A University of Toronto Engineering research team has created a new platform that delivers multiple therapeutic proteins to the body, each at its own independently controlled rate. The innovation could help treat degenerative ...
Biochemistry
Aug 22, 2022
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A recent study by researchers at the University of Toronto has identified a chemical found in several consumer products that could be a potential cause of the rise of antibiotic resistance In Canada.
Biochemistry
Aug 18, 2022
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Stand up in a canoe and you'll probably find yourself in the water before too long. Jump up and down on the upper edges of the sides of the canoe, and you'll likely end up in the drink as well. But get the balance right and ...
General Physics
Aug 4, 2022
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Soil-dwelling nematodes depend on their sophisticated sense of smell for survival, able to distinguish between more than a thousand different scents—but the molecular mechanism behind their olfaction has baffled scientists ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2022
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University of Toronto researchers have shed light on the evolutionary transition of whales' early ancestors from on-shore living to deep-sea foraging, suggesting that these ancestors had visual systems that could quickly ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 29, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Toronto, Johns Hopkins University and Vanderbilt University have discovered that certain cells move surprisingly faster in thicker fluid—think honey as opposed to water, or mucus as opposed ...
General Physics
Jul 25, 2022
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Just like honey slowly dripping from a spoon, parts of the rocky outermost layer of Earth's shell are continuously sinking into the more fluid layer of the planet's mantle over the course of millions of years. Known as lithospheric ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 19, 2022
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When two massive volcanic eruptions blanketed New Zealand in ash, they forever changed the genetics of the brown kiwi bird, a new study from the University of Toronto Scarborough has found.
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2022
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Canadians are not nearly as divided about many important environmental issues as we may think—and that lack of division could offer common ground in drafting national environmental policies, according to a new study.
Environment
Jul 13, 2022
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Astronomers at the University of Toronto have spotted some of the most elusive stuff in our universe by taking a deep look at the cosmic web, the network of filaments and knots that trace the large-scale distribution of galaxies.
Astronomy
Jul 12, 2022
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