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.Western University researchers with Northern Tornadoes Project π¨π¦ investigate why wildfire smoke affects thunderstorm intensity. ow.ly/cpfz50RMhrU
#WesternU postdoc Brianne Bruijns, PhD shares expert insight on how climate change impacts children's physical activity levels in a new The Conversation Canada article. Only 39% of Canadian youth meet the recommended 60 minutes daily. brnw.ch/21wJVRq
A new innovation from Joshua Pearce (Joshua Pearce) & collaborators was featured on the front page of today's London Free Press: a solar-powered vertical farm, which boosts food security by extending the growing season for locally grown produce. π±ππ #WesternU brnw.ch/21wJUk5
Western University researchers are developing a new kind of farm using solar power and machine learning to grow food year-round with as little energy and water as possible.
More about this local innovation here: bit.ly/3yhakgP
*Picture by CBC London
#LdnOnt #LdnInnovation
. westernuWIN is #WesternU 's first official open science institute.
βIf we make experiments findable, accessible and reproducible, that means other people...can take that research to the next level.β - Ryan Salewski, Western BrainsCAN associate director π§ π¬π§ͺ
news.westernu.ca/2024/05/westerβ¦
A professor of electrical engineering at Western University is studying a method of growing food year round with the agro-tunnel project at the ICFAR facility in Ilderton. Beatriz Baleeiro has more: tinyurl.com/ye2dy396
#ldnont Joshua Pearce Western University
#WesternU βs Joshua Pearce (Joshua Pearce) and his collaborators are creating a net zero, zero-mile farming system that extends berry growing season. Using solar power and #AI , it offers fresh, local produce. ππ Western Engineering Ivey Business School Weston Family Foundation news.westernu.ca/2024/05/agrivoβ¦
#ThrowbackThursday : Stunning views of the aurora borealis captured over the weekend by members of the Physics & Astronomy department! @westernuscience
π·: Maximilian Vovk, Mehakpreet Singh, Ariel Chitan
#WesternU #LdnOnt #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis
World-renowned neuroscientist and Schulich WesternU professor Adrian Owen (@comadork) has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Owen is the fifth from #WesternU to be elected as a Fellow. news.westernu.ca/2024/05/adrianβ¦
Groundbreaking research out of @westernu could pave the way for a cure for ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. Dr. Michael Strong from Schulich WesternU joins Antony Robart to discuss his team's findings and how soon it could move to clinical trials.