When a patient is diagnosed with glioblastoma, brain cancer, they are given 14 months to live - and that’s with treatment. U of T Scarborough student Oleksandra Kaskun desperately wants to change…
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The importance of bacteria: Q & A with Roberta Fulthorpe
Often the public see bacteria as mere agents of disease. But according to University of Toronto of Scarborough Professor Roberta Fulthorpe, the vast majority should be viewed as beneficial.
Fulthorpe…
Food series highlights food development and cultural histories
Food and storytelling come together at this year’s “Dishing Up Toronto.”
Led by the Toronto Ward Museum in partnership with the Culinaria Research Centre at the University of Toronto Scarborough, “…
It turns out forgetting is really important for memory
It’s a common complaint that as we age we become more absent-minded. But a certain amount of forgetting plays a vital role in how our memory functions, according to new U of T Scarborough research.…
Twelve U of T Scarborough researchers receive funding from annual U of T program
This year, 12 U of T Scarborough faculty members received New Researcher Awards from the U of T Connaught Fund.
The fund awarded 56 U of T researchers across all three campuses a total of $994,000. U…
Planetary harmonies around the TRAPPIST-1 system save it from destruction
NASA's discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system earlier this year created excitement after three planets were found to be in the star's habitable zone. But it also created confusion since…
New technique offers “molecular window” into living organisms
A novel technique developed by University of Toronto Scarborough researchers can for the first time get a high-resolution profile of which molecules are present inside a living organism.
“In a…