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University of Waterloo Secures Fresh Funding for Food Security Startup Ceragen
Ceragen, a startup that optimizes fruit and vegetable production, has raised US$2 million in a seed funding round that will help expand its operations and develop its technology in additional countries.
The startup, based out of…
Waterloo Engineering Partners with Arctic Eider Society to Enhance Hazardous Ice Detection
Warming temperatures mean shorter ice seasons in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut. As a result, the stretches of landfast ice formed from frozen seawater that Inuit use to travel and hunt on are increasingly unpredictable and unsafe.
Polynyas, areas…
University of Waterloo Celebrates 50 Years of Pioneering Sustainability Research and Education
The University of Waterloo is a leader in sustainability research and education. Home to the largest Faculty of Environment in Canada, Waterloo has been a catalyst for environmental innovation, solutions and talent for 50 year.
As …
University of Waterloo Unveils Powerful New Open-Source Software
Accurate models of real-world scenarios are important for bringing theoretical and experimental research together in meaningful ways. Creating these realistic computer models, however, is a very large undertaking. Significant…
Waterloo Engineering Innovation: AI-Powered Antenna for Quick and Accurate Bone Fracture Detection
A University of Waterloo engineer has paired inexpensive wireless communication antennas with artificial intelligence (AI) to improve how doctors can detect bone fractures.
Determining bone fractures using traditional diagnostic methods…
University of Waterloo Researchers Forecast Fewer, Costlier Strawberries as Temperatures Rise
Strawberries could be fewer and more expensive because of higher temperatures caused by climate change, according to research from the University of Waterloo.
Using a new method of analysis, the researchers found that a rise in…
Waterloo researcher awarded $2 million to investigate youth vaping and lung health
Canada has among the highest rates of nicotine vaping in the world, with more than one in 10 high school students vaping daily. The intensity of vaping and measures of addiction have also increased in recent years, particularly…
Waterloo Joins Forces with Accelerator Centre to Enhance Innovation and Startup Ecosystem
A University of Waterloo partnership with the Accelerator Centre (AC) will further advance our commitment to creating social change through innovation with the launch of the Global Impact Creator Program.
The pilot program invites…
Monash appoints Professor Steven Vaughan from UCL as next Dean, Faculty of Law
Monash University has appointed Professor Steven Vaughan as Dean, Faculty of Law following a competitive global search. Professor Vaughan will commence his new role at Monash in January 2025.
Professor Vaughan is an internationally…
AMU Professor pleads for gender responsive budgeting
ALIGARH: Much-talked about empowerment of women belonging to the marginalised communities can only be realized through gender responsive budgeting and it is what has hardly been attempted," said Prof Azra Musavi, Director Advanced…