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A study by University of Toronto researchers reveals new insights about a molecular mineralization process that creates coralline algae, which…
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An app developed by the University of Toronto’s Technoscience Research Unit (TRU) will track and report pollution from oil and chemical…
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Gene editing represents a promising new pathway to treat disease-causing mutations and other medical conditions. But as with other powerful…
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A month after arriving from Antigua, Guatemala, Jose Pablo Siliezar Carrillo has already visited Niagara Falls, ascended the CN Tower and enjoyed his…
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For Karen McBride, Crow Winter was a story that needed to be told. “It all started as this idea of getting my own grief down on the page,” she…
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University of Toronto alumni Catherine Chan and Weiwei Li have developed a digital solution to reduce the time and money it takes for researchers to…
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Carol Chin, who was officially installed as the eighth principal of Woodsworth College this week, describes herself as “an app with…
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From Alzheimer’s disease to fibromyalgia, symptoms of a variety of medical conditions could be relieved by exposing patients to specific sound…
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For Karina Maynard, a master’s of planning student in the University of Toronto’s department of geography and planning in the Faculty of Arts…
Akwasi Owusu-Bempah calls the end of almost a century of cannabis prohibition “such a fascinating time in history.” But one…
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The University of Toronto is creating three new tenure-stream faculty positions in deep learning, a sub-discipline of artificial intelligence (AI), in…
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The University of Toronto’s School of Cities is bringing together 25 urban institutes from across five continents for a first-of-its-kind…