Discoveries in the Making
The breadth and range of the University of Ottawa's research - from cardiovascular disease to second-language acquisition - impacts on the daily lives of Canadians. Read our short profiles to find out about current research and what could be the next major breakthrough.
Archives
2008
January
2008-01-08 The battle of the brands
2007
November
2007-11-01 Snapshot of francophone minorities
October
September
2007-09-28 Human Rights and Corporate Accountability
2007-09-21 Finding justice in post-conflict Rwanda
2007-09-14 Reinventing the wheel
2007-09-07 Writing the book on Leo Tolstoy
August
2007-08-20 Shedding light on modern slavery
July
2007-07-16 Keeping swimmers safe in Canada’s North
June
2007-06-18 Managing the melting pot
2007-06-11 The virtual engine that could
2007-06-04 The changing face of the family
May
April
2007-04-30 Calling all glutamate receptors!
2007-04-23 A refined and re-defining fuel
2007-04-16 Getting to the bottom of lake deposits
2007-04-02 Seeking new ways to fill ‘er up
March
2007-03-05 Living with the land
February
2007-02-28 Securing the basis for health
2007-02-12 Growing old and growing cancer
2007-02-06 Fueling a heated debate over shivering
January
2007-01-29 The Mathematics of Language
2007-01-22 Weather meets water, as the climate shifts
2007-01-08 Managing people on the move
2006
December
2006-12-11 Asking why ‘nothing succeeds like success’
November
2006-11-29 The Promise of Drinking Water for Billions
2006-11-20 Research at a glacial pace
2006-11-06 Creating a new generation of building blocks
October
2006-10-11 The search for simpler cures
September
2006-09-18 A vote of academic confidence
August
2006-08-15 When sexual intimacy becomes painful
July
June
May
2006-05-09 Research to count on
April
2006-04-12 Witness to the emerging mind
March
2006-03-14 Exploring the hidden world of cells
February
2006-02-28 Watching globalization percolate
2006-02-14 Reordering lives disrupted by alcohol
2006-02-06 Adding life to geological inquiry
2005
December
2005-12-07 Gender-bending pollutants in the environment
November
2005-11-21 Building the World’s Most Accurate Clock
October
September
2005-09-27 Dealing with Information Overload
August
May
April
2005-04-28 Democracy and political scandal
2005-04-28 Minorities and the law
2005-04-01 Using viruses to kill cancer cells
2005-04-01 Why people join unusual new religions
March
2005-03-22 How viruses attack
2005-03-22 Reading, writing and statistical arithmetic
2005-03-01 From the Greeks to the Gomery Inquiry
February
2005-02-15 Cheaper, greener diesel fuel
2005-02-15 Don’t panic!
January
2005-01-14 Local problems, global reasons
2005-01-14 Missile defence in context
2004
December
2004-12-20 Behind those year-end financial reports
November
2004-11-12 Depressed? Maybe you can blame your spouse
2004-11-12 Understanding why young offenders offend
2004-11-02 What diabetes does to the brain
2004-11-02 When transparency isn’t the best solution
October
2004-10-18 Beating the high cost of gas
2004-10-18 Checking up on the government
2004-10-04 Coaxing commercial chemicals
2004-10-04 Crossing the line
2004-10-04 Getting to the roots of stem cells
2004-10-04 Pondering pollutants
2004-10-04 Saving cells
2004-10-04 Seeing the light
2004-10-04 Virtual reality gets real
September
2004-09-30 How safe is your food?
2004-09-17 When humans fiddle with nature
August
2004-08-25 Our unsafe borders
July
2004-07-16 The roots of globalization
2004-07-16 Women and the new federal Parliament
June
2004-06-15 Religion among immigrant youth in Canada
2004-06-11 Nutrition and obesity in pre-school children
2004-06-03 Dealing with greenhouse gas emissions
May
2004-05-13 Deafness in children
2004-05-13 Hearing aids
2004-05-03 Your garbage, global warming and landfill
April
2004-04-29 How modern moms – and dads – cope
2004-04-29 Supporting dying patients and their families
