Natural Sciences

Why do some melodies feel instantly right, balanced, memorable and satisfying, even if you have never heard them before?.

Breakthrough could accelerate drug discovery, improve vaccine development and reduce costs and emissions in logistics and transportation, researchers say. McGill and Queen's researchers have built an improved version of a computer that uses light to solve extremely hard problems more quickly and at larger scale than existing systems, without the need for cryogenic cooling.

New astronomical find is 8.5 billion years old and reshapes our understanding of early cosmic evolution Astrophysicists from the University of Waterloo have observed a new jellyfish galaxy, the most distant one of its kind ever captured.

Two new studies reveal structural complexity in the galaxy For centuries, astronomers have been observing celestial bodies and trying to understand the mysteries of the night sky.