Research

Rivers swollen with spring run-off and choked with ice are causing floods in several parts of Canada, as a long winter in some areas gives way to warmer spring temperatures. In British Columbia entire towns are being evacuated, as conditions worsen. 

The University of Waterloo has an expert available to speak on the severe flooding affecting parts of the country. 

Blair Feltmate -  Head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation in University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Environment.

“Making comparisons with one another comes naturally to us, and in modern society, that is especially common when it comes to women and their bodies,” said Kiruthiha Vimalakanthan, a PhD candidate, who co-authored the study with Allison Kelly, a professor of psychology at Waterloo.

The study found that comparison-focused women who deliberately exercise compassion towards the females they compare themselves to experience less body dissatisfaction, a lower motivation to diet, and a reduced tendency to compare their appearance to those around them. 

Work on research problems related to the future of 5G wireless networks is the focus of a new partnership between Waterloo Engineering researchers and Cisco Canada.

Catherine Rosenberg, who was named the Cisco Research Chair in 5G Systems this month, heads a multidisciplinary team of experts helping the industry leader in networking prepare for the introduction of 5G.

Cheap, flexible and sustainable plastic semiconductors will soon be a reality thanks to a breakthrough by chemists at the University of Waterloo. 

Professor Derek Schipper and his team at Waterloo have developed a way to make conjugated polymers, plastics that conduct electricity like metals, using a simple dehydration reaction the only byproduct of which is water. 

The mother of two will compete and showcase her product, the Breastbowl, during the “Make the Breast Pump Not Suck” Hackathon, an event hosted at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and dedicated to improving the practice of breastfeeding.

"The University of Waterloo is committed to the free and open exchange of knowledge and ideas. The ability to listen to all ideas, even those we disagree with or find distasteful, is fundamental to the pursuit of knowledge and of learning.

A three-day summit has some of Canada’s sharpest leaders in Waterloo. 

Generation SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Summit is taking place April 22 to April 25.  It is the fourth in Waterloo’s sustainable summit series, including Energy 2030 (2011), Learning 2030 (2013) and OpenAccess Energy (2016).

The greasy food being served at hockey rinks isn’t really what young hockey players want, according to a study from the University of Waterloo.

The study of 25 travel team players aged 11-15 found they were more motivated by performance, recovery and marketing when making food choices – values that typically aren’t represented with the unhealthy food currently served at arenas.

Researchers have developed a new way to improve our knowledge of the Big Bang by measuring radiation from its afterglow, called the cosmic microwave background radiation. The new results predict the maximum bandwidth of the universe, which is the maximum speed at which any change can occur in the universe.

A new institute, the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute, will focus on fostering campus-wide research into artificial intelligence (AI) and provide a portal for organizations to access the University of Waterloo’s extensive expertise in the rapidly growing field.