Given the need for clean, sustainable energy, researchers around the world have recently started exploring the use of sunlight to create alternative fuels in a process called water splitting.…
To a glass dish, add a few atoms of carbon, a dash of hydrogen, and a splash of iron. Microwave on high for around half a minute. Serve. In…
A new study proposes that the vacuum of outer space may be a non-Newtonian fluid, resurrecting a decades-old astrophysics mystery concerning two NASA space probes. The new approach not…
Imagine you are sitting in a classroom full of 200 students in an introductory physics course at a large university. Looking around the room, you don’t think you can…
As a child growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Renee Horton spent many nights staring at the night sky, wondering what might exist beyond our universe. "My interest in…
Some people go through life following a traditional or linear career path, others listen to the fire inside and pursue it relentlessly. Diane Nalini de Kerckhove fits into…
A logical thinker and always ready for a challenge, Victoria Kaspi chose to pursue physics when she was studying in CÉGEP in Québec. "I always liked math," she recalls,…
When Shohini Ghose was a young girl growing up in India, she wanted to be an astronaut. "The first Indian astronaut went to space when I was a child,"…
Dr. Ursula Franklin was many things: physicist, educator, feminist, holocaust survivor, and peace activist to name a few. To capture her life story in a blog post simply won’t do her…
In September, the Canadian Federal Government announced that it was investing a whopping $900 million in exceptional university research initiatives through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) competition.…