University of Toronto

New Capabilities

Co-lead of the POLO pathway research

For more than a century, scientists assumed the eye had no lymphatic drainage. In July 2026, teams at the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto reported finding one at the back of the eye, a route they named the posterior ocular lymphatic outflow, or POLO pathway.

Updated Oct 22

New Capabilities

As of October 2026: Home of the team that devised the optical detection method

Two-pole magnets run the modern world. Hard drives, credit-card strips, and refrigerator doors all rely on the familiar north-south dipole. A University of Toronto team has now found a way to see a stranger magnetic state, one that behaves as if it has eight poles and that ordinary instruments cannot detect.

Updated Oct 7