Research & Ideas

Home Smart Home

Professor Alex Mihailidis is designing an "intelligent" house that will help dementia sufferers Read More

When Inventors Emigrate

Exchange of ideas and know-how benefits the country of origin and new country, study finds Read More

Immigrants Choose Suburbs

Study raises questions for governments about how to integrate newcomers into Canadian society Read More

Frequent Flyers and Sky-High Airfares

Frequent flyer programs raising the cost of airfares at key hub airports Read More

A Doctor in Kigali

Dr. James Orbinski served as head mission for Doctors Without Borders during the Rwandan Genocide. What he saw there transformed him Read More

Unbroken Dreams

After years of incremental progress, spinal cord repair is edging closer to reality Read More

Smoke and Mirrors

So far, Canada has taken no real action on climate change. It’s time to get serious about Kyoto Read More

Is Global Warming Immoral?

Religious groups are seeking to influence the debate over climate change Read More

Meditate Your Troubles Away

Mindfulness alters brain activity and improves mood, researchers find Read More

Toxins Could Reduce Fertility in Offspring

Pollutants found in cigarette smoke, fumes from wood stoves, can reduce fertility in female offspring Read More

A Fad Worth Revisiting

Salba may reduce the risk of heart disease in people with Type 2 diabetes Read More

The Lives of Otters

High levels of mercury and lead in fish may not be good for them - or us Read More

Magic Touch

A computer you can really grab on to Read More

Master of the Miniature

Postdoctoral fellow Naomi Matsuura wins the 2007 Polanyi Prize Read More

Untangling Alzheimer’s

A U of T centre is hunting down the genes that cause this debilitating brain illness, and moving us closer to a cure Read More

Are You at Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s?

Genetic testing may provide an answer - but it’s rarely decisive and can have unexpected consequences Read More

God’s Laboratory

This spring, an international team of physicists, including several from U of T, will launch the most ambitious science experiment ever devised. Their goal: to unlock the secrets of the universe Read More

When Flattery Rears Its Head

Children as young as four understand that well-placed praise can yield social benefits Read More

Nutrition in a Bottle

Food Engineering Group is creating a drink that will provide protein, vitamins and micronutrients Read More

Seeking Justice for All

Pilot project helps people avoid jail-shelter cycle Read More

Something in the Air

An international research team has found traces of phosgene in the atmosphere Read More

Space Invader

Dr. Dave Williams breaks Canadian spacewalk records Read More

Urban Legend

Celebrated American academic Richard Florida heads up the new Martin Prosperity Institute at U of T Read More

About Face

A popular social networking website is changing how students interact Read More

Donating BCE Shares Yields Tax Benefit

U of T and donor benefit from donated shares Read More

Oceans on Mars

Ridges on the red planet might have been shorelines Read More

A Bad Wrap

Food packaging is a potential source of chemicals in the bloodstream Read More

A Million Dollars, Baby

Computer science team vies for Netflix prize Read More

How to Feel Rich Quick

Currencies with a high face value such as the Japanese yen make people feel wealthier Read More

What You Eat Says about You

People who eat "good" foods are perceived as more trustworthy, study finds Read More

The Complete Cowboy Junkies

Media Commons collection spans 20 years of Canadian band’s history Read More

Cause Celeb

Do Hollywood stars change the public's perception of issues? Read More

Can a Brain Change?

Dr. Norman Doidge argues that the brain is far more malleable than previously thought Read More

Under the Toronto Sun

U of T teams with ARISE and Portlands Energy Centre to design the city's first solar power research facility Read More

Cancer Killer

Implant infused with drugs can treat ovarian cancer, minus the chemo side effects Read More

Braking News!

New kind of tail lights could reduce vehicle accidents Read More

The Problem of Pain

A pioneering Toronto clinic takes a new approach to a baffling medical problem Read More

Leading the Green Revolution

Forestry scientists are at the forefront of environmental research Read More

King of Infinite Space

Donald Coxeter, who taught geometry at U of T for more than 60 years, is the subject of a new book Read More

A Meditative State of Mind

What are people really doing when they’re meditating? Read More

One Latte with Dopamine Blocker, Please

Study could lead to new treatment options for people with addictions Read More

One Person, Half a Vote?

Ontario, Alberta and B.C. being shortchanged in Parliament, study finds Read More

Digital Nip/Tuck

Software simulates plastic surgery Read More

The Memory Keeper

Mingjin Lu is finding connections between early Chinese and Western thought Read More

Bottoms Up

A social history of booze Read More

Show of Faith

U of T's ecclesiastic alphabet once began and ended with "A" for Anglican, but now embraces everyone from Ahmadis to Zenists Read More

Religion Versus the Charter

Canada’s commitment to multiculturalism is being tested in new and unexpected ways Read More

Trash Talk

Can new technology make Toronto's garbage problem disappear? Read More

Remembrance of Things Past

Margaret MacMillan examines a week that changed the world Read More

To Catch a (Bike) Thief

"Bike bait" program uses GPS technology to track stolen property Read More

Fresh Obsessed

U of T to bring local farmers' produce to campus Read More

Poplar Science

An international team has decoded the genetic sequence of a tree Read More

Enemies of the State

In her book Villa Bel-Air, Rosemary Sullivan asks why totalitarian regimes are so afraid of art Read More

Flash Physics

Prof's online animations help students prepare for experiments Read More

The Vegan Advantage

Vegetable diet a healthy choice for Type 2 diabetics, study finds Read More

Last Neanderthals on Earth

Adjunct professor Clive Finlayson found that Neanderthals survived thousands of years longer than previously believed - in Gorham's Cave in Gibralter Read More

School Ties

Research by child development professor Carl Corter shows that providing daycare at elementary schools benefits children, parents and teachers Read More

Deep Sea Excitement

There is still no machinery for sea floor mining, but the technology exists Read More

Museum of the Missing

An estimated 100,000 works of art have disappeared Read More

OMG I Luv IM

Teens use a lot of instant messaging terms, but not in spoken conversation, study finds Read More