A Q&A about the end of an era with spacecraft engineer Chris Damaren
With the final launch of the Atlantis, NASA retires its space shuttle program. We spoke to Professor Chris Damaren of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies about the end of an era in manned space travel. Damaren researches spacecraft dynamics and control systems. He also serves as Vice-Dean, Graduate Studies in the Faculty [...]
May explain why the Universe contains matter but no anti-matter
An international experiment with contributions from physicists at the University of Toronto is announcing results that could solve a long-standing puzzle in particle physics and may even turn the Standard Model on its head. The team has detected the first indication of oscillation from muon-type neutrinos to electron-type neutrinos. “Two other modes of neutrino oscillation [...]
A Q&A with physicist William Trischuk about the Large Hadron Collider
Did you know that only four per cent of the universe is visibly accounted for? The vast majority is what’s called dark matter and dark energy—we can observe its effects, but we don’t know what it is. Did you know that every particle of matter has a corresponding anti-matter particle out there somewhere and that [...]
U of T psychology experiment
Is he gay or straight? Ovulating women know best, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Toronto. read more
Current equal to 3 trillion bolts of lightning
Looking for a source of renewable electricity? Researchers at the University of Toronto have found some serious current emanating from a huge cosmic jet 2 billion light years from Earth. At 1018 amps, the current is the strongest current ever seen, equalling something like a trillion bolts of lightning. read more
Biology prof Mart Gross comments
Raccoons are here to stay. There are more than 100,000 of the nocturnal critters in Toronto, so learn to live with them, say experts. read more
Should affect lifespan of cells
The secret to preventing or reversing premature aging may be found in a DNA “off switch” that humans share with common yeast, according to new research from the University of Toronto. In a paper published in the journal Developmental Cell, Professor Karim Mekhail, of the Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, along [...]
Lab examines human rights in digital era
Web-filtering software developed in Canada is being used in the Middle East to censor the Internet, according to the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab. read more
Prof studies air conditioning use
Psst, want to save a couple of hundred bucks this summer with the push of a button? read more
"Superluminous" type is rare
A new kind of supernova 10 times brighter than other exploding stars has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. read more
