Picking Up the Pace of Scientific Discovery
Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik is using AI and robotics to help create new, more sustainable materials in a fraction of the usual time
Innovation
What If…
The U of T community helped build a more just, prosperous and sustainable world for all?
Three Ways Canada Celebrated Insulin’s 100th Anniversary
The game-changing treatment for diabetes patients was marked with a special stamp and coin – and a Heritage Minute
The Miracle of Insulin
A century after U of T scientists discovered the life-saving extract, researchers are finding new ways to improve the lives of people with diabetes
Attracting Top Talent to Canada
Canada could invest in a “moonshot” to recruit the world’s outstanding scientists engineers, artists and scholars
A New Era in Medicine
How a historic $250-million gift to U of T will transform medical education–and improve patient care
Pumped Up
These 3-D printers create perfect models of life-sized human hearts, spines and other body parts
Hyperloop Explained
A new transportation technology could zip you from Toronto to Montreal in 45 minutes. We took a peek under the hood
More Than a Pipe Dream
Ryan Janzen is developing a new kind of transportation that could revolutionize intercity travel – and he wants to be the first to ride it
A Way to Make Things Disappear
Prof. George Eleftheriades is developing a radar-evading technology that he thinks could be used one day to make anything invisible
Greener Pastures
Can a simple high-tech tool for farmers boost crop yields in developing countries?
Munk One Students Think Locally, Act Globally
The Munk School of Global Affairs encourages students to apply what they learn to a global issue they’re passionate about. Sometimes it saves lives
The Risk of Innovating First
How should companies respond to technological disruption?
A Life-Saving Innovation
Recent grads win engineering design award for a low-cost medical device that will help keep patients breathing
The Future As We See It
Five intriguing technologies that could change your life by 2025
Risky Business
U of T science students are learning how to turn their high-tech ideas into products the world wants
Universities and the Innovation Economy
U of T is laying new foundations for prosperity
The Evolution of an Idea
Reinventing the automobile
A Place in the Sun
Come ride with U of T's solar car racing team, cutting-edge crusaders for a cleaner future
Did Someone Say ‘Eureka’?
The great idea is just the first step – that’s when the Innovations Foundation steps in. Now it’s looking for alumni who can help take new discoveries to market