoplastics and microplastics in it. Corcoran was not involved in the study.
Houston, we have a problem: NASA delays Artemis moon missions over safety issues
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Mackenzie Gray ,Global National , January 10, 2024Global National reported the Artemis II lunar mission has been delayed until September 2025 and included comments from Earth Sciences professor Gordon Osinski.
The Limit Does Not Exist: Exploring Mathematical Interests with the Directed Reading Program
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Rebecca Milec ,Western Science , January 09, 2024If mathematics is part of your program and you want to take a deep dive into mathematical concepts outside of the classroom setting, you can take advantage of the Directed Reading Program which offers mentor-guided independent research projects.
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