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Health - Physics - 28.03.2023
Using quantum technologies to make precise early-stage diagnosis
Six Waterloo quantum researchers receive funding to develop their health care solutions By Angelica Marie Sanchez University Relations Quantum science is transforming the ways technology can lead to innovation in health by improving how doctors use tools to measure and determine a health diagnosis at an early stage before symptoms progress into long-term medical issues among patients.

Physics - 13.03.2023
Expert insight: Is time an illusion?
Expert insight: Is time an illusion?
Western's Emily Adlam talks theories of time on The Conversation's podcast "Great Mysteries of Physics" By The Conversation, Special to Western News, March 13, 2023 By The Conversation, Special to Wes

Computer Science - Physics - 09.03.2023
University of Toronto-supported startup Xanadu aims to lead quantum computing sector
University of Toronto-supported startup Xanadu aims to lead quantum computing sector
Quantum computing is one of the fastest-growing tech sectors in the world - and Toronto startup Xanadu Quantum Technologies is among the companies leading the way.

Art and Design - Physics - 16.02.2023
Sleuthing SFU scientists sniff out fake art
Deep within Simon Fraser University's chemistry department, science and art intersect to unravel the dark, but lucrative, underbelly of forgery.

Astronomy / Space Science - Physics - 27.01.2023
Canadian researchers will have access to next-generation radio astronomy observatory
Canadian researchers will have access to next-generation radio astronomy observatory
Canada intends to proceed to full membership in the  Square Kilometre Array Observatory  (SKAO), a next-generation radio astronomy observatory bringing together nations from around the world to build and operate cutting-edge radio telescopes.

Physics - Computer Science - 26.01.2023
University of Waterloo receives Quantum Horizon funding award
The awarded proposal seeks to understand and mitigate the loss of quantum information The Quantum Horizons: Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research and Innovation for Nuclear Science award from th

Physics - Computer Science - 22.09.2022

Astronomy / Space Science - Physics - 13.09.2022

Astronomy / Space Science - Physics - 12.09.2022
Western researchers among first to capture James Webb Space Telescope images
Western researchers among first to capture James Webb Space Telescope images
The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has captured the most detailed and sharpest images ever taken of the inner region of the Orion Nebula, a stellar nursery situated in the constellation Orion 1,350 light-years away from Earth. The new images released today were targeted by an international collaboration, which includes researchers from Western University.

Physics - 09.09.2022
'This is what physics is all about': University of Toronto undergrads probe subatomic universe at CERN
’This is what physics is all about’: University of Toronto undergrads probe subatomic universe at CERN
Physicists explore the subatomic realm by smashing particles together using the LHC. They then study what happens in those collisions using detectors like ATLAS and CMS.

Physics - Mathematics - 25.08.2022
A Nobel in physics visits UdeM
A Nobel in physics visits UdeM
British scientist Duncan Haldane, co-recipient of a Nobel prize in physics in 2016, is here for an international conference on conformal field theories and quantum 'many-body" physics.

Physics - Astronomy / Space Science - 12.08.2022
Time machines and black holes on the agenda at quantum gravity meeting
Time machines and black holes on the agenda at quantum gravity meeting
A theory of everything, that works at a cosmic and quantum level, has eluded researchers for years.

Computer Science - Physics - 02.06.2022
Toronto startup Xanadu achieves quantum computing feat: The Globe and Mail
Toronto startup Xanadu achieves quantum computing feat: The Globe and Mail
Xanadu, a quantum computing startup founded by former University of Toronto post-doctoral physics researcher Christian Weedbrook , has achieved a coveted milestone by demonstrating "quantum advantage

Astronomy / Space Science - Physics - 17.05.2022
The lonely fate of a robot on Mars
The lonely fate of a robot on Mars
Science, Health & Technology Erik Rolfsen Covered in the red dust that sealed its fate, the NASA InSight lander is slowly shutting down, more than 250 million kilometres from home. With its solar panels now obscured by the red planet's debris, the four-year-old robot is running out of power. One by one, its instruments are being taken offline: its robotic arm moving into 'retirement pose', its seismometer likely to be turned off sometime in June.

Astronomy / Space Science - Physics - 06.04.2022
James Webb Space Telescope: beginning to see the light
Our experts are available to talk about the next big step for the James Webb Space Telescope, which they helped design: its first images, set for release this summer. The James Webb Space Telescope was launched in December with many sophisticated instruments aboard, including a Canadian guidance camera and scientific instrument co-developed by researchers at the Université de Montréal.

Astronomy / Space Science - Physics - 04.01.2022
Real-time alert system heralds new era in fast radio burst research
Real-time alert system heralds new era in fast radio burst research
McGill scientists have developed a new system for sharing the enormous amount of data being generated by the CHIME radio telescope in its search for fast radio bursts (FRBs), the puzzling extragalactic phenomenon that is one of the hottest topics in modern-day astronomy.

Astronomy / Space Science - Physics - 03.12.2021

Astronomy / Space Science - Physics - 24.11.2021
James Webb Space Telescope: our experts speak out
James Webb Space Telescope: our experts speak out
The launch of the most complex and powerful telescope ever built will be commented on by a number of UdeM astrophysicists who contributed to its design. The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to be launched on December 22 with sophisticated instruments on board, including a Canadian guidance sensor largely developed by researchers at Université de Montréal.

Astronomy / Space Science - Physics - 28.10.2021
Three UdeM astophysicists to help inaugurate the James Webb Space Telescope
Research associate Loïc Albert and doctoral students Olivia Lim and Stefan Pelletier see their proposals accepted for the use of NASA's ultra-sophisticated probe.