What the Worm Remembers
Environmental signals can facilitate or inhibit ability to recall a memory, study finds
Research & Ideas
Goddess on the Move
Astronomy buffs watch the Transit of Venus
Banned Chemical Travels Far
Suspected carcinogen followed atmospheric and water flows across three oceans
Shedding Light on Dark Matter
Scientists find that galaxies are surrounded by huge halos of dark matter
Bred in the Bone
New development in bone growth may lead to new treatments
Evolutionary News
Different physical traits discovered between sexes of the same prehistoric species
The Sex Diary of a Fly
U of T researchers study how flies age, and their ability to survive and mate, deteriorates
Winter Warm-up
Study points to climate change in Western Canada
The Exxon Factor
Reputations can carry weight over supporting data
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
The Music of the Cosmos
Researchers gain their first glimpse of the primordial structures that grew into today's galaxy clusters
Helping the Heart
U of T scientists identify two genes associated with heart function that could lead to new therapies for heart disease
Love Changes All
Battles of the sexes are common in the animal world, especially when it comes to mating
A Dream Solution to Pain?
Research could lead to new treatment options for pain sufferers
Why Bees Leave Home
Foraging and food-gathering may be genetically encoded into honeybees' brains
A Gas from the Past
Geochemist discovers gases that may have been present on Earth before the origin of life
The Smell of Success
Prof is researching bacteria that could "eat" air pollutants
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
Stewards of Our Forests
Forest certification promotes sustainable practices
Pass the Tomato… and the Salt
Researchers create tomato that thrives in salty irrigation water
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
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
Rocks of Ages
Discovering the path of granite magma
Speedy Little Old Fossil
Oldest known fossil of a two-footed, running creature
Resourceful Device
Risk and expense of extensive drilling not required with new energy sourcing device
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
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
Salt-water solution
Isolation of a gene could improve farming productivity in areas of the world where crops are compromised by saline irrigation water
Food for Thought
Researchers suggest humans evolved near water before moving inland