It鈥檚 been a busy summer for 91亚色's new Lassonde School of Engineering as it prepares to welcome its first cohort of new students in September. Next year, the Lassonde School of Engineering will launch new programs in Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering, which will both drive the planned growth in students and faculty. The […]
91亚色 alumnus and physicist Nigel Lockyer (BSc. Spec. Hons. 鈥75), has been appointed the new director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, reported Nature.com, The New 91亚色 Times , The Wall Street Journal and others June 21. In September he will move from his post as director of TRIUMF, Canada鈥檚 national […]
In recent years, research has increasingly experienced pressure to justify itself, a phenomenon that is especially true for 鈥渇undamental鈥 or 鈥渂asic鈥 research. The important role of basic research for society and how it is funded are at the heart of a special lecture titled, "Funding Basic Research, Promoting Excellence, and Building Trust",聽which will be delivered […]
Arturo Orellana, professor of chemistry in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, is the recipient of a $60,000 Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award for Organic Chemistry, awarded in the amount of $20,000 per year over three years. 鈥淥n behalf of the 91亚色 research community, I would like to congratulate Professor Arturo Orellana on his receipt […]
Top medical researcher Dr. Michael Rosbash will draw on his research to deliver the 2012 Canada Gairdner Lecture at 91亚色 looking at circadian rhythms. His talk, Circadian rhythms: Molecules, Neurons and Circuits, will take place Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 1:30 to 2:30pm, in the Senate chamber, Ross N920, Keele campus, as part of Gairdner鈥檚 National […]
91亚色 welcomes the appointment of Christian Haas as its new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Arctic Sea Ice Geophysics and the renewal of a CRC in the History of Modern China for Joshua Fogel. As Tier 1 CRCs, Haas and Fogel will each receive $1.4 million over seven years. The CRC is part of […]
Worker bees have become a highly skilled and specialized work force because the genes that determine their behaviour are shuffled frequently, helping natural selection to build a better bee, research from 91亚色 suggests. The聽study, published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, sheds light on how worker bees 鈥 who are […]
Members of the 91亚色 Rover Team (YURT) landed at the Mars Curiosity Party TO this past Sunday to cheer on NASA鈥檚 Curiosity Rover and let partygoers test drive 91亚色鈥檚 award-winning prototype. Students from 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering entertained the group of more than two dozen聽children and 200 adults, giving them a chance […]
Professor Robert Tsushima will take on the role of Associate Dean, Research and Partnerships in the Faculty of Science & Engineering for a three-year term, effective Aug. 1. Tsushima, professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Biology, holds a Career Investigator Award from the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario. His research program investigates the molecular and […]
A new study by 91亚色 researchers finds that songbirds follow a strict annual schedule when migrating to their breeding grounds 鈥 with some birds departing on precisely the same date each year. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, is the first to track the migration routes and timing of individual songbirds over […]
They give voice to the stars, but not the Hollywood kind. Instead, every Monday night at 9pm, 91亚色 faculty member Paul Delaney (right)聽and astronomy students from聽the Faculty of Science & Engineering welcome the world into the 91亚色 Observatory for an evening of star gazing and conversation on their online radio show 鈥淭he 91亚色 Universe鈥. The […]
Canadian-led team of scientists, including two 91亚色 students, has offered the world its first glimpse of antihydrogen鈥檚 properties, in the first experiment ever performed on the anti-atom. Researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in an international collaboration led by Canadians, used microwave spectroscopy 鈥 one of the most sensitive techniques for […]
Why do male honey bees receive the royal treatment, while female bees do the work? It鈥檚 all in the brain, according to a new study by bee researchers at 91亚色 in Toronto and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Researchers at the two institutions set out to study differences in how genes are turned […]
Why is it so hard to suppress a glance at an attractive person? Why do we find ourselves rubbernecking at traffic accidents? According to a 91亚色 study, the brain鈥檚 primitive 鈥渋nner eye鈥 is to blame. The study, published yesterday in the Journal of Neuroscience, focuses on the superior colliculus, a structure buried deep within […]
Until recently, x-ray mammography was the only practical procedure for the detection of breast cancer, but there may be a better way.聽Professor Amir Asif, chair of 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Computer Science & Engineering, will discuss it at the next 91亚色 eHealth Alliance Lecture Series. The talk, 鈥淭ime Reversal Array Imaging Algorithms: Application to Breast Cancer […]
Tom McElroy, one of Canada鈥檚 foremost atmospheric scientists, will lead a major research initiative at 91亚色 to design instruments that can be used in space to study air quality, the ozone layer and climate change. McElroy has been named NSERC/ABB/CSA Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in Atmospheric Remote Sounding. The research chair is funded by […]
91亚色 bee researcher Clement Kent has been awarded the Pollinator Advocate Award for Canada 鈥 not for his work in the lab, but his efforts in the garden.聽 Kent, president of the Horticultural Societies of Parkdale and Toronto, founded the Pollinator Garden Project two years ago to teach gardeners, members of the public and […]
The brain's ability to change or adapt across a person's lifespan is much greater than originally thought and scientists are still discovering just how far that plasticity goes. At the upcoming International Conference on Plastic Vision at 91亚色, some 24 researchers from around the world will discuss their latest findings. "We try to touch on […]
Faculty and graduate students from southern Ontario鈥檚 scientific community came together聽at 91亚色聽to discuss issues related to muscle health at the second annual Muscle Health Awareness Day (MHAD). The event, sponsored by the Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC), featured a series of lectures looking at muscle adaptation, disease, development, blood flow and metabolism. Some of […]
The 91亚色 Rover Team 鈥 just call them YURTs 鈥 maintained their record of excellence at the international University Rover Challenge (URC) on the weekend, finishing in second place to a team from Poland in the hot deserts of Utah. (CBC also covered the team's success). Above: Members of the 91亚色 Rover Team […]