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Image of Sagittarius A*
May 12, 2022

Finding our galactic centre

A new image from Avery Broderick and the Event Horizon Telescope shows the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way

Aerial view of Rouge National Urban Park and Rouge River, Mast Trail, Toronto, Canada
January 25, 2022

New economic model finds wetlands provide billions in filtration value

Wetlands in Southern Ontario provide $4.2 billion in water filtration services each year

Paul Craig, one of the lead researchers in the new WATER facility, looks at fishes in a tank. at fishes
January 10, 2022

UWaterloo opens new aquatic threats research facility to study the impact of climate change on fish stress

The new multimillion-dollar facility will allow researchers to bridge the gap between lab and fieldwork

Wenyu Gao wearing a lab coat, gloves and mask, holding the prototype saliva sensor in the lab
October 14, 2021

Exploring new ways to test blood sugar levels for diabetes patients

Waterloo chemists develop new, non-invasive blood sugar testing methods using saliva

Woman who just received a vaccine
May 10, 2021

Q and A with the experts: What to know about your first vaccination

How likely are people to suffer serious side effects having been vaccinated?

Image of computer code
May 5, 2021

New algorithm uses a hologram to control trapped ions

Researchers have discovered the most precise way to control individual ions using holographic optical engineering technology.

Someone spraying disinfectant onto a surface
May 3, 2021

Just add light

Applying UV light to common disinfectants makes them safer to use, and in higher concentrations

COVID-19 virus
April 27, 2021

Adding speed to COVID-testing

Twenty-minute saliva-based COVID-19 test may be coming soon to a pharmacy near you

Star Forming region NGC_7129, a cloud of pink and green gas with balls of bright light inside. Stars around the outside
April 9, 2021

The origin of water on planets in our universe

Professor Michel Fich helps paint the most complete picture ever of how water ends up on newly forming planets

Anetta and Alex Ille
April 1, 2021

A virtual run for hope

Siblings Anetta (BSc ’19) and Alex Ille (BSc ’15) share how they aspire to advance biomedical research in the fight against childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases

A female pharmacist explaining something to a male customer
March 29, 2021

Pharmacists prescribing for minor ailments will save health-care dollars

The province could save upwards of $42 million a year, according to a new study from reseachers at the University of Waterloo.

A view of the M87 supermassive black hole in polarised light
March 23, 2021

Black-hole breakthrough: New images show magnetic fields around M87*

Waterloo astrophysicist and global team of scientists bring into view black hole’s powerful jets, and how they impact the formation and structure of galaxies

Archean Maniitsoq structure in Greenland
March 11, 2021

The world’s oldest crater from a meteorite isn’t an impact crater after all

Several years after scientists discovered what was considered the oldest crater a meteorite made on the planet, another team found it’s actually the result of normal geological processes. 

March 4, 2021

Canadian astronomers to see how the universe formed with help of new $4.9 million grant

A team of Canadian researchers led by University of Waterloo professor Michel Fich have been awarded $4.9 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to build a next generation telescope.

March 3, 2021

Q and A with the experts: AstraZeneca and viral vector vaccines

The AstraZeneca vaccine has recently been approved in Canada and is evaluated to be about 62 per cent effective in preventing the COVID-19 virus. 

Kelly Grindrod, a pharmacist and professor, breaks down how this vaccine and others like it work.

Ellen Cameron collecting water samples
February 9, 2021

PhD student uses DNA sequencing to study cyanobacteria

Ellen Cameron studies cyanobacteria communities in the low-nutrient, clear lakes of Northern Ontario

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