Western students ‘heading’ back to Mars with Canadian Space Agency as part of...
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...
View ArticleWestern University experts available to talk about U.S. Election
Will the 2016 U.S. election go down in history as an aberration never to be repeated or will it touch off a new era in American politics that could affect all corners of the world? How did America get...
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Western planetary scientist readies for Mars mission with exciting new...
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...
View ArticleWestern University expert concerned about recommended legal age for smoking...
The Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, a body set up by the federal government, released a set of recommendations this week on how marijuana should be regulated in Canada. One of those...
View ArticleThe Donald Trump presidency – Analysis from Western University experts
Friday’s inauguration of US president-elect Donald Trump marks the start of a new American reality that will shape that nation’s political, economic and social discourse. The official beginning of...
View ArticleWestern scientists believe bright fireball event near Grand Bend dropped...
A network of cameras directed by Western University observed a bright fireball across southern Ontario at 7:23 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24. Analysis of the video data by Western scientists suggests...
View ArticleOlympic expert available to media to comment on 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games
With the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games just one week away, the director of Western University’s International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS) is available to discuss socio-cultural issues such as...
View ArticleBone and Joint expert finds physiotherapy moves Canada during cross-country...
Dave Walton, considered one of Canada’s foremost authorities on musculoskeletal trauma and rehabilitation, traveled more than 12,000 kilometres this past summer in an effort to better understand how...
View ArticleRate of earthquakes depends on volume of fluids in hydraulic fracturing...
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...
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This Valentine’s Day: Can the heart be mechanically replaced?
Western University Professor Shelley McKellar explores the history of artificial hearts in new book William Schroeder lived for 620 days after his diseased heart was removed from his chest and replaced...
View ArticleMajor media coverage for International Centre for Olympic Studies
Michael Heine, Director of Western’s International Centre for Olympic Studies, was an influential voice over the past few weeks as a nation celebrated Canada’s success at the Winter Olympics in...
View ArticleParalympic expert available to media to comment on 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games
On the eve of the PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games, Laura Misener, Acting Director of Western University’s School of Kinesiology, is available to discuss the social impact of sports and major...
View ArticleWestern political experts available to speak about provincial election
With the 42nd Ontario general election set for June 7th, the following political experts from Western University are available to speak with the media. Cameron Anderson Associate Professor, Department...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Western planetary scientist available for comment on Mars water...
Gordon “Oz” Osinski, Director of Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX), is available to comment on today’s historic announcement that a team of European scientists is...
View ArticleWestern music professor available to comment on legacy of Aretha Franklin
Norma Coates, associate professor in Western University’s Don Wright Faculty of Music, is available today to discuss the legacy of singer Aretha Franklin, who died at the age of 76. “There can be no...
View ArticleCommentary: Western researchers explore implications of MAID for organ...
A newly published article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine raises ethical questions and challenges for organ donation in cases where a patient has elected Medical Assistance in Dying...
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This Valentine’s Day: Can the heart be mechanically replaced?
Western University Professor Shelley McKellar explores the history of artificial hearts in new book William Schroeder lived for 620 days after his diseased heart was removed from his chest and replaced...
View ArticleCommentary: Western researchers explore implications of MAID for organ...
A newly published article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine raises ethical questions and challenges for organ donation in cases where a patient has elected Medical Assistance in Dying...
View ArticleWestern University cannabis experts available to speak with media
With cannabis officially legal in Canada today the following multidisciplinary experts from Western University are available to speak with the media. Liliana Alvarez Assistant Professor, Faculty of...
View ArticleExpert available to comment on formal investigation of head of Japan’s...
With news breaking that the head of Japan’s Olympic Committee is being formally investigated in France for alleged corruption in the awarding of the 2020 Games to Tokyo, Michael Heine, the director of...
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