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University of Toronto physicists harness neglected properties of light

February 15, 2017

U of T researchers have demonstrated a way to increase the resolution of microscopes and telescopes beyond long-accepted limitations by tapping into previously neglected properties of light. The method allows observers to distinguish very small or distant objects that are so close together they normally meld into a single blur.

Biophysicist Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher and computer scientist Raquel Urtasun.

NSERC recognizes research into the microbial ticking time bombs inside us and self-driving cars

February 07, 2017

We go to the gym, count calories and take our vitamins — all in an effort to stay fit and avoid getting sick. But are we actually healthy? Our bodies are filled with bacteria and viruses that attack them, known as phages.

Gold question marks on a black background.

Certainty in complex scientific research an unachievable goal: University of Toronto study

January 16, 2017

A University of Toronto study on uncertainty in scientific research could shed light on anomalies that arose in early attempts to discover the Higgs boson and even how polls failed to predict the outcome of Donald Trump winning the U.

Planet ArtSci Episode 11: How Lego Batman explains String Theory

May 04, 2016

U of T physicist A.W. Peet uses Lego to explain String Theory, the building blocks of the universe, gravitational waves, black holes, Monty Python and Yahoo Serious. Seriously.

Physicists discover new laws governing the "developmental biology of materials"

February 22, 2016

When one atom first meets another, the precise nature of that interaction can determine much about what kinds of physical properties and behaviours will emerge.

Researchers demonstrate 'quantum surrealism'

February 19, 2016

New research demonstrates that particles at the quantum level can in fact be seen as behaving something like billiard balls rolling along a table, and not merely as the probabilistic smears that the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests.

Forecasting 2016 and Beyond: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics and Chemistry

January 20, 2016

A&S scientists are engaged in a range of pressing challenges from combating climate change to managing disease.

U of T physicists among team members to receive Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

November 09, 2015

University of Toronto physicists were on two of the five teams that received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics last night for major insights into the deepest questions of the Universe.

Blue atoms and lights across computer circuit board

A little light interaction leaves quantum physicists beaming

August 25, 2015

A team of physicists at the University of Toronto have taken a step toward making the essential building block of quantum computers out of pure light. Their advance, described in a paper published this week in Nature Physics, has to do with a specific part of computer circuitry known as a “logic gate.”

Molly Shoichet in conversation with Gary Goodyear

Research2Reality: understanding the ground-breaking work supported by your taxes

May 13, 2015

When University of Toronto physicist Dick Peltier began researching the interaction between the Earth’s land, atmosphere, water and biosphere, he created mathematical models depicting how climate evolved over 750 million years and ho

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