Plant-based material developed by Waterloo researchers absorbs like commercial plastics used in products like disposable diapers - but breaks down in months, not centuries
Here are the people and events behind some of this year’s most compelling Waterloo stories
A winter holiday message from President Vivek Goel
Waterloo researchers develop highly efficient AI training system that paves the way for cheaper, greener “intelligent partners”
The Waterloo community comes together to remember, reflect and respond to gender-based violence
Aeryon Labs' surveillance unit, Scout, has aided freedom fighters, monitored oil spills and helped guide emergency deliveries to an ice-bound town.
Engineering professor works on green technology that removes more contaminants from water supply
A new laparoscopic suturing tool and a system of artificial vision for the visually impaired are among the innovative projects that fourth-year engineering students will present at a public event at the University of Waterloo starting tomorrow
Gender equity and diversity in science and technology promote excellence in research, says Waterloo philosophy prof.
James Craig helps regulators protect human and ecosystem health.
Waterloo alumni help couples stay in touch privately with app called Couple.
Waterloo researcher is leading the charge to create technologies and policies that will support an electrified energy future.
Chris Eliasmith’s team at the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience has built Spaun, the world’s largest simulation of a functioning brain. Spaun is able to shift between diverse tasks — from copying human handwriting to finding hidden patterns in a list of numbers. Understanding the intricate connections between 2.5 million simulated neurons will lead to better understanding of how changes in the brain affect changes to behaviour.
Almost seven decades after the end of the Second World War, lessons of the Holocaust continue.
A research facility that will one day develop the technology that enables hybrid vehicles to feed energy into the power grid is among the innovative research initiatives at the University of Waterloo that received major funding announced today
Health research at the University of Waterloo spans all Faculties. In systems design engineering, Alexander Wong and Hamid Tizhoosh are developing better imaging and scans for cancer treatment.
The world’s largest working brain model helps show how brains break, and how we can fix them.
