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“This is the first Ontario budget since the election of the new government in Ottawa,” said Professor Esselment. “The focus will likely be on job creation and economic development, with the province signalling its priorities in advance of next month’s federal budget.”

Minister Charles Sousa will table the budget at 4 p.m. Thursday, February 25.

Lazy eye, a condition that causes visual impairment and increases a person’s risk of blindness, has long been thought to be untreatable for adults. But now a Waterloo vision scientist has discovered that low-voltage electric currents to the brain can temporarily improve sight for people with lazy eye.

Professor Thompson adjusts a transcranial direct current stimulation device on a patient. (Credit: UWaterloo/Martin Schwalbe)

Waterloo vision scientist Ben Thompson with collaborators from China have shown that low voltage electric currents can temporarily improve sight in adult patients with lazy eye, or amblyopia.

More than 300 employees of global design firm Stantec started work in their new home in the David Johnston Research + Technology Park on Monday, February 8.

The R+T Park and the Cora Group celebrated the arrival of the new tenants with a welcome breakfast.

He is being called the best slam dunker in the world and his mid-air acrobatics have taken YouTube by storm. His performance at the NBA All-Star weekend stunned professional players.

A University of Waterloo researcher is the recipient of an E.W.R Steacie Memorial Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for his work in developing new materials that make batteries and fuel cells smaller, lighter and longer-lasting.

Photo credit: NSERC 

A University of Waterloo researcher is the recipient of an E.W.R Steacie Memorial Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for his work in developing new materials that make batteries and fuel cells smaller, lighter and longer-lasting.

Five researchers at the University of Waterloo were named Canada Research Chairs (CRC) today.

The state-of-art observatory marks the first time Canada is a full partner in an earth-orbiting x-ray astronomy mission.

In high-income countries, the median child abuse costs are equivalent to a loss of 1.2 per cent of per capita income, translating to $150 billion each year in the United States of America. The estimated loss is $50 billion in China, a middle income country.