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‘A Lume in every room’: U of T Engineering alumni are reimagining home robotics — starting with your laundry

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Rayla Myhal receives Honorary Alumni Award

In this prototype carbon capture apparatus, a solution of potassium hydroxide is wicked up into polypropylene fibres; circulating air evaporates the water in the solution, concentrating it to very high levels. The white crystals are nearly pure potassium carbonate, formed from carbon removed directly from air. (photo by Dongha Kim)

New ‘rock candy’ technique offers a simpler, less costly way to capture carbon directly from air

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Three students making sustainability part of their education

March 23, 2016

Alumna Natalie Panek (AeroE MASc 0T9), a revered “STEM rock star,” believes one of our greatest responsibilities is empowering the next generation. (Photo: Pam Lau)

Natalie Panek: aspiring astronaut and champion for women in STEM

March 22, 2016

Livestock graze in an arid field. Africa is losing 20,000 hectares of land to desertification annually. Two-thirds of arable land is expected to be lost in Africa by the year 2025 because of land degradation (photo supplied by Rod Tennyson)

World Water Day: Prof Rod Tennyson plans 8,000-kilometre water pipeline across Africa

March 21, 2016

University of Toronto Explorer Vertical Take-Off and Landing (UT-XV) is one of the five vehicles unveiled Friday at the Aerospace Showcase organized by the University of Toronto Aerospace Team. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Ideas taking flight: University of Toronto Aerospace Team unveils its latest fleet

March 21, 2016

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