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Life Ever After

Years of university – then what? As John Fraser discovered, first jobs can lead in unexpected directions Read More

HIV on the Rise in Ontario

U of T study finds rate of increase in HIV diagnoses highest among heterosexuals Read More

Freedom to Surf

The Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre takes on growing worldwide Internet censorship and surveillance Read More

What Prejudice Does

Belonging to a stigmatized group reduces the self-control students use regulate to their behaviour Read More

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

Decoding the meaning of physical gestures and things Read More

Rooms with a Breeze

A compact cottage experience Read More

Early Warning

"Flake Awake" takes first prize in the Idea Competition sponsored by the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Read More

Bringing CanCon to the World

Law professor Michael Geist is making the case for a Canadian digital library Read More

How Much Are Drugs Worth?

A fledgling medical science attempts an answer Read More

School of Jazz

For U of T Music students, it's all about the passion and the desire to play Read More

Cathie Long (BA 1971 Trinity) was part of an experiment by Prof. Raymond Reilly to find a new way to treat breast cancer

A Twist of Fate

Raymond Reilly was looking for a better way to diagnose breast cancer. Instead, he discovered a new way to treat it Read More

Pinpoint Delivery

Professor Christine Allen uses nanotechnology to ensure cancer-fighting drugs get where they need to go Read More

Outdoor Sweatshops

U of T geography professor Ken MacDonald is challenging unfair labour practices on the slopes of the Karakoram Mountains Read More

Dinosaur’s “Duck Bill” Not Linked to Sense of Smell

PhD student reconstructs the brain and nasal cavity of the lambeosaur Read More

The Politics of Suspicion

Ideas-oriented periodical explores the politics of suspicion in a post-9/11 world Read More

Rinse May Identify Risk of Gum Disease

New oral rinse developed by Professor Michael Glogauer at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry Read More

Heavenly Dance

"Gravitas: Portraits of a Universe in Motion." Read More

Placental Problems Linked to Heart Disease

U of T study led by Dr. Joel Ray of the department of medicine Read More

Ghost Worlds

The search for other Earths Read More

What Is a Planet?

Recent discoveries force astronomers to rethink long-held definition Read More

A Whole New World of Study

U of T Scarborough to launch planetary science program Read More

Of Mice and Men

U of T team finds that few protein-coding genes remain to be discovered, but a single gene can spawn thousands of different proteins Read More

Nano Space Invaders

Tiny satellites will conduct innovative experiments Read More

Meet the SIMs

Computer-operated mannequins can tell nursing students "That hurts!" or "I feel dizzy!" Read More

Foiling the Warren Harding Syndrome

Structured interviews help weed out bias in job selection Read More

Eureka!

Where do great ideas come from? Read More

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Great Eureka Moments in History

From Isaac Newton to Sir Paul McCartney, inspiration arrived suddenly Read More

Can Machines Be Creative?

The question is challenging both computer scientists and psychologists Read More

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A Dissident’s Diary

Can a blogger bring political change to Iran? Read More

The Infinite Library

Researchers are welcoming Google's plan to digitize millions of books, but the implications for libraries are profound Read More

Lines of Defence

Embryonic stem cell lines will give scientists new potential for curing diseases Read More

Home Cheap Home

Pay more for energy efficiency up front, save more in the long term, says prof Read More

Why Kids Keep Quiet about Abuse

Social isolation and rigid gender roles within the family are two factors, says prof Read More

African Queen

A museum studies prof is working to unearth the ancient leader's complete life story Read More

Foiled Again

Prof develops quantum cryptography method that could improve Internet security Read More

Preventing Postpartum Depression

Key is identifying women at risk early, says prof Read More

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Teamwork Differs for Men and Women

Study finds that men prefer more hierarchical groups Read More

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A Cleaner Future

Just how close are we? Read More

Fields of Gold

Chemist David Boocock has developed a clean-burning fuel from organic waste Read More

Hydrogen Village

Pierre Rivard imagines an "Internet of energy" on Toronto's Port Lands Read More

Doctors performing surgery on seven-month-old twins Tinashe and Tinotenda Mufuka in an operating room at The Hospital for Sick Children

Miracle at Sick Kids

Zimbabwean twins Tinashe and Tinotenda Mufuka were born conjoined. A marvel of international co-operation brought them apart Read More

The Awful Tooth

Dental injury prevalent among young people, study finds Read More

Songs of Love and Haiti

15-CD project captures sounds of Caribbean nation Read More

Rehabilitation for Stroke Victims

Innovative treatment helps foster movement in arms and hands Read More

Emotional Welfare

Ontario's social assistance program too complicated, impersonal, study suggests Read More

Learning Lessons from 9/11

Canada needs a long-term strategy to combat terrorism, prof says Read More

Tommy, Can You Hear Me?

Majority of concert-goers aware of risk of hearing damage, study finds Read More

Give Us a (Tax) Break!

Prof advocates eliminating corporate tax to spur investment by Canadian companies Read More

Can a Bank Change (the World)?

Financial institutions that issue "micro-loans" are changing millions of lives in the developing world Read More

You Say Tomato…

Retiring linguistics prof identified unique characteristics of Canadian speech Read More

Beating Kidney Disease

Endowed chairs in nephrology aim to improve lives of two million Canadians affected by kidney disease Read More

What Makes Us Happy?

Science offers surprising new answers Read More

Feeling Good vs. Doing Good

The meaning of happiness has changed over time Read More

Rate Your Happiness

Simple happiness test is considered highly reliable Read More

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love HGTV

A lifelong pessimist meets his match Read More

Machine Dreams

The quest to build a better robot Read More

Calypso King

Jarrod Lall warms up the airwaves with sounds of the Caribbean Read More

Bringing Up Baby

Adult moms more affectionate toward infants, study finds Read More

The Iceberg Cometh

Ocean tides dislodged huge Arctic icebergs, contributing to climate cooling thousands of years ago Read More

When Animals Worry

Chronic stress affects reproduction and survival levels Read More