Reach for the stars: Waterloo start-up goes to space
Local start-up SkyWatch is bringing Waterloo tech to outer space.
The company’s software product, TerraWatch, focuses on processing satellite imagery. The tool can be deployed...
A new method to assess COVID-19 patients: screening with AI
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed an AI-based software tool aimed at improving COVID-19 screening.
Alexander Wong, a system design engineering professor at...
The different facets of LGBTQ+ in STEM
Systemic biases are ever-prevalent in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and industry for LGBTQ+ people, be it LGBTQ+ scientists who would prefer...
Tech start-up files first Waterloo-based IPO in 15 years
This spring, Magnet Forensics Inc. became the first Waterloo-based tech start-up to become a publicly traded company in the last 15 years.
On April 28,...
BlackBerry partners with UW to create Joint Innovation Program
The University of Waterloo and BlackBerry have teamed up to drive innovation in the Waterloo region with the release of the new Joint Innovation...
UW researchers developing at-home, saliva-based COVID test
Researchers at the University of Waterloo are in the process of creating an at-home saliva-based COVID-19 test expected to deliver a positive or negative...
The Debated Origin of Coal
Though coal was a key player in the technological boom of the Industrial Revolution and contributes a third of global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions,...
Predictive AI partners with UW Artificial Intelligence Institute
On Mar. 16, Predictiv AI, a software and solution provider in the artificial intelligence market, announced a new collaboration with the University of Waterloo...
UW prof receives over $200K from federal government to fund aquatic ecosystem study
A UW professor is receiving more than $200,000 over three years from the federal government to fund his research project on antidepressants in aquatic...
UW professor awarded over $1 Million to test wastewater for COVID-19
Mark Servos, biology professor at UW and a member of the Water Institute was awarded over $1 million in provincial funding to test wastewater...
