/channels/taxonomy/term/1876/all en /channels/news/study-reveals-challenge-chip-designers-future-218872 <p>To build the computer chips of the future, designers will need to understand how an electrical charge behaves when it is confined to metal wires only a few atom-widths in diameter.</p> <p> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:39:45 +0000 webfull 88392 at /channels /channels/news/mysterious-cosmic-radio-bursts-found-repeat-259440 <p><em><strong>By Chris Chipello, </strong><a href="/newsroom"><strong>ƻ����Ժ Newsroom</strong></a></em></p> <p><em>Astronomers for the first time detect repeat ‘fast radio bursts’ from same sky location</em></p> <p>Astronomers for the first time have detected repeating short bursts of radio waves from an enigmatic source that is likely located well beyond the edge of our Milky Way galaxy. <span>The findings indicate that these “fast radio bursts” come from an extremely powerful object which occasionally produces multiple bursts in under a minute.</span></p> Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:00:39 +0000 webfull 117124 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-duo-named-cifar-azrieli-global-scholars-262273 <p><b><i>By  James Martin</i></b></p> <p><em>ƻ����Ժ professors Corinne Maurice and Kieran O’Donnell have been appointed to the CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program, a new initiative that helps outstanding early-career researchers develop the leadership and communication skills, and network connections, they’ll need to solve some of our most pressing problems</em></p> Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:56:19 +0000 webfull 120709 at /channels