Research & Ideas | U of T Magazine - Part 18

Alzheimer’s Vaccine?

Study by researchers in the Faculty of Medicine Read More

C-sections Safest For Breech Births

New study comparing planned c-sections with planned vaginal births Read More

Superconductor?

In addition to his administrative duties, the new president will continue his research on high-temperature superconductors. To do all that, he may have to be one himself Read More

Light Heavyweights

A team of U of T scientists has won an international fight to control light and make it dance like electrons. A new era in telecommunications and computing is about to enter the ring Read More

Ethnic Isolation

Ethnic communities risk being at a disadvantage Read More

The Skinny on Smoking Less

New research in nicotine addiction Read More

Fast, Safe Fibroid Removal

New treatment for fibroids Read More

Urban Grime Rate

Study finds hazardous pollutants Read More

A Protein Worth Probing

New research in colorectal cancer Read More

Of Murder and Magic

The inspiration for the fanciful novels of Guy Gavriel Kay and Caroline Roe sprang from the U of T campus Read More

Black and white photo of a giant-sized man standing on a grassy landscape beside a miniature-sized woman looking up at him

A Huge Presence

Through the lens of Lee Miller Read More

Algoma Hills, 1921 J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932). Oil on panel, 21.6 x 26.7 cm University College Art Collection, purchased 1942 / Photo: Michael Visser

The True North?

J.E.H. MacDonald's view of the Algoma region Read More

Portrait of Henry Wentworth Monk, 1858 by William Holman Hunt (1827-1910). Oil on canvas, 53.3 x 67.3 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, purchased 1911 / Photo: National Gallery of Canada

Zeal

William Holman Hunt's portrait of Henry Wentworth Monk Read More

Boxwood, height: 31 cm., Lillian Malcove Collection / Photo: Michael Visser. Elaborately carved cross on a base, with case, Italo-Byzantine, late 15th or early 16th century

Cross-Reference

Italo-Byzantine crosses part of the Lillian Malcove Collection Read More

More Than Meets the Eye

Glaucoma affects major vision centres in the brain, as well as eyes Read More

A Taxing Question

Income near equal for one-earner and two-earner families with children Read More

Painful Truth

Study shows women with severe arthritis are half as likely to undergo surgery than men Read More

Support for Aches and Pains

U of T's Centre for the Study of Pain Read More

Discovering Canada’s Past

Excavating sites of ancient settlements Read More

The Benefits of Fast Food

Low-grade or even recycled food grease can be turned into a usable diesel fuel substitute Read More

Why Drinkers Smoke

Nicotine in cigarettes can promote alcohol consumption Read More

Pressure on the Womb

Blood pressure medication during pregnancy lowers child's birth weight Read More

The Thousand-Year Itch

How do you get 10 scholars to wax anything but bored about the millennium? Scratch the surface of the Y2K hype and ask them to predict the future of their fields Read More

Led by Professor Donald Chant, left, environmental activists recognized Survival Day in 1970.

Green Power

A 1969 article in The Varsity ignited students to start the Canadian environmental movement Read More

Stay the Course

Researchers test perceptions of highway traffic speed Read More

Salt-water solution

Isolation of a gene could improve farming productivity in areas of the world where crops are compromised by saline irrigation water Read More

Food for Thought

Researchers suggest humans evolved near water before moving inland Read More