Fighting Tooth Decay
A new way of peering inside teeth could find lesions before they become cavities and eliminate the need for “drilling and filling”
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What Is Sacred?
Two U of T thinkers debate whether we can ever know what is truly “right” or “wrong”
The Next Big Idea
By Alison Motluk, Sarah Boesveld, Dan Falk, Scott Anderson and Kurt Kleiner |
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Ten concepts that could shape the future: from digital credentials to safer drugs to DNA-tailored diets and more
Life on Mars?
Scientists are trying to determine if methane in the Martian atmosphere came from living organisms
Planetary Mysteries
Discoveries of new planets outside our solar system are forcing astronomers to rethink theories of how planets form
Cheaper Digital X-Rays
Physicist John Rowlands has invented a way to deliver high-quality X-rays at a fraction of the regular cost
Smashing!
Now that the Large Hadron Collider is working, U of T physicists are preparing to sift through mountains of data in search of the elusive Higgs boson
Smarter Buildings
A U of T computer scientist is developing a program to help predict – and ultimately reduce – buildings’ energy use
The True Nature of Time
A century after Einstein proposed his theory of relativity, scientists are still debating how time works
Cool Computing
A new kind of optical switch could allow computers to run 100 times faster – without overheating
We Are Star Stuff
A large asteroid could destroy all life on earth. But a “rain” of extraterrestrial debris long ago may have led to the conditions that started it, says a U of T geologist
The World’s Largest Telescope
As scientists prepare the next-generation space telescope, University of Toronto astronomers are pushing for an even larger ground-based scope
Computer Vision
Want to know where an unidentified picture was taken? A computer program being developed at U of T can help
To Boldly Go
U of T’s Dunlap Institute will step up the search for worlds beyond our solar system
Sunnier Days
High energy prices are giving solar cells a new-found lustre
A Blast into the Universe’s Past
Astronomy prof Barth Netterfield stars in new documentary about a high-flying telescope
God’s Laboratory
This spring, an international team of physicists, including several from U of T, will launch the most ambitious science experiment ever devised. Their goal: to unlock the secrets of the universe
Sara Seager
Astronomer is aiding the search for another Earth
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Harvard physicist seeks theory to unite relativity with quantum mechanics
What Is a Planet?
Recent discoveries force astronomers to rethink long-held definition
A Whole New World of Study
U of T Scarborough to launch planetary science program
Great Eureka Moments in History
From Isaac Newton to Sir Paul McCartney, inspiration arrived suddenly
Can Machines Be Creative?
The question is challenging both computer scientists and psychologists
The Big Picture
U of T cosmologists are piecing together the epic table of how the universe has evolved over 14 billion years
Stay Tuned
The spirit of Edward S. Rogers Sr. is energizing a new wave in communications
