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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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ECE professor’s data-driven platform aims to predict occurrences of emergency events

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New Canada Research Chairs advance research in regenerative medicine, sustainable housing and more

Professor Yu Zou and a graduate student with a metal 3D printer (Photo: Neil Ta)

New U of T Engineering facility will enable multidisciplinary researchers to test materials under extreme conditions

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U of T researchers are developing a chatbot to help people stop smoking