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New research shows that nearly two-thirds of those with stroke in Canada show symptoms of disturbed sleep.

ChatGPT is giving us a glimpse of the future of artificial intelligence. It’s a future filled with great promise, but also significant challenges. Professor Céline Castets-Renard is at the forefront of research on the ethical aspects of these AI-powered technologies, generating globally-relevant insights to help guide us through the social changes AI is provoking.

Professor Kyle Kirkup has been invited to join the prestigious ranks of the Global Young Academy (GYA), a community of outstanding early career scientists and scholars from around the world. The GYA aims to foster international, interdisciplinary and intergenerational dialogue across a wide range of fields.

The Faculty of Medicine's broad research community routinely dominates funding competitions, earning uOttawa multi-million dollar grant successes.

Building on the knowledge gained after three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Ottawa and McMaster University are joining forces with partners to create the Canadian Pandemic Preparedness Hub (CP2H). This innovative partnership between academia, industry and the health care sector will ensure Canada is best prepared to protect the health of Canadians should another epidemic or pand...

A new study coming out of the CHEO Research Institute indicates that 96.2% of Canadian children and youth did not meet the 24-hour movement guidelines six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and 73% did not meet screen time recommendations. Researchers found that low parental perceived capability to restrict screen time and less time spent outdoors was a big reason why.

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences goes in this fifteenth edition to Anne L’Huillier (Lund University, Sweden), Paul Corkum (University of Ottawa and the National Research Council, Canada) and Ferenc Krausz (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany), the three pioneers of “attosecond physics” or “attophysics” whose work has made it possible to observe subatom...

Modern photonics beamed onto the scene with the invention of the laser in 1960, and has continued to make tremendous strides ever since. Today, the spotlight shines bright on two University of Ottawa researchers who have each received a prestigious Optica award for their glowing contributions to the science of light.

You can now register for the CCERBAL 2023 Conference! The program is shaping up to be very promising. We’ve also added two special free pre-conference events, on the afternoon of May 3. They will address plurilingualisms in migration and internationalization as well as engagement with university immersion in English and French

Motivated by curiosity and the chance to test their theories in space, gifted science students from a local school joined with the University of Ottawa to answer an important question: Do EpiPens work in space? The answer turned into a ground-breaking discovery.