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A donation from the Baker Foundation has funded a laboratory to provide hands-on training in medical physics.
A donation from the Baker Foundation has funded a laboratory to provide hands-on training in medical physics.
Quantum computers have the potential to be significantly more powerful than today’s fastest silicon-based processors, and a central ingredient behind their power is a fundamental property of quantum mechanics known as “entanglement”.
Now a UWindsor physics professor has developed a mathematical formalism for characterizing entanglement in an important class of materials, marking an important step in understanding these systems and a potential contribution toward quantum computing.
Going back to the days of Sir Isaac Newton, there have always been certain problems of physics and mathematics that seem all-but unsolvable.
Many of those persist today, and the list is a lengthy one. What is dark matter made of? What causes a supernova to explode? Is there a grand unification theory, or a ‘theory of everything,’ which explains all fundamental physical constants?
Walk in to the Louvre, take a flash photo of the Mona Lisa and chances are you’ll be promptly escorted out by some rather unhappy security guards. Besides obvious copyright and security concerns, museum curators take a dim view of light from flashbulbs hitting the priceless art works for which they’re responsible.
Dalhousie physics professor Kimberley Hall will discuss her research into quantum computing Friday on the UWindsor campus.
Rapid advances in the fields of optical and nano-technology are leading to incredible new medical devices that can quickly diagnose cancer, deliver treatments for the disease and even monitor the effectiveness of those therapies, according to a guest lecturer who will speak here tomorrow.
In space, no one can hear the virtual particles—but they’re there
One of the most surprising predictions of modern quantum theory is that the vacuum of space is not empty, says a University of Waterloo engineering professor who will speak on the UWindsor campus Monday.