Homing in on source of mysterious cosmic radio bursts

Published: 4 January 2017

Astronomers have pinpointed for the first time the home galaxy of a Fast Radio Burst, moving scientists a step closer to detecting what causes these powerful but fleeting pulses of radio waves....

Fast track control accelerates switching of quantum bits

Published: 15 December 2016

From laptops to cellphones, today’s technology advances through the ever-increasing speed at which electric charges are directed through circuits. Similarly, speeding up control over quantum states...

Towards better hip replacements

Published: 2 November 2016

By Katherine Gombay...

It’s what's underneath that counts

Published: 27 October 2016

To the naked eye, ancient rocks may look completely inhospitable, but in reality, they can sustain an entire ecosystem of microbial communities in their fracture waters isolated from sunlight for...

Canada Foundation for Innovation provides $1.1M for CBRAIN computing platform at McGill

Published: 15 September 2016

McGill University will receive more than $1.1 million for CBRAIN, one of the world’s most advanced computing platforms for brain research, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI)...

Don’t scan so close to me

Published: 15 August 2016

What does the 1960s Beatles hit “Girl” have in common with Astor Piazzolla’s evocative tango composition “Libertango”?...

Dot-drawing with drones

Published: 4 August 2016

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