Melanie Campbell sees the eyes as a window to the brain, where the presence of amyloid beta proteins in the neural layers of the retina may lead to an early and definitive test for Alzheimer’s disease.
Read more about Melanie's research on an early test for Alzheimer's.
Hand holding small pieces of cut colourful plastic bottles, which Waterloo researchers are now able to convert into high-value products using sunlight. (RecycleMan/Getty Images)
Dr. Travis Craddock, professor and Canada Research Chair, says the team's findings change our basic knowledge of biology (University of Waterloo).
ESO 137-001, a jellyfish galaxy like the one recently observed by astrophysicists at the University of Waterloo. (Credit: NASA, ESA)
