Forget facts and figures — high school students need to develop lifelong learning practices and a sense of self, according to a report released by the Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI).
Patrick Brill-Edwards never thought he would help develop the world’s first cancer vaccine. But by the time the Gardasil vaccine hit the market in 2006, he had done just that.
A Waterloo kinesiology graduate and trained medical doctor, Brill-Edwards joined Merck, the company behind Gardasil, in 2001 when the vaccine had not yet been granted licensure.
Lin Tan has one goal in mind when working on her research — improving the lives of ordinary people.
The Grand River watershed in Southwestern Ontario has been studied by hundreds of researchers for decades and it’s time to bring the data together so the Grand River can become a showcase for smart water management, says a University of Waterloo researcher.
There is no point faking it in bed because chances are your sexual partner will be able to tell. A study by researchers at the University of Waterloo found that men and women are equally perceptive of their partners’ levels of sexual satisfaction.
The study by Erin Fallis, PhD candidate, and co-authors Professor Uzma S. Rehman and Professor Christine Purdon in the Department of Psychology at Waterloo, identified sexual communication and ability to recognize emotions as important factors that predict accuracy in gauging one partner’s sexual satisfaction.
There’s no point faking it in bed because chances are your sexual partner will be able to tell, a University of Waterloo study has found.
“We found that, on average, both men and women have fairly accurate and unbiased perceptions of their partners’ sexual satisfaction,” says Erin Fallis, PhD candidate and lead author of the study published in Archives of Sexual Behavior.
In the Chat Communications Inc. and the University of Waterloo announce a research partnership focused on the continued development of machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) techniques to improve brand customer service via social media globally.
BEIJING — Large, graphic health warnings on tobacco packets in China would increase awareness about the harms of smoking, help to cut smoking rates, and in doing so save lives according to global studies. These are the key findings from a new report, Tobacco health warnings in China – Evidence of effectiveness and implications for action, from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project), released today.
One in four older people living at home with dementia also have other serious neurological conditions like stroke and Parkinson’s disease, a study has found.
(The following news release was issued by the office of John Milloy, MPP, Kitchener-Centre)
Ontario Researchers Finding Innovative Solutions to Global Challenges
Ontario is increasing its ability to attract and retain promising and recently appointed researchers to build teams focused on furthering innovative breakthroughs.