The Sex Diary of a Fly
U of T researchers study how flies age, and their ability to survive and mate, deteriorates
U of T researchers study how flies age, and their ability to survive and mate, deteriorates
Oral contraceptives for five years or more may increase breast cancer risk
Study points to climate change in Western Canada
Finding the sound of lost medieval music
Smiling can improve your work life
Reputations can carry weight over supporting data
Cell-free hemoglobin may be an option for patients otherwise opposed to transfusions
U of T cosmologists are piecing together the epic table of how the universe has evolved over 14 billion years
Law grad Jean Teillet continues the fight of great-granduncle Louis Riel – in the courtroom
Making it easier for scientists to target drug therapy
Study finds almonds lower levels of bad cholesterol
New electronic devices that use sound navigation
Increasing use of antidepressants in Canada
Repetition in advertising confusing consumer memory
U of T researchers are refining an experimental Alzheimer’s vaccine
Tree house competition challenges architecture students to think creatively
In the early 1970s, black holes were just a topic for scientific speculation. Then astrophysist Tom Bolton began pondering the matter
Rooftop vegetation helps maintain cooler interior temperatures
Researchers gain their first glimpse of the primordial structures that grew into today's galaxy clusters
New drug combination more potent and easier for patients to take
U of T scientists identify two genes associated with heart function that could lead to new therapies for heart disease
Young people won't talk about being victims of crime for fear of being labeled a "snitch," study finds
Put away your aggression and stop leaning on that horn! Baher Abdulhai's research shows that the average commute time in the GTA can be reduced by 50 per cent
Battles of the sexes are common in the animal world, especially when it comes to mating
Research could lead to new treatment options for pain sufferers
Foraging and food-gathering may be genetically encoded into honeybees' brains
Geochemist discovers gases that may have been present on Earth before the origin of life
In Toronto's expensive rental market, welfare doesn't cover cost of a nutritional diet, study finds
Some men may subconsciously adopt certain female speech patterns
Prof is researching bacteria that could "eat" air pollutants
Canadian employers and immigrants would both benefit from better "mutual orientation," study finds
Honours include gold for best writing and silver for best magazine
In the month following the horror of September 11, and 20 years after her frosh year, writer Margaret Webb returns to U of T, again seeking understanding of the world
Peter Schleifenbaum and his one-of-a-kind Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve show that well-managed forests can serve the needs of commercial logging and conservationists. We can have our timber and trees, too
Forest certification promotes sustainable practices
David Jenkins and Janet Polivy both explore the power of food. He probes its impact on the body, while she studies its connection to the mind
Researchers create tomato that thrives in salty irrigation water
Emergency care in hospitals may be weaker on the weekends, study finds
Labels may end up suiting the people we apply them to
Increased risk of visual impairments, study finds
Plastic tube may hold hope for paralyzed patients
Children find it difficult to interpret tone of voice
A guide to health, from our first entrance on stage to our final act
At first, the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel and shining morning face
And then the lover, sighing like furnace with a woeful ballad
Then a soldier, full of strange oaths... jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel
And then the justice...full of wise saws and modern instances
The sixth age shifts into the lean and slippered Pantaloon, with spectacles on nose and pouch on side
Last scene of all...is second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything
Scientists have mapped the sequence of our genes – all 35,000 of them. So what now? U of T researchers are at the forefront of what some are calling the New Biology
They are on the cutting edge. And they are doing their work right here. A chronology of medical breakthroughs at U of T over the past 20 years
Conditions are brewing for a major epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes
Even modest changes in diet and exercise reduce risk for Type 2 Diabetes by more than half, study finds
The Glycemic Index, developed at U of T, offers a dietary plan for controlling diabetes
Between her teaching and her practice, Dr. Miriam Rossi has dispensed a huge dose of guidance and inspiration to minority students
Canadian English is not being Americanized to the extent once thought, and in fact the reverse is also happening
Multiple chemical sensitivity may be linked to panic disorder
Computer games may help children with cerebral palsy, study finds
Women's prisons fail to offer resources for those with addictions or in abusive relationships, study finds