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Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy

October 1, 2018
September 7, 2018

Elucidating the presence and make up of dark matter, which makes up 80% of our universe: research into the mysteries of “dark matter” will deepen our understanding of the universe’s vast complexities.

July 9, 2018

The research and study of the optical and electronic manifestations of handedness (chirality) in natural and artificial substances, leading to the development of new diagnostic tools for life sciences.

[Dr. Tony Noble]
June 18, 2018

Dr. Tony Noble shares his experience studying particle astrophysics at SNOLAB as well as the recent award from the Canada First Excellence Research Fund.

[Gilles Gerbier]
November 1, 2016

Queen's researcher Gilles Gerbier, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Particle Astrophysics, is working on the design of a dark matter detector after helping found the Beijing-Paris-Rome-Saclay Collaboration in Europe.

[illustration by Carl Wiens]
April 1, 2016

Science journalist Ivan Semeniuk retraces the history of Canada’s Nobel Prize-winning physics experiment led by Queen's researcher Arthur McDonald.

[Photo of Arthur B McDonald Copyright Nobel Media 2015 - Photo by Pi Frisk]
November 1, 2015

An interest in mechanics led Queen's researcher Arthur McDonald, the 2015 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, to study the universe on a fundamental level, through physics.

[Queen’s astrophysicist Stéphane Courteau and his students]
April 1, 2015

Together with the SNOLAB group, Queen’s astrophysicists like Stéphane Courteau, and their students, form one of the most active centres for research on dark matter in the world.

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