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Amy Bilton

CREATE grant puts sensing, data and analytics in the service of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

News December 16, 2025

In this prototype carbon capture apparatus, a solution of potassium hydroxide is wicked up into polypropylene fibres; circulating air evaporates the water in the solution, concentrating it to very high levels. The white crystals are nearly pure potassium carbonate, formed from carbon removed directly from air. (photo by Dongha Kim)

New ‘rock candy’ technique offers a simpler, less costly way to capture carbon directly from air

News November 27, 2025

Aerial view of clothes in a washing machine

The inequalities of laundry: U of T research reveals overlooked source of microplastic pollution

News November 19, 2025

rom left to right: Nissan North America’s Yoshinori Suzue, Nissan Motor Corp.’s Atsushi Teraji, the Ontario government’s Chris Scott, Nissan Canada’s Abhishek Bhatia and U of T’s Olivier Trescases attend an on-campus demonstration of the next generation Nissan LEAF

U of T-Nissan partnership to accelerate research at the intersection of EVs and electric grids

News August 29, 2025

A faucet with a water droplet coming out.

Model developed by U of T researchers could improve water service for more than one billion people

News August 27, 2025