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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

University of Waterloo Professor Melanie Campbell

January 22, 2013

Early test for Alzheimer's may rely on the eyes

The eye is a window to the brain, says a Waterloo physics professor who is developing a new instrument to detect the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. January is Alzheimer's Awareness Month in Canada.

January 15, 2013

Groundbreaking research at Waterloo receives federal funding

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

Debbie Jones, clinical scientist at University of Waterloo

January 9, 2013

Contact lens research could slow vision loss for millions

New contact lens research offers hope for millions of near-sighted people

University of Waterloo Nanotechnology faculty in Jiangsu

December 13, 2012

Nanotechnology institute views research as borderless pursuit

An international network linking researchers, students and institutions enhances Waterloo's global reputation as a nanotechnology leader.

December 7, 2012

Space project with Waterloo connection enters victory lap

As the Herschel telescope sends its final images in the coming months, professor Michel Fich will be seeing stars.

November 12, 2012

Satellite finds rising carbon dioxide levels in upper atmosphere

A research project with its roots at the University of Waterloo has found that human activity is raising levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the uppermost layers of the atmosphere

October 15, 2012

DNA researcher pursues science with impact on society

Interactions between DNA and nano-materials have the potential to change water treatment, drug delivery systems and cancer detection.

October 3, 2012

Waterloo researcher helps make new discoveries about black holes

For the first time, researchers have determined where the energetic jets of matter and radiation that some black holes emit originate and how their existence relies on the speed at which the black holes spin

October 2, 2012

Animal evolution linked to ocean oxygenation and widespread glaciation

University of Waterloo researcher links surge in oceanic oxygen levels following extreme glaciation to the earliest diversification of animals

September 25, 2012

University of Waterloo researcher wins grant for research into earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease

A University of Waterloo professor leads a team of researchers that has developed a new method of detecting Alzheimer's disease by looking into the eye

Frank Gu standing in the engineering lab

September 17, 2012

In nanotechnology, what you can't see may help you

Tiny machines being developed at the University of Waterloo will someday move through the bloodstream of a cancer patient to attack a tumour. Wild science fiction? Not at all, says Frank Gu.

September 7, 2012

Getting to quantum computing is as exciting as being there

While fully working quantum computers may be decades away, the world is already seeing remarkable advances in quantum communications, encryption and extremely sensitive quantum sensors. Raymond Laflamme, director of the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing, says Waterloo will continue to lead the way as the institute moves into the new Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre.