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The e-Parali team shares their slide deck during a meeting. From top to bottom: Satya Sathwik Juttada (Year 2 ChemE), Advait Iyer, Richmond Theophilus Ghanney and Karthi Hari Krishnan. (Screenshot: Submitted)

App for empowering farmers in India propels ChemE student to first-place finish at international hackathon

Professor Jeff Brook (Dalla Lana School of Public Health, ChemE). (Photo: Marit Mitchell)

‘Look after each other’: Professor Jeff Brook on the threat posed to cities by extreme heat – and how to respond

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Internet connectivity, explained

Left: Fish such as tilapia can disperse and collect pigment granules in their skin to change their colour and shading. Right: An optofluidic cell created by U of T Engineering researchers achieves the same effect by mixing two immiscible fluids, one of which contains a dye. (Image credits: left, Richard Wheeler (licensed under Creative Commons); right, Raphael Kay.)

Dynamic building facades inspired by marine organisms could reduce heating, cooling and lighting costs