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Begum Yilmaz, Katarina Poffley and Emre Yilmaz hold their payload at the Canadian Space Agency’s Timmins stratospheric balloon base.

START1 takes flight: U of T Engineering student team explores radiation risks in space

Aniss Zaoui

How a recent grad’s second PhD prepared him to develop next-generation sustainable materials

Yu Zou and team

New metal matrix composites — made with 3D printing — could lead to light, yet strong components for aerospace and other industries

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U of T researchers Penney Gilbert (BME) and Bryan Stewart (Biology) obtained cells from people living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy to grow miniature muscles that are being used to develop new treatments for the genetic disorder. (Photo: Johnny Guatto)

U of T researchers’ lab-grown muscles used to study Duchenne muscular dystrophy, develop treatments

October 26, 2021

Professor Willy Wong (ECE) has discovered a mathematical relationship in the sensory adaption response curve that is true for all sensory modalities and all organisms. The equation (top-right) is SS = √PR x SR. (Photo: Matthew Tierney)

A universal law of physiology emerges from professor’s research

October 25, 2021

New polymer coatings, developed by Professor Kevin Golovin (MIE) and his team, show the precision with which liquids can move across surfaces. (Image courtesy: Mohammad Soltani)

Nature-inspired coatings could power tiny chemistry labs for medical testing and more

October 22, 2021

Millions of people rely on blood tests to monitor their glucose levels. In the future, harvesting energy from human body movements could lead to new, self-powered implantable glucose meters and many other medical devices. (Photo: Wavebreakmedia, via Envato)

Human-powered tech: Connaught Global Challenge Award boosts research into battery-free wearable and implantable devices

October 22, 2021

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