Environment
America has found a way to turn plastic waste into cosmetics
According to Innovation Toronto, scientists have found a way to turn plastic waste into useful liquid products - such as engine oil, lubricants, detergents and even cosm…
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Wearing pink eyeglasses helps to observe more
A study by the University of Toronto provides the first direct evidence that human mood really affects the way the vision system filters sensory experiences.
Discover science
Physicists pressed light to the quantum limit
A group of physicists from the University of Toronto have found a new technique that can force light to the fundamental quantum limit.
Oceanography
Seals only sleep with half a brain
Research by Biology Professor John Peever and colleagues at the University of Toronto (Canada) and University of California (USA) has identified several types of chemica…
Archeology
The 3,000-year-old statue in Turkey reflects feminism
Archaeologists at the University of Toronto, Canada discovered the remains of a 3,000-year-old statue in Turkey that could change the way women perceive their role in an…
Archeology
Discovered 3000-year-old stone lion in Turkey
The leading archaeologists working at the University of Toronto, Canada, discovered a complex city gate decorated with stone sculptures, including a stone lion ...
Archeology
Detected ancient stones in the 2,700-year-old Turkish temple
During excavation at a newly discovered temple in southeastern Turkey, the archaeological team led by the University of Toronto obtained stone tablets dating back to the…
Space science
Meteors appear in Canada
A meteorite may have swept the sky near Toronto in the daytime and created rare bright spots.
Space science
The mystery of the star's light source
Scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia have helped reveal the
Biology
'Sphere' The withered fern revives when it comes to water
Darryl Cheng, living in Toronto, Canada, posted a time-lapse video recording the process of selaginella lepidophylla ferns sucking water and exploding, making viewers ex…
Biology
Isolation of blood stem cells in pure form
50 years ago, researchers from the University of Toronto, Canada discovered stem cells.
Biology
New complexity is discovered in the human genome
Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that in addition to the total number of countable genes there is something else that causes genetic differences…
Biology
Canada creates good drought tolerant plants
A student of the University of Toronto (Canada) accidentally forgot to water the plants in the laboratory for a long time and recorded only one plant survived, while oth…
Animal world
Raccoon 'crazy' when first seeing snow
The panda rolled over, playing jokingly when he saw snow for the first time in his zoo.
Environment
Aircraft use cooking oil to save money
Before Air Canada's Airbus plane left Toronto in Canada to reach Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, on the afternoon of June 18, bio-fuel and jet fuel were poured into…