Research

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Greg Wells is at the forefront of a relatively new field called exercise medicine, which means he looks at how disease affects a person’s ability to exercise—and at how exercise can be used to treat that person.

His research has been given a boost by a New Researcher Award from the University of Toronto’s Connaught Fund. The award fosters excellence among assistant professors within the first five years of their appointment at the university, helping them establish a strong research program.

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How do children come to realize that they themselves might be targets of prejudice?  It may depend on their age. New research conducted at the University of Toronto shows that a six-year-old may be influenced most by direct instruction about prejudice, but once that child gets closer to 10, she begins to rely more on her own experiences.

From the development of the light bulb over a century ago to today’s LED technology, lighting has come a long way. From back-lit LED displays to LED chips, the lighting industry is experiencing no shortage of growth due to research breakthroughs in recent years.

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Led by University of Toronto professor Khosrow Adeli, a team of researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children has developed a comprehensive database that will directly contribute to improved assessment of Canadian children and youth with medical concerns.

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It has been a year since a 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the northeast coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, generating a tsunami that caused tremendous devastation.

According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the highest wave was 38.9 metres in the Iwate Prefecture and, as of Sept. 30, 2011, there were 15,749 deaths reported and 3,962 were still missing nationwide.