Engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo are successfully using a robot to help keep children with learning disabilities focused on their work.
Education
Feb 21, 2023
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Young adults want to live close to transit, high-density housing, and urban amenities, says research out of the University of Waterloo appearing in an upcoming issue of the Canadian Geographer.
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2013
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Canada's current wetland protection efforts have overlooked how the environment naturally protects fresh-water resources from agricultural fertilizer contaminants, researchers from the University of Waterloo have found.
Environment
Jul 19, 2017
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The recent detection of flares circling black holes has proven a decade-old theory co-developed by a Canadian physicist about how black holes grow and consume matter.
Astronomy
Oct 31, 2018
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Researchers have developed a process to remove contaminants from oil sands wastewater using only sunlight and nanoparticles that is more effective and inexpensive than conventional treatment methods.
Materials Science
Nov 23, 2015
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Our smartphones help us find a phone number quickly, provide us with instant directions and recommend restaurants, but new research indicates that this convenience at our fingertips is making it easy for us to avoid thinking ...
Other
Mar 5, 2015
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An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Waterloo is using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify microplastics faster and more accurately than ever before.
Environment
Dec 5, 2023
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A new study found that measuring the time it takes for a radar pulse to travel from a satellite to the sea surface and back again can reveal the thickness of river ice and dates when it is safe to travel on ice roads and ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2022
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(Phys.org)—Oil sands development in northern Alberta isnt polluting the nearby Peace-Athabasca Delta via the air and water to the extent many may believe, two recently published University of Waterloo research studies ...
Environment
Oct 3, 2012
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A study of more than 2,000 streams around North America found that those altered by human activity are at greater risk of flooding.
Environment
Mar 9, 2022
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