Bill Downe, CEO of BMO Financial Group, and Mike Lazaridis, Chair of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), will make a special announcement at PI on Monday, November 29th at 5:45 pm EST.
On Wednesday, December 1, as part of Perimeter Institute’s Public Lecture Series presented by Sun Life Financial, Eric Mazur of Harvard University, will discuss the concept of time and review historical attempts to "stop time," that is, to capture events of very short duration.
Experimental evidence suggests that living organisms are using quantum mechanics in to enhance the efficiency of photosynthesis. Dr. Seth Lloyd (MIT) will show how plants and bacteria perform quantum information processing, and how creatures engage in ‘quantum hanky-panky’ in survive and reproduce.
In the first lecture of the season on October 6th at Perimeter Institute, William R. Newman, Distinguished Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, will highlight a curious fascination of one of the most profound scientists to have ever lived, Sir Isaac Newton.
During a special visit to Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) tied to the centre’s Global Outreach activities, the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper announced new federal funding of $20 CDN million to speed the growth of science and technology capacity in Africa.
In a public address before a packed audience at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), Prof. Stephen Hawking, PI Distinguished Research Chair, recounted his research, life and times, saying that it has been a glorious period to contribute to our picture of the universe.
Perimeter Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Faculty members, Dr. Natalia Toro and Dr. Philip Schuster, to its research team.
Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) today announced the winners of its “I Love Science” youth video contest. The two grand prize winners will receive an all-expenses paid round trip to PI and be part of the “Hawking at the Perimeter” television special on June 20, 2010.
PI Associate Faculty Member Cliff Burgess wins 2010 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Dr. Chris Lintott, principal investigator of the Galaxy Zoo project, will offer an engaging presentation of the weird and wonderful objects identified by Galaxy Zoo users and a few tales from the ups and downs of citizen science.
Dr. Neil Turok, Director of Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), is pleased to announce that Prof. Stephen Hawking will visit the institute in Waterloo, Ontario, this summer to conduct scientific research and participate in a televised outreach event.
On Wednesday, December 2 at 7:00 pm, as part of PI’s Public Lecture Series, Prof. Michael E. Peskin will review current knowledge of the top quark and explain how this knowledge has been obtained through experiments at the giant particle accelerators.
University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute to Host International Conference to Help Advance Science Policy-making.
Dr. Neil Turok, Director of Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), is pleased to announce the appointment of ten more outstanding international scientists to the positions of Perimeter Institute Distinguished Research Chairs.
On Saturday, October 17, at 4pm EDT, Canada’s Perimeter Institute will make special announcements that involve Prof. Stephen Hawking. Media are invited to attend and obtain interviews.
The full-scale model of the next Mars rover, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), is on loan outside the United States for the first time and will make its Canadian debut at Perimeter Institute’s Quantum to Cosmos Festival, running October 15-25 in Waterloo.
The Quantum Tamers: Revealing Our Weird and Wired Future is a new television documentary that will air October 20th and shares the coming quantum technological revolution.
Perimeter Institute celebrates its 10th anniversary and contributes to Canada’s National Science & Technology week this October. Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future (Q2C) will take a global audience from the strange world of subatomic particles to the outer frontiers of the universe.
They’ve come from 17 countries around the world, and though they may speak different languages at home, here in Waterloo, they all speak physics, all the time.
With only one month to go until launch, Perimeter Institute’s Quantum to Cosmos Festival is gaining interest – on-site, online and on TVO.
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