Grand Bend fireball may have dropped meteorites
Nothing lights up the night – or sparks the interest of researchers – quite like a meteor sighting.
Space Exploration
Jan 29, 2018
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University of Western Ontario
Breakthrough in tornado short-term forecasting could mean earlier, more accurate warnings
When mere seconds of storm warning could mean the difference between harm or safety, two researchers with ties to Western University in London, Canada, have developed a tornado-prediction method they say could buy as much ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 27, 2017
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Too near, or too far? What fruit flies teach us about personal space
Most of us have had the experience of backing away when someone has stepped inside the bounds of our personal space. But, until now, little has been understood about the mechanisms that allow us to determine when someone ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 9, 2017
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New scanning process allows unprecedented look inside live insects
Until now, insects have been too wriggly to make good subjects for scientists wanting to understand more about insect innards.
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2017
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'Tiny clocks' crystallize understanding of meteorite crashes
Almost two billion years ago, a 10-kilometre-wide chunk of space slammed down into rock near what is now the city of Sudbury. Now, scientists from Western University and the University of Portsmouth are marrying details of ...
Space Exploration
May 26, 2017
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Remembering the need to forget
We are built to forget – it is a psychological necessity. But in a social media world that captures – and, more importantly, remembers – everything we say and do, forgetting is becoming a thing of the past. If we lose ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2017
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Scientists use 'molecular-Lego' to take CRISPR gene-editing tool to the next level
A team of researchers at Western University is playing with molecular-Lego by adding an engineered enzyme to the revolutionary new gene-editing tool, CRISPR/Cas9. Their study, published today in the Proceedings of the National ...
Biotechnology
Dec 12, 2016
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Astronomers predict possible birthplace of Rosetta comet
When the Rosetta spacecraft successfully touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Sept. 30, the news was shared globally via Twitter in dozens of languages. Citizens the world over were engaged by the astronomical ...
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2016
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New discovery shatters previous beliefs about Earth's origin
A new study led by Western University's all-star cosmochemist Audrey Bouvier proves that the Earth and other planetary objects formed in the early years of the Solar System share similar chemical origins – a finding at ...
Space Exploration
Sep 14, 2016
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New methodology provides better size estimates of meteorite impact craters
Using newly developed methodology, planetary scientists from Western University have re-estimated the diameter of eight well-known impact craters on Earth. The journal Science Advances published an explanation of the new ...
Space Exploration
Aug 8, 2016
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