U of T researchers explore virtual reality as a microbiology teaching aid
November 15, 2019
Imagine being inside an E. coli bacterium, smaller than a speck of dust and surrounded by genetic material, molecules and proteins.
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Lack of health data hurting Black Canadian women, U of T researchers find
November 15, 2019
The health of Black Canadian women may be endangered by a lack of data, according to a first-of-its-kind paper by University of Toronto researchers.
Breaking Research, Our Community Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate Students, Research & Innovation, Women's College Hospital
‘Science is a contact sport’: What one U of T researcher learned in the lab of Nobel laureate William Kaelin
November 15, 2019
When University of Toronto Professor Michael Ohh was scouting postdoctoral positions at Harvard Medical School in the mid-1990s, a group of Canadians that often gathered to talk science told him to check out the molecular oncology
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New interventions could help children accept gender-diverse peers, U of T study finds
November 15, 2019
New intervention techniques could help reduce bullying against children who don’t conform to gender stereotypes, a new study involving University of Toronto researchers suggests.
Breaking Research Children, Gender, Psychology, Research & Innovation, U of T Mississauga
Deep Genomics, founded by U of T's Brendan Frey, named to CNBC list of most promising startups
November 14, 2019
Deep Genomics, the genetic medicine startup founded by University of Toronto Professor Brendan Frey, was one of five Canadian companies that cracked the... Our Community Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Entrepreneneurship, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of Arts & Science, Research and Innovation, Startups
With the help of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, U of T researchers develop data tools to accelerate science
November 14, 2019
Which genetic changes predispose to disease? How do characters in a novel relate to each other? Which wine and cheese go well together?
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U of T startup aims to make world more navigable for pedestrians, especially those with vision loss
November 14, 2019
Whether you are driving or hopping in an Uber, you probably depend on a navigation app to get where you need to be.
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U of T computer scientist named NSERC/Autodesk Industrial Research Chair in Human-Computer Interaction
November 14, 2019
The manufacturing industry is changing. Jobs that once relied on individuals to carry out manual labour are increasingly turning to automation because of the growing power of machines and computing systems.”
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Don't forget about community centres amid Toronto's condo boom, writes U of T's Jeff Biggar in the Globe and Mail
November 14, 2019
With condo construction booming in Toronto, it’s important to not forget about community centres and parks, University of Toronto researcher Jeff Biggar writes in a Globe and Mail op-ed.
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Nobel Laureate John Polanyi: 'What can we do to prevent nuclear war?'
November 14, 2019
This past August, six months after the contentious breakdown of talks between U.S.
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