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U of T engineering students place second in international competition to create most fuel-efficient car Read More

A new device promises to ease a major health concern for people with mobility problems Read More

A PhD candidate’s low-cost sensors could be deployed across cities to gather highly local air-quality data Read More

As devices get smaller, a U of T company has created a keyboard that makes typing easier while using less screen space Read More

Understand and speak Mandarin? If not, a computer may soon do it for you Read More

Machine-made skin being developed at U of T may be safer, faster and cheaper than traditional grafts Read More

Security cameras are everywhere. A new app invites Torontonians to help map them Read More

The simple, inexpensive device matches the function of far more costly technology Read More

Thinner, more flexible displays could radically change how we use and experience computers Read More

Software developed at U of T can compose music in classical, pop or jazz styles – and as a solo or an ensemble of different instruments Read More

Advances in technology are bringing us robots that can interact naturally with humans Read More

Why not use exercise bikes to supply electricity back to the grid? Read More

A new technique using light and metal nanoparticles could help save lives Read More

Jennifer Hsu is studying how people walk in icy conditions in the hope of designing “smarter” footwear Read More

Surveillance and surgery could both get a boost from a new kind of video camera that can focus on near and distant objects at the same time Read More

Ambitious 10-year project will create a detailed electronic atlas of the brain Read More

Physicist John Rowlands has invented a way to deliver high-quality X-rays at a fraction of the regular cost Read More

A U of T computer scientist is developing a program to help predict – and ultimately reduce – buildings’ energy use Read More

New device provides better "masking" for tinnitus sufferers Read More

Want to know where an unidentified picture was taken? A computer program being developed at U of T can help Read More

An infrared ray may help caregivers decode the wishes of people with severe paralysis Read More

Chemical engineer Ramin Farnood is developing “smart” packaging that could warn consumers if a food product is tainted Read More

With BlogScope, a U of T computer science group is taking on the search titan in the realm of public opinion Read More

Portable device would offer hospitals a quicker way to test patients for infectious diseases Read More