Overcoming pandemic cave syndrome: Why is it so complicated?
For U.S. workers and students who have toiled remotely in isolation or in pods for the past year and a half, reentering offices, classrooms and other old stomping grounds...
CityU’s advanced robotic VR system teleoperates robots for COVID-19 swab tests
A research team co-led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently developed an innovative human-machine interface (HMI) that can teleoperate robots to imitate the user's actions and perform complicated tasks.
Why new mothers are more likely to see faces in everyday objects
A University of Queensland study has found women who’ve just had a baby are much more likely to see faces in everyday objects than other women.
Researchers use powerful AI tool to gain new insights into protein structures
An international team of researchers has revealed new insights about the three-dimensional structure of certain types of proteins by using the powerful artificial intelligence tool AlphaFold2.
How industrialized life remodels the microbiome
International study reveals gut bacteria from people in industrialized societies swap genes at much higher rates.
Kidney failure impacts life expectancy of women more than men
New research finds women experience a greater loss in life expectancy, and higher likelihood of premature death from kidney disease than men, highlighting a need to find the cause.
Waterloo researcher awarded Michael J. Fox Foundation grant
Dr. Kaylena Ehgoetz Martens, a researcher in Kinesiology and Health Sciences, is part of an international team that received $1.35 million USD from the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for a joint project on freezing of gait (FOG)...
New device to stop blood pressure highs and lows catching you unawares
A new campaign to help with wide-scale screening against ‘the silent killer’ that is high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, has been announced today on World Hypertension Day.
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry joins historic pledge to preserve planetary health
Academic health institutions call for implementation of planetary health education and research, transition to climate-resilient health systems.
Leading cancer researcher joins SAiGENCI
Cancer research expert Professor Melissa Davis has been appointed as Program Leader, Cancer Systems Biology at the South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI).
