/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2947/all en /newsroom/channels/news/may-force-be-you-detecting-ultrafast-light-its-force-323479 <p>A ƻ����Ժ research team has developed a new technique to detect nano-sized imperfections in materials. They believe this discovery will lead to improvements in the optical detectors used in a wide range of technologies, from cell phones to cameras and fiber optics, as well as in solar cells.</p> Tue, 04 Aug 2020 21:45:40 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 231942 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/latest-gravitational-wave-detection-opens-new-era-astronomy-278031 <p><span>The discovery of a gravitational wave caused by the merger of two neutron stars, reported today by a collaboration of scientists from around the world, opens a new era in astronomy. It marks the first time that scientists have been able to observe a cosmic event with both light waves -- the basis of traditional astronomy -- and gravitational waves, the ripples in space-time predicted a century ago by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.</span></p> Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:26:19 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32387 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/nobel-prize-physics-goes-gravitational-wave-scientists-271343 <p>The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves". (<a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2017/">Nobel Prize</a>)</p> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:38:58 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32353 at /newsroom /newsroom/kenneth-j-ragan Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23064 at /newsroom /newsroom/brigitte-vachon Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23962 at /newsroom /newsroom/robert-rutledge Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:35:06 +0000 Anonymous 22584 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/back-future-scientifically-possible-256276 <p>It’s 'Back to the Future' day: “In <em>Back to the Future Part II</em>, Marty McFly travels to October 21, 2015, to save his children, yet to be born in <em>Back to the Future</em>'s 1985.” (Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/20/entertainment/back-to-the-future-day-feat/">CNN</a>)</p> <p>Journalists looking for comments can talk to Alex Maloney, professor of physics at ƻ����Ժ:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Back to the Future was a great movie which brings up many interesting scientific issues.  Although Einstein's theory of general relativity seems to allow time travel under very special circumstances, it appears that the effects of quantum mechanics make time travel impossible.”<br /> - Alex Maloney</p> </blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~maloney/">Alex Maloney</a></strong>, Associate Professor of Physics & William Dawson Scholar, Department of Physics, ƻ����Ժ<br /> <strong>Expertise</strong>: Black holes, string theory, particle physics, cosmology and the emergence of space-time in quantum gravity.<br /> <strong>Contact</strong>: <span class="spamspan"><span class="u">Maloney</span> [at] <span class="d">physics.mcgill.ca</span></span></p> <p> Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:50:58 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 24558 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/discovery-pentaquark-254030 <p> Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:52:48 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24331 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cern-large-hadron-collider-reactivated-244870 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:11:24 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 22371 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mars-too-has-macroweather-240080 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:53:34 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 21508 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/clerk-pai-named-rsc%E2%80%99s-college-new-scholars-238926 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:04:07 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 21139 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-dna-analysis-technique-promises-speedier-diagnosis-237818 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 14:13:46 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21005 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-network-medical-physics-229830 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:01:06 +0000 brenda.chang@mail.mcgill.ca 18997 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/macroweather-what-you-expect-225162 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:05:14 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 18268 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/event/25th-canadian-materials-science-conference-225036 <p><span>In 2013, the 25<sup>th</sup> Canadian Materials Science Conference will be held at ƻ����Ժ in Montreal, Quebec, from June 17-19, 2013, with special courses running on June 15 and 16 and a poster session on June 19.</span></p> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:51:40 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 18198 at /newsroom