University of Toronto
Future HIV vaccines -- if we build it, will they come?
A new University of Toronto research review shows many people wouldn’t get inoculated against HIV even if a vaccine was developed.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Future HIV vaccines: If we build it, will they come?
On the eve of the world's biggest AIDS conference this month in Austria, a new research review shows many people wouldn't get inoculated against HIV even if a vaccine was developed.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Chemists make breakthrough in nanoscience research
A team of scientists led by Eugenia Kumacheva of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto has discovered a way to predict the organization of nanoparticles in larger forms by treating them much the same as ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Researchers discover new biomarker to identify agressive thyroid cancer
Researchers at the University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital have discovered a new way to identify aggressive thyroid cancer, as well as predict patient outcomes. The research was published late last week in the leading ...
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Study shows impact of brain injury on women's health
After a brain injury, women often ask how the injury will affect their fertility, pregnancy and postpartum health. Now a new U of T/Toronto Rehab study provides some much-needed answers.
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Online ads can get too close for comfort says new study
Trying to have an impact in the brave new world of web advertising? You could match an ad to a web page's content - such as putting a car ad on an auto consumer website. Or, you could make it stand out with eye-catching pop-up ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Concentration of entrepreneurs no accident, says U of T professor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do entrepreneurs flock to startup meccas like the Silicon Valley or Boston? A recent working paper shows that density or thickness of local input markets translates into faster productivity and higher ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Personality predicts political preferences
There is a strong relationship between a voter's politics and his personality, according to new research from the University of Toronto.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Do creative work activities create stress?
The demands associated with creative work activities pose key challenges for workers, according to new research out of the University of Toronto that describes the stress associated with some aspects of work and its impact ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Astronomers discover 'defiant' new supernova
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers has uncovered a supernova whose origin cannot be explained by any previously known mechanism and which promises exciting new insights into stellar explosions.
May 26, 2010 |
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Love it or hate it, PowerPoint shapes strategy-making, says new paper
It's a staple presentation tool in most businesses. It's been banned as a productivity killer. It's even been recently criticized by a U.S. military General as "dangerous" for over- simplifying sophisticated problems of warfare.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 26, 2010 |
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Palaeontologists solve mystery of 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore
A study by researchers at the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum sheds new light on a previously unclassifiable 500 million-year-old squid-like carnivore known as Nectocaris pteryx.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 26, 2010 |
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Rivers closest to Toronto have highest concentrations of PCBs, other chemicals: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Toronto study of the concentrations of PCBs and other chemicals in the rivers running into Lake Ontario reveals significantly higher concentrations in areas closest to the centre of Toronto, ...
May 14, 2010 |
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Real-time, evidence-based information at clinicians' fingertips to streamline mental health care
Mental health, the second leading cause of disability and premature death in Canada, impacts the lives of every Canadian, much like technology. Mental health and technology are now being brought together with an innovative ...
May 12, 2010 |
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Researchers crack 'splicing code,' solve a mystery underlying biological complexity
Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered a fundamentally new view of how living cells use a limited number of genes to generate enormously complex organs such as the brain.
May 05, 2010 |
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