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Toronto rising

Specialist research centres are springing up in Canada's biggest city, nourished by government funds that also attract high-calibre scientists. Kurt Kleiner reports.

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Kleiner, K. Toronto rising. Nature 453, 252–253 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7192-252a

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