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.
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.
Queen's researcher Lynda Colgan, associate professor of education and Director of the Community Outreach Centre, is improving math literacy for everyone by bringing the invisible worlds of math and science to the forefront of consciousness.
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![[Queen’s astrophysicist Stéphane Courteau and his students]](https://www.queensu.ca/research/sites/default/files/styles/3x2_cropped/public/assets/legacy/images/CFHT_MK_Group-1000.jpg?itok=jiW7xgUC "Queen’s astrophysicist Stéphane Courteau and his students")
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