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Study finds how to reduce risk of blood clots after heart surgery
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Some patients who have heart valve implants suffer severe blood clots, and researchers at the University of Waterloo helped to lead a worldwide effort that minimises the risk.
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Large language models validate misinformation, finds study
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers from the University of Waterloo recently tested an early version of ChatGPT's interpretation of claims in six categories: facts, conspiracies, disputes, misconceptions, stereotypes, and fiction. This was part of a larger effort by Waterloo researchers to analyse human-technology
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To harvest fresh water out of vapour in air, researchers take inspiration
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A group of scientists is developing cutting-edge technology to capture water vapour in the air and turn it into liquid. Professor Michael Tam of the University of Waterloo and his PhD pupils Yi Wang and Weinan Zhao have created sponges or membranes with a sizable surface area that continuou
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Student interest in non-traditional courses has seen a 61 per cent increas
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26: The 2023 IC3 Institute Student Quest Survey Report has shed further light on the interplay between students, parents, and counselors in shaping the course of higher education and career aspirations. Conducted annually by the IC3 Institute, the survey ensures car
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Are you messing with your body clock?
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers are employing mathematical models to better understand the effects of interruptions to the body's circadian rhythms such as daylight savings time, working night shifts, jet lag, or even late-night phone scrolling. The University of Waterloo and the University of Oxford researche
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AI might replace humans in social science research
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Leading academics from the University of Waterloo, the University of Toronto, Yale University, and the University of Pennsylvania examines how AI (large language models, or LLMs, in particular) could affect the nature of their work in an article published in the prominent journal Science.
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Employers should exercise caution when introducing peer recognition initia
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Employers are constantly looking for better and more innovative ways to acknowledge people in the workplace, especially in circumstances where change is frequent and fast-paced. According to recent research from the University of Waterloo, however, employee comparisons made possible by publi
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Ways to advance goals of equity and justice in climate action planning: St
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that while equity and justice are frequently listed as goals in municipal climate action plans, the discussion of these concepts is mostly rhetorical. A new study from the University of Waterloo outlined how planners can bridge the gap and address the current state of
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Study finds ways to advance goals of equity and justice in climate action
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers found that equity and justice are frequently listed as objectives in municipal climate action plans, but discussion of these ideas is mainly rhetorical. How planners can bridge the gap and confront the current state of climate change and social injustice is described in a new stu
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Alternative to non-renewable power sources discovered in terms of energy g
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The first of its kind and the product of a decade of work by researchers at the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto, the novel generating system is compact, reliable, low-cost and very, very green.
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New report: You're wrong if you think era of globalization is over!
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Reports of globalization's death are premature, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Waterloo, the University of British Columbia and the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai.
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AI detects breast cancer chemotherapy effectiveness: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Engineers at the University of Waterloo created artificial intelligence (AI) technology to predict whether chemotherapy before surgery would be beneficial for women with breast cancer.
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