Research & Innovation

Pranav Kadhiresan and Buddhisha Udugama hold up the pea-sized heating device February 19, 2020 Paired with a smartphone, pill-sized 'heater' developed at U of T could be used to diagnose infectious disease
Photo of Robert Kozak and Samira Mubareka standing in front of a window February 19, 2020 U of T and Sunnybrook virologists work on tools to combat coronavirus outbreak
An image of a larval zebrafish retina February 18, 2020 U of T researcher focuses on preventing vision loss in patients with rare genetic disorder
Portrait of Timothy Chan February 14, 2020 U of T researcher leads push to map location of life-saving automated external defibrillators in GTA
Members of the CERT team wearing blue hard hats and yellow vests work on pilot-scale electrolyzer equipment equipment February 13, 2020 U of T spinoff among 10 winners of Canadian clean energy innovation competition
Headshot of Aida Sijamic Wahid February 12, 2020 Gender-diverse corporate boards reduce financial misconduct: U of T study
Photo of Adnan Ozden, F. Pelayo García de Arquer and Joshua Wicks in the lab February 10, 2020 'Reverse fuel cell' built by U of T researchers converts waste carbon into valuable products
an N95 mask on a stark black background February 7, 2020 Model built by U of T researchers suggests coronavirus outbreak began in November, has yet to be controlled
photo of Roxanne Oshidari and Karim Mekhail February 6, 2020 U of T researchers discover intricate process of DNA repair in genome stability
Photo of Kuujjuaq with trees in the foreground February 4, 2020 U of T researchers use deep DNA sequencing to find TB "super-​spreader" in northern Quebec
The handheld skin printer at work in the lab February 4, 2020 U of T researchers' handheld 3D skin printer helps heal large, severe burns, study finds
Portraits of Audrey Walton, Mamatha Bhat, Maria Drout February 4, 2020 Three U of T researchers win Polanyi Prize for work in astronomy, English and medicine
Autonomous vehicle lidar frame February 3, 2020 U of T-Waterloo research data to put self-driving cars to ultimate test: Canadian winter
PhD student Rajshree Biswas in a lab coat and goggles stands in front of a vial of fryer oil and 3D-printed butterflies January 30, 2020 U of T researchers turn McDonald's deep fryer oil into high-end 3D printing resin
Researcher Teng Cui holds up a small pink square silicon chip that was used to stretch the graphene over January 30, 2020 Graphene can withstand over one billion high-stress cycles before failing, U of T researchers find
Thomas Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis looks out a window with a hallway in the background January 29, 2020 Gene fragment could explain link between autism and cognitive difficulties: U of T study
photo of Zindel Segal sitting in front of a computer January 29, 2020 New online therapy for lingering depression symptoms could fill 'gap in care,' U of T researcher says
heryl Regehr, Elizabeth Haig, Rahul Arora, Amanda Khan and Larry Alford pose for a photo January 27, 2020 Three graduate students win U of T Libraries research exhibition awards
3 bottles of various types of alcohol at a Whitehorse liquor store with yellow and red health warning stickers January 27, 2020 Making cancer risks clear boosts public support for higher alcohol prices: U of T, UVic study
pregnant woman sitting on a sofa looking in pain January 27, 2020 More studies needed on use of acetaminophen prior to pregnancy, U of T researchers say