Seeing Anew
Retinal stem cells can be transplanted in mice and chicks, researchers find Read More
Research & Ideas
Breathing Underwater
Joe MacInnis has spent his life exploring the world's oceans. Now he wants to save them Read More
Cosmic Collision
Huge meteorite pierced Earth's upper crust Read More
What the Worm Remembers
Environmental signals can facilitate or inhibit ability to recall a memory, study finds Read More
Goddess on the Move
Astronomy buffs watch the Transit of Venus Read More
Banned Chemical Travels Far
Suspected carcinogen followed atmospheric and water flows across three oceans Read More
Shedding Light on Dark Matter
Scientists find that galaxies are surrounded by huge halos of dark matter Read More
Bred in the Bone
New development in bone growth may lead to new treatments Read More
Evolutionary News
Different physical traits discovered between sexes of the same prehistoric species Read More
The Sex Diary of a Fly
U of T researchers study how flies age, and their ability to survive and mate, deteriorates Read More
Winter Warm-up
Study points to climate change in Western Canada Read More
The Exxon Factor
Reputations can carry weight over supporting data Read More
The Proof Is Out There
In the early 1970s, black holes were just a topic for scientific speculation. Then astrophysist Tom Bolton began pondering the matter Read More
The Music of the Cosmos
Researchers gain their first glimpse of the primordial structures that grew into today's galaxy clusters Read More
Helping the Heart
U of T scientists identify two genes associated with heart function that could lead to new therapies for heart disease Read More
Love Changes All
Battles of the sexes are common in the animal world, especially when it comes to mating Read More
A Dream Solution to Pain?
Research could lead to new treatment options for pain sufferers Read More
Why Bees Leave Home
Foraging and food-gathering may be genetically encoded into honeybees' brains Read More
A Gas from the Past
Geochemist discovers gases that may have been present on Earth before the origin of life Read More
The Smell of Success
Prof is researching bacteria that could "eat" air pollutants Read More
The Woodsworker
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 Read More
Stewards of Our Forests
Forest certification promotes sustainable practices Read More
Pass the Tomato … and the Salt
Researchers create tomato that thrives in salty irrigation water Read More
The Meaning of Life?
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 Read More
The Miracle Workers
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 Read More
Rocks of Ages
Discovering the path of granite magma Read More
Speedy Little Old Fossil
Oldest known fossil of a two-footed, running creature Read More
Resourceful Device
Risk and expense of extensive drilling not required with new energy sourcing device 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
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