The study, published in Applied Ergonomics, found that paramedics who had access to stretchers with a battery-powered hydraulic system and an assisted ambulance-loading feature experienced significantly fewer musculoskeletal injuries on the job.
Dark matter filaments (shown in red) bridge the space between galaxies (shown in white) on this false colour map.
Cheryl Chan, a graduate student in the Faculty of Environment
Attempts to protect fish stocks in Jamaica are having a significant impact on the communities that have relied on fishing for generations, says a Waterloo researcher.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have been able to capture the first composite image of a dark matter bridge that connects galaxies together.
The composite image, which combines a number of individual images, confirms predictions that galaxies across the universe are tied together through a cosmic web connected by dark matter that has until now remained unobservable.
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Have you ever wondered why some people can swim for hours in a cold lake while others don’t last a minute? Everyone has a different tolerance for cold water, in much the same way that everyone processes pain differently.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, April 6, 2017) – Three researchers from University of Waterloo will share more than $500,000 to address persistent, long-term pollution created by excess fertilizers in the lakes, rivers and wetlands in several parts of the world. The researchers are from three different Faculties —Science, Arts and Engineering—and all are members of the Water Institute at Waterloo.
Elucid Labs, Knote and Acerta Systems Analytics will share $400,000 provided through the Spectrum 28 Mentor & Venture Program, a partnership between venture capitalist Lyon Wong and Waterloo Engineering.
Wong, who graduated from Waterloo with a degree in systems design engineering in 2003, is a co-founder and general partner of Spectrum 28, a US $170-million venture capital fund based in Silicon Valley.
The unique and powerful telescope designed to map the sky in the millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths will provide unprecedented insights into how stars and galaxies form, the Cosmic Microwave Background, and the formation and dark-energy-driven expansion of the universe.
The Air2O team (from left to right): Mohammad Ziauddin, Ryan Fahey, Ryan Jung and Suhail Lakhani
A scene from Star Wars and iced coffees from Tim Hortons provided inspiration for one of six winning projects pitched by University of Waterloo engineering students this week at the Norman Esch Capstone Design Awards competition.
The partnership comes as a result of the growing number of costly and severe flooding events in various parts of the country.