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Collective Migration Study Suggests That Cells Move Like School of Fish

By Engineering|February 19, 2014

A new study from the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) is challenging some of science’s fundamental understandings of cellular behaviour. The foundational study, published

DNA-built Nanoparticles Safely Target Cancer Tumours

By Engineering|January 28, 2014

A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has discovered a method of assembling ‘building blocks’ of gold nanoparticles as the vehicle to deliver cancer medications, or cancer-identifying

New Metamaterial Lens Allows for Lighter, Thinner Solar Panels

By Engineering|December 5, 2013

Researchers in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed a new way to focus light over extremely short distances, technology with big applications

First Living 3D Model of Arrhythmic Heart Made From Stem Cells

By Engineering|November 21, 2013

Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) and the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine have developed the first-ever method for

Engineering Professor Appointed Distinguished Professor in Plasma Engineering

By Engineering|January 5, 2009

January 5, 2009 MIE Professor Javad Mostaghimi has been appointed University of Toronto Distinguished Professor in Plasma Engineering for a five-year term as of Jan. 1, 2009. Designed to advance

For Those Who Value Flying – Globe and Mail

By Engineering|January 1, 2009

Director of the U of T Institute for Aerospace Studies, David Zingg writes an article in the Dec. 31, 2008 Globe and Mail about reducing carbon dioxide emissions in air travel … read the full

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