Research News
Building and designing a balloon-borne radio telescope system
May 12, 2026
Prof. Laura Fissel and students of the Balloon Borne Very Large Baseline Experiment (BVEX) are working hard to launch by late summer of 2027 at Palmas, Brazil.
Prof. Shastri speaks at Research Excellence event
May 12, 2026
Prof. Shastri was one of the four speakers to give a talk on the impact of his award, 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship on his research.
Using the Pacific Ocean to detect Cherenkov radiation from neutrinos
Mar 20, 2026
Professors Nahee Park and Ken Clark are involved in part of a global experiment to capture and study the elusive neutrinos.
Examining the Earth's Core
Feb 26, 2026
Geoneutrinos that help us understand the chemical composition of the planet.
Dr. McDonald reflects on the decade since receiving the Nobel Prize
Dec 12, 2025
Watch the youtube video of Dr. McDonald's reflections since winning the Nobel Prize.
Prof. Spekkens receives Tier 1 CRC Funding
Oct 24, 2025
Prof. Kristine Spekkens receives prestigious Tier 1 Canada Research Chair Funding.
Decoding the Cosmos Celebration Event
Oct 21, 2025
Celebrating 10th year of Dr. McDonald's Nobel Physics Prize and renewed funding of McDonald Institute.
Can dark matter be a lampshade for stars?
Mar 17, 2025
A paper chosen to be Editor's choice in the upcoming prestigious Physical Review Letters publication in April.
Jacob Ewaniuk receives NSERC Vanier Graduate Scholarship
Jun 11, 2024
The Vanier Scholarship recognizes his work on "Large-Scale Entanglement Generation using Quantum Photonic Neural Networks".
Building-wide Emergency Menstruation Products
Jun 10, 2024
We are delighted to announce that our application was funded and we were able to purchase menstrual products to supply Stirling Hall for years to come.
National Research Council makes huge investment in Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)
Jun 10, 2024
Dr. Kristine Spekkens is at the forefront of the Canadian participation.
New CREATE Training Program Coming Soon
May 17, 2024
Co-led by Prof. Bhavin Shastri, the program aims to pioneer Canada's first formal training program in photonics bridging AI and quantum computing.