Posts Tagged: health
When Professor Milos R. Popovic (MIE PhD 9T6) dreams of brilliant control systems, it’s not supercomputers or NASA mission control he’s thinking of, it’s the human brain. “The brain is the most sophisticated control system anywhere in existence,” says the biomedical…
Around the world, there are millions who cannot speak, either because of brain injuries or conditions such as autism. Now, some students at the University of Toronto have come up with an app that merges a voice synthesizer with a…
Three U of T researchers, including two engineering professors, received more than $5 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for projects on regenerative medicine and nanomedicine. Representatives from the…
Canadians say they appreciate the vast amount of fresh water that exists in this country, but are quite willing to waste much of it by unnecessarily disposing of things through toilets, according to results of a new study. A survey —…
A team of scientists including researchers from the University of Toronto and Princess Margaret Hospital have created an organic nanoparticle that is completely non-toxic, biodegradable and nimble in the way it uses light and heat to treat cancer and deliver…
Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. These are also the deadly diseases that the research team of Victor Yang (EngSci 9T7, MASc ECE 9T8) aims to alleviate. Yang is an associate professor of electrical…
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