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Designing Canada鈥檚 neurotech future

As new technologies develop, designing them for human benefit can be a complex challenge. Neurotechnology, considered any tool used to measure, intervene on, or artificially stimulate brain function, is an emerging technology with extensive potential societal impact.

Computers powered by light and brain networks

In a new study published in Nature Photonics, lead author Bhavin Shastri (Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy) worked alongside an international team to examine how neuromorphic photonics, a field that uses light (instead of electronics) and neural 鈥渂rain-like鈥 networks, could i

Capturing the Art of Research: Celebrating the 2020 prize recipients

It was another record-breaking year for the Art of Research photo contest, with more than 100 faculty, staff, students, and alumni submitting engaging and thought-provoking research images. The 2020 competition is the largest in the contest鈥檚 five-year history, with images winning 10 category and special prizes.

Easy-to-build ventilators

A team of Canadian physicists, led by Queen鈥檚 Nobel Laureate Art McDonald, is part of an international effort to design a ventilator to help in the treatment of COVID-19.