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"If nobody outside a company can see what these systems are doing, it’s very hard to tell whether they’re safe," says Professor Nicolas Papernot (ECE). (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

U of T researcher calls for independent testing of powerful AI models

Left to right: Weixiang Ben (Year 3 MSE), Jiaze Wu (MSE PhD student) and Professor Kai Huang (MSE) are three members of the team who designed a new type of nanoparticle that can upconvert light from low-energy photons into high-energy ones. (photo by Tyler Irving)

New light-emitting nanoparticles can detect subtle chemical differences to enhance pharmaceutical manufacturing, pollution prevention and more

University Professor Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE) has conducted groundbreaking research on the remediation of contaminated groundwater, wastewater treatment and anaerobic digestion. (photo courtesy of Daria Perevezentsev)

University Professor Elizabeth Edwards awarded the Royal Society of Canada’s Miroslaw Romanowski Medal

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Jun Ho Sung (Year 1 Track One) and Adrian Humphry (Year 3 EngSci) describe the mechanics of the UTP1. (Credit: Erica Rae Chong)

Lofty goals: UTAT gears up for milestone competitions

This illustration by Jen Ma (IBBME PhD candidate) depicts competition between a population of cells. A new paper by U of T Engineering researchers indicates that cells known as “elite” are more competitive than others in the process that transforms them into stem cells (Image: Jen Ma)

Not all stem cells are created equal

Saara and Ali Punjani are the brother and sister team behind Structura Biotechnology, a U of T startup that uses AI to create 3D visualizations of never-before-seen proteins for pharmaceutical companies (photo by Chris Sorensen)

Run by brother-sister team, this U of T startup is leading Big Pharma out of the dark

Allen Lau, co-founder and CEO of Wattpad, has taken a "global-first" approach when it comes to adapting the story-sharing platform's content for the entertainment business (photo courtesy of Wattpad)

The content ‘factory’: How U of T alumnus Allen Lau is disrupting the way books, movies and TV shows are made