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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

February 15, 2017

UWaterloo researchers awarded $3 million for strategic research partnerships

Five researchers from the University of Waterloo who are collaborating with industry and other organizations on strategic research projects received more than $3 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

January 30, 2017

Waterloop looks forward to next round of competition

Student Hyperloop team returns from competition with fresh ideas for their high-speed pod

January 30, 2017

Study reveals evidence that the universe is a hologram

The international study may lead to new beliefs on the Big Bang Theory and on quantum gravity, one of theoretical physics’ most profound problems

January 10, 2017

University of Waterloo awarded funding to expand access to the Internet

Research at the University of Waterloo that has the potential to affordably connect billions of new users to the Internet via intelligent antennas will receive $6.1 million in joint funding from C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (C-COM) and the federal government

January 9, 2017

Wastewater treatment upgrades result in major reduction of intersex fish

Upgrades to a wastewater treatment plant along Ontario’s Grand River, led to a 70 per cent drop in fish that have both male and female characteristics within one year and a full recovery of the fish population within three years, according to researchers at the University of Waterloo

Postdoctoral fellow Jeongwan Jin and PhD candidate Christopher Pugh setting up Bob on the NRC Twin Otter Airborne Research Aircraft. (Source: NRC)

December 22, 2016

We've got photons!

Institute for Quantum Computing researchers first to demonstrate an uplink to an airborne quantum satellite receiver prototype for secure quantum communication

December 1, 2016

Middle school girls explore physics at UWaterloo

One hundred and twenty-five girls in grades seven and eight are expected to visit the University of Waterloo on Saturday to explore what a future in physics can hold for them

November 30, 2016

Closing the gap between science and society

Waterloo Philosophy Professor Heather Douglas has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

President of Croatia and President Hamdullahpur

November 20, 2016

University of Waterloo welcomes President of Croatia

President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović will tour the Institute for Quantum Computing

November 17, 2016

Waterloo project wins top honours in Dyson competition

James Dyson says Medella Health’s smart contact lens shows how good design and engineering can improve lives

November 3, 2016

Waterloo hosts public lecture on the opioid crisis

The University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy will host a free public lecture and panel discussion, entitled The Opioid Crisis: A Local Perspective on an International Epidemic on Thursday, November 10

October 31, 2016

Hyperloop Challenge: Waterloop to unveil levitation video on campus

The Waterloo student team building the world’s first functional pneumatic hyperloop levitation system will share major milestone