Research & Ideas | U of T Magazine - Part 14

About Face

A popular social networking website is changing how students interact Read More

Donating BCE Shares Yields Tax Benefit

U of T and donor benefit from donated shares Read More

Oceans on Mars

Ridges on the red planet might have been shorelines Read More

A Bad Wrap

Food packaging is a potential source of chemicals in the bloodstream Read More

A Million Dollars, Baby

Computer science team vies for Netflix prize Read More

How to Feel Rich Quick

Currencies with a high face value such as the Japanese yen make people feel wealthier Read More

What You Eat Says about You

People who eat "good" foods are perceived as more trustworthy, study finds Read More

Group photo of Cowboy Junkies' Michael Timmins, Peter Timmins and Alan Anton sitting with their instruments, with Margo Timmins seated front and centre

The Complete Cowboy Junkies

Media Commons collection spans 20 years of Canadian band’s history Read More

Cause Celeb

Do Hollywood stars change the public's perception of issues? Read More

Can a Brain Change?

Dr. Norman Doidge argues that the brain is far more malleable than previously thought Read More

Under the Toronto Sun

U of T teams with ARISE and Portlands Energy Centre to design the city's first solar power research facility Read More

Cancer Killer

Implant infused with drugs can treat ovarian cancer, minus the chemo side effects Read More

Braking News!

New kind of tail lights could reduce vehicle accidents Read More

Illustration of a man sitting on a chair, appearing to be in pain

The Problem of Pain

A pioneering Toronto clinic takes a new approach to a baffling medical problem Read More

Leading the Green Revolution

Forestry scientists are at the forefront of environmental research Read More

Donald Coxeter peers into a large kaleidoscope during a visit to the University of Minnesota in 1967

King of Infinite Space

Donald Coxeter, who taught geometry at U of T for more than 60 years, is the subject of a new book Read More

A Meditative State of Mind

What are people really doing when they’re meditating? Read More

One Latte with Dopamine Blocker, Please

Study could lead to new treatment options for people with addictions Read More

One Person, Half a Vote?

Ontario, Alberta and B.C. being shortchanged in Parliament, study finds Read More

Digital Nip/Tuck

Software simulates plastic surgery Read More

English doctoral student Mingjun Lu received the 2006 William E. Taylor Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

The Memory Keeper

Mingjin Lu is finding connections between early Chinese and Western thought Read More

Bottoms Up

A social history of booze Read More

Show of Faith

U of T's ecclesiastic alphabet once began and ended with "A" for Anglican, but now embraces everyone from Ahmadis to Zenists Read More

Rows of wooden pews inside a sunlit chapel, with a pulpit in the centre

Religion Versus the Charter

Canada’s commitment to multiculturalism is being tested in new and unexpected ways Read More

Trash Talk

Can new technology make Toronto's garbage problem disappear? Read More

Remembrance of Things Past

Margaret MacMillan examines a week that changed the world Read More

To Catch a (Bike) Thief

"Bike bait" program uses GPS technology to track stolen property Read More

Fresh Obsessed

U of T to bring local farmers' produce to campus Read More

Poplar Science

An international team has decoded the genetic sequence of a tree Read More

Enemies of the State

In her book Villa Bel-Air, Rosemary Sullivan asks why totalitarian regimes are so afraid of art Read More

Flash Physics

Prof's online animations help students prepare for experiments Read More

The Vegan Advantage

Vegetable diet a healthy choice for Type 2 diabetics, study finds Read More

Last Neanderthals on Earth

Adjunct professor Clive Finlayson found that Neanderthals survived thousands of years longer than previously believed - in Gorham's Cave in Gibralter Read More

One-Stop Solution for Early Childhood Education

U of T research shows merging daycare, kindergarten and family support benefits kids, parents and teachers – but scaling it up won’t be easy Read More

Deep Sea Excitement

There is still no machinery for sea floor mining, but the technology exists Read More

Museum of the Missing

An estimated 100,000 works of art have disappeared Read More

OMG I Luv IM

Teens use a lot of instant messaging terms, but not in spoken conversation, study finds Read More

Drug Provides Key to Halting Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice

Researchers discover new breakthrough in fighting Alzheimer’s disease Read More

The Agony of Ecstasy

Long-term study of the cognitive effects of regular ecstasy use Read More

The Nature of Things

Robert Bateman, 76, talks about wildlife art, conservation and the joys of painting predators Read More

La Turmalina and La Amatista departed from Iquitos and travelled up the Ucayali and Maranon Rivers, two of the Amazon's largest tributaries

Seven Days on the Amazon

A journey into one of the world's most mysterious - and endangered - natural realms Read More

Illustration of a man sorting through a trash bin while behind another person looks into house with binoculars.

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