Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy

How physics is a key to easy-to-build ventilators

kvd1 — Tue, 05 May 2020 02:59:00 +0000

A team of Canadian physicists, including Nobel Laureate Art McDonald and other Queen’s physics researchers, are part of an international team working to develop a robust, easy-to-manufacture ventilator that can be certified and manufactured with off-the-shelf parts from established supply chains.

Confronting COVID-19

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Art McDonald

Arthur McDonald

Nobel Prize

Ventilator

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Bhavin Shastri

kvd1 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:08:54 +0000

Modeled After the Brain’s Neural Networks

Advancing Canada’s research infrastructure

kvd1 — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:37:36 +0000

On Friday, at SNOLAB, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, recognized the key role of research infrastructure by announcing more than $628 million to support 19 research infrastructure projects at institutions across the country, including two research facilities affiliated with Queen’s University.

Research Funding

The SNO+ Detector

kvd1 — Tue, 31 May 2022 14:16:20 +0000

Alex Wright for the SNO+ Collaboration

The SNO+ experiment studies the fundamental properties of neutrinos. The detector consists of an active volume of 780 tonnes of liquid scintillator housed within a 12-metre diameter acrylic vessel that is held in place by ropes and viewed by an array of about 10,000 photomultiplier light detectors. In this image, taken by a camera embedded in the photomultiplier array, the detector is illuminated only by light from the clean room at the top of the vessel neck, producing a beam effect. The SNO+ experiment is currently collecting data, carrying on the work of the Nobel-prize winning Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.

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SNOLAB, Sudbury, Ontario

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2022

NSERC research award renamed after Queen’s University Nobel Laureate

kvd1 — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 19:42:07 +0000

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has named a national prize in honour of Queen’s University Nobel Laurate Arthur McDonald.

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Early-Stage Researchers

Early-Career Researchers

Funding

Conversations Confronting COVID-19: Innovation Pivots

kvd1 — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:57:15 +0000

Since the global pandemic hit in winter 2020, Canadians and global citizens have been confronted with a myriad of questions – from how to understand and treat the virus, to how to cope with life in quarantine, and what life will look like when we surface from this international crisis.

Learn more about how ��˴�Ƭ researchers, students, and alumni have mobilized to apply their expertise and skills to help address all aspects of COVID-19 in our discussion on Innovation Pivots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdHs8bF5jDE

Watch the Discussion: Conversations Confronting COVID-19: Innovation Pivots

kvd1 — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 18:15:02 +0000

Launched on Wednesday, June 24, the first installment of the monthly series will focus on the theme of Innovation Pivots and feature members of the Queen’s community who have effectively pivoted their research and programs to come up with creative and innovative solutions to the pandemic.

Confronting COVID-19

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Provincial Government

Ontario

Africa

MasterCard Foundation

Nobel Laureates share their thoughts on research success

kvd1 — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:36:14 +0000

A sold-out crowd packed Queen’s University’s Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts for the rare opportunity to hear two Nobel Laureates discuss their roads to research success, together with Canada’s Chief Science Advisor Mona Nemer, and award-winning journalist and author André Picard.

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Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative at ��˴�Ƭ University

kvd1 — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:02:58 +0000

The path to research success includes many ups and downs and can take you to unexpected places. On September 25th, 2019, Queen’s University hosted the Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative, featuring Martin Chalfie, 2008 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. In a public dialogue moderated by preeminent journalist, André Picard, Dr. Chalfie was joined by Queen’s researcher Dr. Arthur McDonald, 2015 Nobel Laureate in Physics, and Dr. Mona Nemer, Chief Science Advisor to the Government of Canada, to discuss the path to the Nobel Prize and research success.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sm8sRfBTOI

Starting a scintillating search: SNO’s second act looks for neutrinos closer to home

moonr — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:39:31 +0000

Over the last decade, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has reinvented itself as SNO+. Led by Mark Chen, the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics, the project has taken advantage of a unique piece of research infrastructure and set out on a new mission.

Over the last decade, SNO+ has taken advantage of a unique piece of research infrastructure and set out on a new mission.

Dark Matter Detectives: The Hunt for the Missing Mass of the Universe

moonr — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:04:08 +0000

Three Queen’s particle astrophysics researchers – Gilles Gerbier, Wolfgang Rau, and Tony Noble – are detectives and leaders in the international hunt for dark matter, which makes up about 85% of matter in the universe.

Nobel Prize Laureates to inspire at public event

kvd1 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 22:12:39 +0000

For early- and mid-career scientists, the ascent toward research success is a rewarding but at times daunting climb. On Wednesday, Sept. 25, the Queen’s community has a chance to hear from two researchers who have reached one of the world’s highest academic peaks: receiving the Nobel Prize.

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Arthur McDonald

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Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)

dark matter

A Nobel pursuit

moonr — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:03:00 +0000

Connor Stone, PhD Candidate (Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy)

Stone specializes in galaxy physics and is the coordinator of the Queen’s Observatory and says that he is honoured to have been given the opportunity to meet and speak with so many of the world’s top minds in physics.

Student Research

Recognizing research excellence at Queen’s

moonr — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:01:01 +0000

Margaret Moore (Political Studies), Tucker Carrington (Chemistry; Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy), Mark Daymond (Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy), Robert Ross (Kinesiology and Health Studies)

Research Award

Art McDonald: 2015 Nobel Prize In Physics

moonr — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 19:55:27 +0000

Queen’s professor Arthur B. McDonald, along with Takaaki Kajita of the University of Tokyo, has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Dr. McDonald and a team of Canadian and international scientists worked deep underground unlocking the mysteries of neutrinos, fundamental building blocks of nature.

Their revolutionary work redefined the basic laws of particle physics and confirmed the detailed understanding of how the sun burns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMEcxMEuYIE

Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy

How physics is a key to easy-to-build ventilators

Bhavin Shastri

Modeled After the Brain’s Neural Networks

Advancing Canada’s research infrastructure

The SNO+ Detector

NSERC research award renamed after Queen’s University Nobel Laureate

Conversations Confronting COVID-19: Innovation Pivots

Watch the Discussion: Conversations Confronting COVID-19: Innovation Pivots

Nobel Laureates share their thoughts on research success

Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative at ���˴�Ƭ University

Starting a scintillating search: SNO’s second act looks for neutrinos closer to home

Starting a scintillating search

Dark Matter Detectives: The Hunt for the Missing Mass of the Universe

Dark Matter Detectives: The Hunt for the Missing Mass of the Universe

Nobel Prize Laureates to inspire at public event

A Nobel pursuit

Recognizing research excellence at Queen’s

Art McDonald: 2015 Nobel Prize In Physics

Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative at ��˴�Ƭ University