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August 17, 2017

James Bateman had already made an improbable leap from home construction to quantum mechanics when life threw up a detour sign.   The…

Laura Newburgh
August 17, 2017

Laura Newburgh was inspired by Star Trek to boldly go where few men, or women, have gone before. In high school, she read The Physics of Star…

August 16, 2017

When it comes to figuring out what’s going on in distant solar systems, astrophysicists rely on a powerful set of mathematical tools called numerical…

Bat with white-nose syndrome
August 16, 2017

A new study from Ã山ǿ¼é Mississauga is shining a light on genetic changes happening in the darkest of places – bat caves. First discovered in…

August 16, 2017

Ã山ǿ¼é alumna Cathleen Synge Morawetz, a professor emeritus of mathematics at New York University, died last week. She was…

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August 16, 2017

It’s every high school student’s dream: playing video games instead of doing homework. Steve Engels, an associate professor of computer science,…

August 16, 2017

Fresh water, salt water, wastewater, industrial water, drinking water: all water on Earth is part of the same cycle – and every drop matters. Yet…

August 16, 2017

Assistant Professor Angela Schoellig of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) has been named one of the world’s top…

August 15, 2017

The violence in Charlottesville, Va., and U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial comments have turned the spotlight on the…

August 15, 2017

A researcher studying how chronic pain changes brain circuitry is among 27 scholars at the University of Toronto sharing $5.7 million in funding from…

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August 15, 2017

Great news for the 15,000 new students gearing up to start classes here this fall: an influential international ranking has once again placed…

August 15, 2017

With its heat and humidity, summer is the season for breathing problems, like asthma flare-ups and aggravation of bronchitis. But Dr. Samir Gupta, an…