One of Canada’s Mightiest Computers Tackles a Very Complex Question
A U of T professor is using serious processing power to understand what role the world’s oceans play in climate change
Department of Physics
How Did the Universe Begin?
Prof. Barth Netterfield’s lifelong journey into faith, physics and astronomy
How Much Methane?
A U of T study aims to create the most accurate estimate yet of Toronto’s greenhouse gas emissions
Seeing New Worlds
How two U of T graduate students built North America’s first working electron microscope
This “Bomber” Actually Saved Countless Lives
U of T alumnus Harold Johns pioneered a new kind of cancer treatment dubbed the “cobalt bomb”
Physics That’s Practically Fun
Students give high marks to a new kind of science lab
The Universe in a Lab
Physics undergrad Aysha Abdel-Aziz is making her own unique contribution to a massive international research project
Life on Mars?
Scientists are trying to determine if methane in the Martian atmosphere came from living organisms
Iciclology 101
Most icicles have the same carrot shape. But differences in temperature, wind conditions and water composition affect their final form
Smashing!
Now that the Large Hadron Collider is working, U of T physicists are preparing to sift through mountains of data in search of the elusive Higgs boson
The True Nature of Time
A century after Einstein proposed his theory of relativity, scientists are still debating how time works
Cool Computing
A new kind of optical switch could allow computers to run 100 times faster - without overheating
Big Blue
U of T and IBM are assembling Canada's most powerful supercomputer
God’s Laboratory
This spring, an international team of physicists, including several from U of T, will launch the most ambitious science experiment ever devised. Their goal: to unlock the secrets of the universe
Something in the Air
An international research team has found traces of phosgene in the atmosphere
Oceans on Mars
Ridges on the red planet might have been shorelines
Foiled Again
Prof develops quantum cryptography method that could improve Internet security
The Iceberg Cometh
Ocean tides dislodged huge Arctic icebergs, contributing to climate cooling thousands of years ago