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Devan Morrison and Ayan Ahmed stand in front of a mural in the Myhal building.

‘A school where I could thrive’: How Blueprint attracts top students to U of T

Tower cranes and high residential apartment buildings under construction on lake shore.

Taller doesn’t mean terrible: How smart design can lower carbon emissions for residential buildings

The study was led by Professor Milica Radisic (BME), left, and Mary Chuan Liu (BME PhD student). (photo courtesy of BME)

U of T study shows that fractal geometry can help kidney cells grow in a more mature form

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U of T Engineering postdoctoral fellow Xue Wang installs a membrane electrode assembly cell for testing the performance of a catalyst. Made by coating copper with a layer of carbon-doped nitrogen, the catalyst is designed to efficiently convert CO2 into ethanol. (Photo courtesy Xue Wang)

Converting emissions into valuable fuel

July 22, 2020

ECE welcomes new faculty member Shurui Zhou

July 20, 2020

A new model, created by Professor Swetaprovo Chaudhuri (UTIAS) and his international collaborators, uses fundamental physics to predict the behaviour of the microscopic droplets that spread the COVID-19 virus. (Photo: Fusion Medical Animation via Unsplash)

Understanding the spread of COVID-19 through physics-based modeling

July 16, 2020

BME PhD candidate Betty Li holds up the microfluidic device she designed for growing breast cancer cells in an environment that mimics conditions inside the human body. The device could offer new insights into complex processes such as cancer metastasis. (Photo: Michael Dryden)

Credit-card sized tool provides new insights into how cancer cells invade host tissues

July 15, 2020

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