Research and Innovation

Autonomous vehicle lidar frame February 3, 2020 U of T-Waterloo research data to put self-driving cars to ultimate test: Canadian winter
A blood test in France January 6, 2020 Evidence grows for iron deficiency screening in childhood: U of T researchers
Aerial view of U of T downtown campus bathed in a rosy glow from the sun rising December 20, 2019 Seven transformational things that happened at U of T over the past decade
Astronauts brushing their teeth on the Space Shuttle Discovery December 13, 2019 Why do astronauts get cavities? U of T students drill into the data
Portrait of Joel Watts December 3, 2019 'Not all disease is the same': U of T study highlights protein variability in neurodegenerative diseases
Photo of Phani Radhakrishnan November 19, 2019 U of T Scarborough researcher looks at the causes – and effects – of workplace racial harassment
Brendan Frey the founder of Deep Genomics November 14, 2019 Deep Genomics, founded by U of T's Brendan Frey, named to CNBC list of most promising startups
Gary Bader shows a screen from Cytoscape showing how the software works November 14, 2019 With the help of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, U of T researchers develop data tools to accelerate science
Bin Liu, CEO of iMerciv, and Rylan Vroom November 14, 2019 U of T startup aims to make world more navigable for pedestrians, especially those with vision loss
An aerial view of various downtown Toronto hospitals November 13, 2019 U of T's Centre for Sustainable Health Systems to focus on reducing health-care sector's environmental impact
Polar bear on Arctic ice November 13, 2019 Arctic's last refuge for ice-dependent species disappearing as region warms
Sandeep Bains speaks at the NGen launch August 22, 2019 Advanced manufacturing supercluster invests in potentially life-saving gene therapies
Photo of Stephen Cook July 5, 2019 'Some of the deepest questions it's possible to ask': Stephen Cook's pioneering career in computational complexity
A photo of Citizen Lab June 13, 2019 Citizen Lab reports explore nefarious use of spyware apps: CBC, Toronto Star
photo of ancient goosefoot seed and a wild, weedy relative January 15, 2019 U of T researchers identify domesticated 3,000-year-old quinoa seeds in Ontario
photo of Jen Gommerman and Olga Rojas January 7, 2019 Treating brain inflammation in MS patients may start in their guts: U of T-led study
Photo of Beverley Orser November 7, 2018 Moving beyond the ‘ether era’: U of T researcher elected to U.S. National Academy of Medicine for work on anesthesia
Photo of three U of T winners of the Governor General's academic gold medal July 4, 2018 Three former U of T graduate students win Governor General's Academic Gold Medal
March 28, 2018 How AI is helping to predict and prevent suicides
bristle worm January 23, 2018 U of T researchers discover 508-million-year-old worm