
U of T Engineering team earns US $250,000 in global XPRIZE Carbon Removal Student Award
Seed funding will advance an electrochemical process that can capture CO2 directly from air

‘A global leader’: Professor David Sinton highlights U of T’s sustainability efforts at the Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Mechanical and industrial engineering professor outlines efforts to make U of T “climate positive,” meaning the university will curb more emissions than it emits.

New microfluidic device could help track the health effects of air pollution
Technology enables simulated lung tissue to be exposed to air pollutants, then extracted for analysis without disturbing the spatial relationships between cells

U of T researchers’ lab-grown muscles used to study Duchenne muscular dystrophy, develop treatments
Professors Penney Gilbert and Bryan Stewart obtained cells from people living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy to grow miniature muscles and study the genetic disorder outside the body

A universal law of physiology emerges from professor’s research
Professor Willy Wong has discovered a mathematical relationship in the sensory adaption response curve that is true for all sensory modalities and all organisms

Nature-inspired coatings could power tiny chemistry labs for medical testing and more
A new system of polymer brushes may enable lab-on-a-chip devices to handle more than just water

Human-powered tech: Connaught Global Challenge Award boosts research into battery-free wearable and implantable devices
Professor Kamran Behdinan aims to create a multidisciplinary global network of experts in the field of energy harvesting for biomedical applications

New method for testing muscle repair in a dish to impact development of stem cell-based therapies
Researchers from two labs at the University of Toronto have discovered a novel way to test self-repair of skeletal muscle, and this method has the potential to rapidly advance the development of treatments for diseases like muscular dystrophy (MD) and other degenerative muscle conditions. “If you would have told me before we started this project […]