
New ‘Sputtertron’ could help develop advanced materials for greener economy
A new materials-acceleration platform is one of four U of T Engineering projects funded in the latest round of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund

Professor David Sinton elected to the Royal Society of Canada
Fellowship in the RSC is one of the highest honours a Canadian scholar can achieve

Professor Ervin Sejdić elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Sejdić (ECE) is a leader in the application of machine learning to biomedical research

New strategy for delivery of therapeutic proteins could help treat degenerative eye diseases
Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME, Donnelly) and her team have created a hydrogel that slowly releases multiple therapeutic proteins at independently controlled rates

This grad student is developing solar-powered bioreactors to clean water and produce sustainable products
Oseremen Ebewele is one of two recipients of this year’s IBET Momentum Fellowships

U of T Engineering team designs new hydrogel that opens pathways to more targeted cancer treatments
The bio-inspired material enables lab-grown cells to emulate the complex processes found in the human body

Physiological earthquakes: Researchers aim to leverage experience in analyzing seismic data to predict cardiac events
Professor Sebastian Goodfellow (CivMin), in partnership with researchers at SickKids, aims to apply AI methods used in geology to the analysis of data from ECG scans

‘Look after each other’: Professor Jeff Brook on the threat posed to cities by extreme heat – and how to respond
Extreme weather events have dominated the headlines this week as dangerous heat waves hit the United Kingdom, central United States and parts of Canada while fires rage in Spain, Portugal and Greece. The severe weather events that climate scientists have long predicted are now here and it will only get worse, says Professor Jeff Brook (Dalla Lana School of […]