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“Unprecedented” number of Apple users received recent spyware alert

Apple warned users in 110 countries of suspected mercenary spyware attacks, a technology governments have turned on critics and civil society. A Citizen Lab researcher called the scale unprecedented.

Source: citizenlab.ca

Filed in Democratic Resilience Digital Systems, AI & Cybersecurity

U of T joins Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ Academic Partnership Program

U of T signed an agreement with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. to train nuclear science and engineering talent and expand research collaboration, as Canada electrifies its economy.

Source: utoronto.ca

Filed in Energy, Mining & Critical Minerals

Researchers use AI to develop metal alloys that perform better under extreme conditions

Using AI and self-driving lab technology, a U of T research team found nickel-cobalt-chromium alloys that keep their strength under extreme conditions and suit 3D metal printing for aerospace and power generation parts.

Source: utoronto.ca

Filed in Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Aerospace, Autonomous Systems & Robotics Energy, Mining & Critical Minerals

Vector Institute and European Space Agency partner to advance AI for Earth observation

The Vector Institute and the European Space Agency partnered on AI for Earth observation, starting with climate science and Arctic monitoring, and a Vector faculty member joined ESA’s Φ-lab as a visiting professor.

Source: vectorinstitute.ai

Filed in Aerospace, Autonomous Systems & Robotics Arctic Digital Systems, AI & Cybersecurity

Female patients with traumatic brain injury less likely to be admitted to trauma centres

A U of T and Sunnybrook research team found that female patients with traumatic brain injury were 26 per cent less likely than male patients to be admitted to a specialized trauma centre, even after accounting for age and injury severity.

Source: utoronto.ca

Filed in Health Systems Resilience & Biosecurity Human Performance, Recovery & Long-Term Health

On-site biomanufacturing platform enables lab research, diagnostics—anywhere

A U of T research team showed hardware and molecular tools that let labs in remote or resource-limited settings make their own antibodies, enzymes and other reagents without a cold chain, tested in places including the Yukon.

Source: utoronto.ca

Filed in Arctic Health Systems Resilience & Biosecurity

U of T & NUS partner to build world’s largest open materials dataset

The Acceleration Consortium and NUS’s Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials launched the Materials Data Foundry, with nearly $10 million from Singapore’s National Research Foundation, to build an open dataset of experimental materials properties.

Source: acceleration.utoronto.ca

Filed in Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Digital Systems, AI & Cybersecurity

U of T researchers demonstrate AI worm could target any online device

A U of T research team showed that free, publicly available AI models can power a worm that adapts as it spreads, takes over networks and hijacks computing power, a threat they say current cyber defences are not ready for.

Source: utoronto.ca

Filed in Digital Systems, AI & Cybersecurity

White hydrogen discovery in Canadian Shield could unlock new energy source

Geochemists at U of T and the University of Ottawa measured, mapped and tracked the long-term build-up of natural hydrogen in the Canadian Shield, making it possible to assess whether the resource is economically viable.

Source: artsci.utoronto.ca

Filed in Energy, Mining & Critical Minerals

Serving Scholar Program

U of T’s Serving Scholar Program helps students in the Regular or Reserve Force of the Canadian Armed Forces find the academic supports available and request flexibility when service affects their studies.

OpenSource: registrar.utoronto.ca

Preparing Canada’s health system for military conflicts: a framework for civilian military medical readiness

CMAJ authors argue that a national framework for civilian military medical integration should rest on three pillars: shared training and embedded personnel, scalable dual-use medical capacity, and coordination through interoperable data systems.

Source: cmaj.ca

Filed in Health Systems Resilience & Biosecurity

U of T partners with South Korean firm Hanwha Ocean to strengthen Canada’s maritime sovereignty

U of T signed a memorandum of understanding with shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean on smart maritime systems, vessel staffing and Arctic-capable maritime technologies, linked to the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project.

Source: utoronto.ca

Filed in Arctic Digital Systems, AI & Cybersecurity