Jan 24 2018

Vaccines not protecting farmed fish from disease

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The vaccines used by commercial fish farmers are not protecting fish from disease, according to a new study.The study was compiled by researchers at the University of Waterloo, the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso and Chile’s University of Valparaiso. It showed vaccinated fish tend to show more symptoms when contracting diseases, with the health impacts and ultimately deaths occurring as if they’d never received a vaccine.
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Jan 16 2018

Math Can Predict How Cancer Cells Evolve

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Applied mathematics can be a powerful tool in helping predict the genesis and evolution of different types of cancers, a study from the University of Waterloo has found.
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Jan 15 2018

Energy Drinks Can Negatively Impact Health of Youth

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Over half of Canadian youth and young adults who have consumed energy drinks have experienced negative health effects as a result, according to a study from the University of Waterloo.
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Jan 04 2018

Children with chronic illness often show signs of mental health problems

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Children commonly show signs of a mental disorder soon after receiving a diagnosis involving a chronic physical condition, according to a recent study in BMJ Open.
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Nov 15 2017

Artificial sweeteners in groundwater indicate contamination from septic systems

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The presence of artificial sweeteners in rural groundwater shows evidence for contamination by local septic system wastewater, researchers from the University of Waterloo have found.
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Sep 07 2017

Researchers develop cheaper, faster test for E. coli in drinking water

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Researchers at the University of Waterloo have invented a fast, affordable way for developing communities to test their drinking water for potentially deadly E. coli.Unlike current tests that cost about $70 and can take up to three days to get back from the lab, the Waterloo invention uses paper strips similar to those in litmus tests to produce results in less than three hours at a cost of 50 cents.
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Aug 18 2017

Destruction of small wetlands directly linked to algal blooms in Great Lakes

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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.In a recent study, researchers at Waterloo’s Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering found that small wetlands have a more significant role to play than larger ones in preventing excess nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizer from reaching waterbodies such as the Great Lakes.
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