What Causes Altitude Sickness?
New U of T research upends theories about how the body adapts to less oxygen
Research & Ideas
Hello, My Name Is…
Tired of having her name mispronounced, Ritu Bhasin developed an app to address the problem
Is Air Quality Affecting Your Health?
A U of T prof is looking at the relationship between traffic emissions, health and how close people live to major roads
Apocalypse How?
The world is certain to end – just probably not this year
End Times
"End-of-the-world" panics go back hundreds of years
Welcome to the “Apopalypse”
The fascination with end times is everywhere in pop culture - including that Britney Spears song on your iPod
Evil Robots
Could the machines we create one day destroy us?
Deadly Pandemics through History
It seems that every era has its scourge
Zombies vs. Vampires
What’s scarier, a zombie or vampire apocalypse?
How Stars Die
Some blow out, others just fade away
The Technopreneurs
Science students get a month-long crash course in turning an idea into a viable business at U of T’s “Techno” program
Canada’s Next Tech Success?
Three Techno participants share the vision for their companies
Fine Art in Fabric
Art history prof Alexandra Palmer goes BIG with a ROM textile exhibition
U of T’s Biggest Class Ever
Coursera brings online learning to the masses
Eastern Promise
U of T celebrates its connections to the Asia-Pacific region
Are Smartphones Safe?
As we become inseparable from our mobile devices, the risk of identity theft is growing
Neighbourhood Health
People who live in less “walkable” communities, especially new Canadians, are more likely to develop diabetes
Hairball
There's nothing fluffy about this
Voter Inequality
In a federal election, why does a vote from Charlottetown count for more than one from Markham?
Second Skin
Machine-made skin being developed at U of T may be safer, faster and cheaper than traditional grafts
Tossing a Coin
The Royal Canadian Mint has finally produced its last penny. Is it time to get rid of the nickel, too?
Future Forest
Will higher air temperatures affect Canada's evergreen forests?
Energy Superpower – or Underachiever?
Canada must co-ordinate its energy research better if it wants to be a global player, according to a U of T report
Frugal Thinking
How do you bring basic sanitation to two billion people in low-income countries? Inventing a toilet that works for pennies a day is a start
Frugal Fortification
A U of T nutritional scientist has developed a low-cost product to fight vitamin and mineral deficiency in developing countries
The Sage of Bay Street
David Rosenberg warned of a financial crisis few others saw coming. So why, amid ongoing global turmoil, is Bay Street’s most noted pessimist ready to change his tune?
A Shift in Perception
Discoveries in brain science are prompting new theories about how our senses work – and how they affect our understanding of the world
Selling to the Senses
Companies appeal to hearing, taste and sight to affect consumer perception
Digging Deep
How many new dinosaur species can one person help find? Professor David Evans is up to eight
Do the Locomotion
U of T’s Knowledge Media Design Institute challenges its students to use media to raise awareness
Ingenious Medicine
Genetic testing may soon reveal what pharmaceutical drugs work best for you, with fewest side-effects
The Single Life
Is ‘one’ really the loneliest number?
Cash Mob
It's like a flash mob, but motivated to buy
Watchful Eyes
Security cameras are everywhere. A new app invites Torontonians to help map them
Clash of the Britons
Was the War of 1812 actually a civil war?
Rotary Club
How does one build a human-powered helicopter?
Personalized Medication
Genetic testing may reveal what pharmaceutical drugs work best for you, with the fewest side effects
Subway to Mecca
The Saudi Arabian city is wrestling with a transit problem of Koranic proportions
Escaping Gridlock
What’s the solution to Toronto’s traffic problems?
Perfect Harmony
A new U of T research centre will investigate the curative power of music
How Music Gets Inside
At its simplest, music is just sound. And sound is just vibration. So how does it get inside us, and influence us?
Revolutionary Road
Forty years ago, an intrepid group of professors and students sparked progress for women across U of T
The Joe College-Betty Coed Consciousness-Raising Blues
Myrna Kostash reflects upon the new women's studies course at the University of Toronto in a 1972 Miss Chatelaine article
A Cut Above
U of T researchers have devised a way to refurbish donor lungs before they’re transplanted
Debugging
A forestry prof believes a local parasite could help protect Ontario’s ash trees from a deadly invader
Words, by the Numbers
What can a computer reveal about a work of fiction? Plenty, it seems
The $100 Artificial Leg
The simple, inexpensive device matches the function of far more costly technology
Faster, Higher, Stronger
You don’t need an Olympic training regimen to get healthy through exercise
Labour Days
Chinese propaganda posters from the 1960s celebrate work as an act of nation-building
Computer Says No
The challenge to improve online dating
Clear and Present Danger
ABC correspondent Muhammad Lila reports from Pakistan and Afghanistan
Seeing Disease
Researchers are developing better ways to detect serious illnesses before they become life-threatening – and while they’re still treatable
Milestones of Medical Imaging
From X-rays to MRI
Planet Hunters
With the discovery of hundreds of worlds around other stars, will we find that Earth is not alone in bearing life?
Strange New Worlds
A few intriguing oddities from the hunt for exoplanets
How India Innovates
A new institute will study the country’s successes
Scholarship Honours Toronto Developer
Friends and family of the late Paul Oberman have created an award for architecture and urban design
Flood Control
As New Orleans rebuilds, U of T students are helping the city rethink its approach to water management
Safer Births
Equipping health workers in Kenya with smartphones could bring better care to pregnant women and their infants
Elderburbia
A term for Canada's growing population of senior citizens