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photo of Kirti Saxena at a wrestling match
October 10, 2018

For many students starting university, a question lurks in the back of their minds: how will they conquer this new challenge? For Kirti…

photo of water dripping from faucet
October 10, 2018

Higher levels of urinary fluoride during pregnancy are associated with more ADHD-like symptoms in school-age children as reported by…

Photo of Nick Frosst
October 10, 2018

Nick Frosst, a researcher at Google Brain in downtown Toronto, didn’t require a master’s degree or PhD to launch a career in artificial intelligence…

Navdeep Bains and Sonia Sennik
October 9, 2018

The federal government is investing $25 million in the Creative Destruction Lab, a seed-stage startup program first launched at the University of…

photo of Williams leaning on bannister
October 9, 2018

The University of Toronto’s Joseph Jay Williams is using computer science methods to enhance education.  “We need scalable methods for…

Photo of book binding for first edition of Dracula
October 9, 2018

They give us goosebumps in movie theatres, make us check under the bed before we go to sleep, and provide endless material for spooky campfire…

Photo of John Polanyi and team
October 5, 2018

Scientists at the University of Toronto have found a way to select the outcome of chemical reactions by employing an elusive and long-sought factor…

Photo of Jeffrey Rosenthal
October 5, 2018

When Joe Parker offered to take a photo of a vacationing family at a beach in Waikiki, he had no idea at first that he’d just met his half-brother.…

Artist’s conception of a Gamma Ray Burst
October 5, 2018

A team of astronomers, including from the University of Toronto, has detected the sonic boom from an immensely powerful cosmic explosion, even…

Photo of people exercising
October 4, 2018

While most oncologists would agree that exercise is important for people with cancer, generic guidelines for this population do not address the…

The Lab late on a winter's night
October 4, 2018

History was made at a University of Toronto lab in 1921 when physician Frederick Banting and researcher Charles Best discovered insulin – transforming…

Photo of some of the commentary's authors
October 4, 2018

University of Toronto researchers have published a commentary in The New England Journal of Medicine arguing that men in academic medicine are using…