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A team of researchers at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, led by professor Steven R. Laviolette, is redefining our understanding of nicotine’s impact on the adolescent brain. With a $1.4-million project grant from the …

Amrit Ahluwalia has been named the new executive director of Western Continuing Studies (WCS), effective March 25. Ahluwalia has made his mark in the continuing higher education field, most recently holding two roles: editor-in-chief of …

When it was first discovered in 2004, Apophis was identified as one of the most dangerous asteroids, in that there was a risk that it could impact Earth. But that impact assessment changed over the years after astronomers tracked Apophis,…

Two Western PhD candidates are among the inaugural recipients of a scholarship to commemorate victims of the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed shortly after taking off in March 2019.  Flight 302 Legacy Award was created to…

The hippocampus – a seahorse-shaped region of the brain which plays a particularly important role in cognitive aging and memory function – has been studied as a singular region for several years. However, there remains a gap in…

So little is understood about the dialogue between the body and the brain. It might seem obvious that our physical state can affect our ability to think, but there are many fundamental questions neuroscientists would still like to…

New research from a Western University postdoctoral fellow shows the early lunar crust, which makes up the surface of the Moon, was considerably enriched in water more than 4 billion years ago, counter to previously held…

Western is one of the top employers in Southwestern Ontario, according to a new analysis of the best workplaces in the region.  The inaugural list of top Southwestern Ontario employers was released Jan. 16 by Mediacorp Canada, a…

Patients with Crohn’s disease may require difficult surgeries in their lifetimes that typically involve the removal of diseased bowel. Some patients may end up with a permanent ileostomy – a surgical procedure to divert stool from the…

Discovering new molecules in space. Creating a salmonella vaccine for poultry – from plants. Analyzing how fear impacts animal brains in the long term.  Three wildly distinct Western research projects, but all with a central…