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Science Rendezvous Kingston 2025

Date Published: Jun 03, 2025

A great turnout with more than 4700 visitors who explored hands-on science activities at more than 60 stations presented by more than 440 volunteers.

Postdoctoral Fellows in Dark Matter Search and Neutrino Physics in Argon

Date Published: May 28, 2025

Seeking two postdoctoral fellows. Application deadline is Wednesday, July 23, 2025.

Physical Review Letters publication, "Floquet Engineering the Quantum Rabi Model in the Ultrastrong Coupling Regime".

Hughes Group and Collaborators publish back-to-back Physical Review Letters

Date Published: May 19, 2025

Publications in the exciting fields of Quantum Optics and Ultrastrong Coupling of Light and Matter.

2025 Physics End-of-Year Banquet hosted by DSC (Department School Council) of the Physics Department at Queen's University

Physics Banquet Awards

Date Published: May 05, 2025

Faculty winners were announced at the annual physics banquet organized by the physics and engineering physics undergraduate students.

An artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disc in which planets are forming. Image credit: ESO/L. Calçada

Prof. Sadavoy wins Early Researcher Award

Date Published: May 02, 2025

Prof. Sarah Sadavoy wins Early Researcher Award for cutting edge research.

The appearance of green flashing curved lights above a polymer p-n junction. The dark region is the polymer, with the negative side on the bottom and the positive side above. The crooked orange line represents electrical treeing. The curved green flashes represent a new discovery; they are caused by electrons interacting with a gas produced by a deteriorating polymer surface.

Luminescent polymers as strong emitters of free electrons and a new source of light

Date Published: Apr 28, 2025

Dongze Wang and Prof. Gao publish their interesting lab findings in the prestigious Physical Review Letters and is an Editor's Suggestion.

Physics professors Nahee Park and Kristine Spekkens from the Physics department at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in Physics

Date Published: Apr 23, 2025

Professors Park and Spekkens address gender gaps in physics and the goals to encourage and support women and gender minorities in the field in this year's WIPC+2025 conference. Conference is hosted at Queen's from July 22 - July 25.

2025 Science Rendezvous Kingston

Date Published: Apr 16, 2025

Planned for another exciting year for the Kingston community, come and Discover the Wonder of Science with local STEM experts and Queen's researchers. On May 10 from 10am - 3pm.

Queen's engineering students go on a tour with Prof. Tony Noble

First-hand experience into dark matter and neutrino science research at SNOLAB

Date Published: Apr 11, 2025

Queen's engineering students go on a tour with Prof. Tony Noble.

Left: A compact object microlensing light from a star, causing a star to appear brighter. Middle: A puffy dark matter cloud which is no longer compact enough to produce a microlensing effect. Right: A puffy dark matter cloud acting as a lampshade, causing starlight to dim due to interactions between photons from the star and constituent dark matter particles in the lampshade.

Dimming Starlight with Dark Compact Objects

Date Published: Apr 08, 2025

PhD student Leo Kim, postdoctorate Melissa Diamond, and professor Joe Bramante publish their research in the prestigious Physical Review Letters.