Could AI Help You Quit an Addiction?
U of T researchers are developing a chatbot to help people stop smoking. One day, it might offer therapy, too
Medical technology
Tremors of the Heart
How AI could help doctors predict cardiac problems in critically ill children
Hidden Tales of Ancient Books
U of T researchers are using advanced technologies to reveal new insights about texts that are hundreds of years old
A New Way to Monitor Heart Patients
“Lab on a chip” technology will reduce travel expenses and improve care for those living in remote communities
The Robots Are Coming
They’re already common in manufacturing. Soon, they’ll be almost everywhere
Three Moments from Fall 2021
Testing out new technologies – and collecting an old one
Robots Are Taking on New Shapes
How a slender, snake-like device could give doctors new ways to save lives
Mapping the Human Body, One Cell at a Time
U of T scientists have created a cell-by-cell map of the human liver that could increase the success of transplant surgery and lead to new treatments for liver disease
Pumped Up
These 3-D printers create perfect models of life-sized human hearts, spines and other body parts
Tiny Robots, and the Future of Drug Delivery
Microscopic machines may soon swim through our bodies, delivering cancer drugs to tumours and assisting with difficult surgeries
Healing Hearts at Home
Apps such as Medly are expected to reduce hospital admission rates for heart patients while also helping them recover
A Cut Above
A “black box” for the operating room is leading to improved training for physicians and better knowledge of surgical errors
Healthy City
How can we improve the health of some of the city's most vulnerable residents?
A Life-Saving Innovation
Recent grads win engineering design award for a low-cost medical device that will help keep patients breathing
A Foot in Two Worlds
3-D printing is creating new opportunities – and raising intriguing questions – as digital and physical realms meld
Intelligent Clothing
Architecture grad student Stacie Vos has developed a "smart" shirt that can detect germs and protect its wearer from them
All Clear
Surveillance and surgery could both get a boost from a new kind of video camera that can focus on near and distant objects at the same time
The Lunchtime Cancer Test
BlackBerry-sized device developed at U of T can identify cancer type and severity in 30 minutes
Blood Work
Portable device would offer hospitals a quicker way to test patients for infectious diseases
Grist for the Mill
Medicine wasn't always so easy to swallow
The Sixth Age
The sixth age shifts into the lean and slippered Pantaloon, with spectacles on nose and pouch on side