Research & Innovation

Photo of BenchSci's four founders August 15, 2019 With Google's backing, U of T startup BenchSci uses AI to create 'super scientists'
Photo of Emily Nalder August 14, 2019 U of T researcher examines role of resiliency in mental health, including among students
Photo of Dexter Voisin August 14, 2019 U of T’s Dexter Voisin takes a deep dive into the issues that drive neighbourhood violence in Chicago and beyond
Photo of Katharina Braeutigam August 13, 2019 Forests for the future: U of T researcher seeks to make trees more resilient amid a changing climate
Photo of Sara Allin August 12, 2019 Overtesting and overtreating in health care: A five-year checkup of movement led by U of T faculty member
Photo of August 12, 2019 U of T study finds success in combining two emerging technologies for next-generation solar power
Portrait of Laura Brown August 9, 2019 Critical images from new satellites aid U of T faculty member's lake ice research
Portrait of Kinnon MacKinnon August 9, 2019 Dalla Lana researcher challenges international standard of care for trans patients
Photo of Emmalin Buajitti August 8, 2019 U of T researchers uncover the communities with the highest premature deaths in Ontario
Photo of technicians collecting core samples from a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer near Barrie, Ont. August 8, 2019 Contamination-eating microbes developed at U of T to be tested in the field
Peter Stogios in the lab August 7, 2019 U of T researchers aim to lower cost to make lab-grown meat
Photo of Adiv Paradise August 6, 2019 Can life exist on a 'snowball' planet? New U of T research says yes
Detail of graphic depicting weak interactions among neutral fermionic atoms in an ultracold gas August 6, 2019 Turning water into ice in the quantum realm: U of T, University of Colorado Boulder study
August 6, 2019 Preventative health at your fingertips: U of T researchers accurately measure blood pressure using phone camera
Portrait of David Pettinicchio August 2, 2019 Politics of empowerment: New book by U of T sociologist explores disability rights and the cycle of U.S. policy reform
Photo of Jean-Bernard Caron and Maydianne Andrade August 1, 2019 Paleontologists at U of T and ROM discover fossils of new predatory species in Canadian Rockies
Female (left) and male (right) black widow spiders July 31, 2019 Male black widow spiders piggyback on the work of their rivals to find female mates faster: U of T study
Photo of a pinprick July 30, 2019 Could a daily pinprick lead to better health? This U of T researcher thinks so as he seeks to turn blood into big data
Portrait of Amy Finn July 29, 2019 U of T psychologist Amy Finn reveals insights into the implicit learning that helps make us human
Photo of Sam Maglio July 26, 2019 U of T study finds people have expectations of the ideal number of collaborators to make a product