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Our bodies are extremely efficient at storing fat from food into our fat tissue. In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have managed to completely block the development of obesity. The researchers deleted an enzyme and made it impossible for mice to increase their amount of fat tissue, despite the mice eating

From plastics to silicon to nanotubes? Study describes breakthrough in next-generation material Move over, silicon. In a breakthrough in the quest for the next generation of computers and materials, researchers at USC have solved a longstanding challenge with carbon nanotubes: how to actually build them with specific, predictable atomic structures. “We are solving a fundamental

Tablets made from dried leaves of the Artemisia annua plant cured 18 critically ill patients in a Congo clinic. The results suggest a new and inexpensive treatment option for the mosquito-borne disease that affects 212 million people worldwide. When the standard malaria medications failed to help 18 critically ill patients, the attending physician in a Congo

How chewing gum or a shed hair can let strangers read your ‘Book of Life’ Someone finds that piece of chewing gum you pitched today, uses the saliva to sequence your DNA and surreptitiously reads your book of life — including genetic secrets like your susceptibility to diseases. If that scenario, posed in an article

… And Why Companies Need To Be More Serious About Copying Earlier this year, we had a short discussion, based on a review, over some of the concepts in the recently published book Copycats, by Oded Shenkar. I’ve finally had a chance to read the book, and wanted to post some quick thoughts on it. The book

Sandia, University of California project aimed at reducing cost of hydrogen fuel cells Replacing your everyday gas guzzler with a hydrogen fueled car could drastically reduce your carbon footprint. So why don’t we all make the switch? One of reasons we don’t is the expensive platinum catalyst required to operate hydrogen fuel cells efficiently. Research

We want to thank everyone for your support and interest over the past 5 years.  This is our 5th anniversary so it is time for a functionality upgrade. Innovation Toronto started out as a support effort for the 2nd ever Startup Weekend in 2007.  It has grown over the intervening years into a passion about

A bootstrapped, early-stage zinc-air battery startup collects its first strategic funding round.   Eos Energy Storage believes it might have the disruptive technology for grid-scale energy storage and has just raised a bit of funding to prove it. Many energy experts (though not all) believe the piece missing from a reliable, renewable-energy-laden grid is energy