Physicists at the University of Waterloo have led an international team that has come closer to understanding the mystery of how superconductivity, an exotic state that allows electricity to be conducted with practically zero resistance, occurs in certain materials.
The more of a certain kind of passion varsity athletes have for their sport, the more favourable their attitudes towards the use of performance enhancing drugs, or PEDs, according to a recent study.
Published in the Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, the paper is the first to show that passion levels can help predict a collegiate athlete’s attitude towards performance enhancing drugs.
Renison University College has appointed one of Waterloo's top business leaders as its ninth chancellor.
Manfred Conrad, CEO and founder of The Cora Group Inc., succeeds the Right Reverend Ralph Spence, who has served since 2008. The installation ceremony will take place May 7, at Renison's Founders' Day service and convocation. Renison is an affiliated college of the University of Waterloo.
A magnet levitating above a cuprate high temperature superconductor. (Credit: Robert Hills/University of Waterloo)
As part of this Badge Day event, the girls will meet engineering students and staff and visit five activity stations to learn about different computer skills. They will discover how a computer makes decisions, how information is kept private, learn to code and more.
The badge is part of an initiative of Ontario Network of Women in Engineering (ONWiE) to raise awareness about the engineering profession among girls. Computer skills are a key to success in high school, university and beyond.
As part of this Badge Day event, the girls will meet engineering students and staff and visit five activity stations to learn about different computer skills. They will discover how a computer makes decisions, how information is kept private, learn to code and more.
The badge is part of an initiative of Ontario Network of Women in Engineering (ONWiE) to raise awareness about the engineering profession among girls. Computer skills are a key to success in high school, university and beyond.
As wind energy development blossoms in Canada and around the world, opposition at the community level is challenging the viability of the industry. A new study with research from the University of Waterloo, published in Nature Energy, identifies four major factors leading to disputes over wind farms, and offers recommendations on avoiding disagreements.
First major collaboration between Toronto and Waterloo innovation hubs will assist regional startups in global expansion
Robert Amelard, a University of Waterloo PhD student in systems design engineering, is making headlines with innovative technology that can help identify health problems before they result in a medical emergency. Waterloo Engineering sat down with Amelard to understand how the revolutionary technology works and what inspired him.
Experiencing mixed emotions shows emotional complexity, not indecision, and people living in different parts of the world vary in their ability to distinguish between multiple feelings they're having at once, according to new research.