Research

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, August 20, 2013) — Emergency departments are not meeting the needs of senior citizens, according to a new international study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

The study, which looked at patients over the age of 75 in emergency departments in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Iceland, India and Sweden, found that seniors have very different needs than the general population— needs that are not being addressed well by current clinical practices or emergency department designs.

An electronic device that will help seniors get around better has given flight to a new business started by recent engineering graduates.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Aug. 19, 2013) – A “street-fighting” mathematician and an 18-year-old who took on global education systems in a provoking book are amongst those who will assemble for Equinox Summit: Learning 2030, an innovative global summit tackling the future of high school education, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada from September 29 to October 3, 2013.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013) – A study is underway at the Centre for Contact Lens Research at the University of Waterloo to determine the effectiveness of contact lenses designed specifically to slow the progression of myopia—or nearsightedness—in children.

Summer camp is about more than s’mores and sing-alongs.

Next time you’re at the casino and your heart races at the sound of a winning jingle, make sure you look down at the counters for the real story.

In a recent study on slot machine sounds, Waterloo Professor Mike Dixon, in the Department of Psychology, found that celebratory music caused players to perceive they were winning even when they experienced a loss.

In light of recent record-setting rainstorm in the GTA the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Environment has a climate change adaptation expert willing to discuss how once-rare weather events pose a substantial risk to our economy, and how modest investments in our infrastructure can save millions of dollars in damages.

A University of Waterloo scientist has won the prestigious W. Garfield Weston Postdoctoral Fellowship in Northern Research for the second year in a row.

Igor Lehnherr, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences focuses on the impact climate change is having on fresh water lakes and ponds in the Arctic.

When the world’s policy makers sit down to discuss what should be done about climate change, two words invariably get thrown around: mitigation and adaptation.