Pity the poor batteries, solar cells and capacitors. They’ve been huddled on the sidelines watching memory prices plummet, computing processing power skyrocket and computers shrink from the size of filing cabinets to the scale of nail files. Blame chemistry.
September 30, 2011
A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of the Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring that was caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperatures in the stratosphere. University of Toronto physicist Kaley Walker
October 02, 2011
Between 1993 and 2003, the number of confirmed cases of child maltreatment in Ontario nearly tripled.
October 04, 2011
As climate change causes temperatures to rise, the number of herbivores will decrease, affecting the human food supply, according to new research from the University of Toronto.
October 04, 2011
The study of innovation takes a global step forward today with the launch of the India Innovation Institute at the University of Toronto – a joint venture of the Munk School of Global Affairs and the Rotman School of Management.
October 05, 2011
An ambitious new census of social innovation research at the University of Toronto shows that there are 700 faculty members working in this area across 17 faculties, schools and institutes.
October 05, 2011
October 05, 2011
Hundreds of U of T staff took part in the CIBC Run for the Cure last week to support those they know who are currently battling breast cancer or those who have lost the fight. But they also ran to fight back, by raising money for early detection, treatment and research.
October 05, 2011
When Victoria College graduate Johanna Skibsrud was called up to accept the 2010 Giller Prize, she didn’t quite hear her name.
October 05, 2011
Why are some places more prone to bribery and corruption than others?
October 06, 2011