Cosmological perturbations from quantum gravity

The last century substantially advanced our understanding of the laws of physics and the cosmos, but many questions still remain unanswered. This project aims to bring us a step closer to unravelling the details of the beginning of our universe. Many researchers expect that gravity has a quantum nature, but a concrete theory is yet […]

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Microwave Spectroscopy of Antihydrogen

The Big Bang is predicted to have produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter; however, the universe is dominated by matter and there is much less of its counterpart. The ALPHA (Antihydrogen Laser PHysics Apparatus) collaboration, based out of CERN, investigates the matter-antimatter asymmetry problem by creating and performing experiments on antihydrogen to compare it […]

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Quantum Error Correction with High-Dimensional Nuclear Spins

Quantum information processing is a game changer for information technology: currently information is representable as strings of binary digits, or bits, and logical processing is performed according to the principles of boolean algebra. Quantum mechanics allows us to work with superpositions of states and perform quantum logic, which preserves the coherence vital for quantum information […]

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Synthèse de nouveaux revêtements polymériques plus adhérents

Le développement de revêtements à deux composantes nécessite l’ajout d’autres produits couteux afin d’augmenter leur adhérence à la surface du substrat. Ce projet de recherche portera sur le développement de nouveaux revêtements qui aura une meilleure adhérence sans ajout d’autres produits. Cela permettra à SophiChem Inc. de diminuer les couts de production de ses revêtements […]

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High sensitivity anisotropic plasmonic metal nanoparticles and porous metal oxide matrix for Nicoya’s Alto sensor system

The project will accomplish the goal of transferring the academic knowledge in synthesis of tunable plasmonic nanoparticles developed at Wilfrid Laurier University to Nicoya, the company developing advanced instrumentation based on plasmonic sensing using metal nanoparticles. The developed nanoparticles will be tested, and fine-tuned, if required, to satisfy all the criteria required for their industrial […]

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Quantum annealing of 3D spin glasses with neural network wavefunctions

D-Wave is at the forefront of building quantum annealers, which are quantum computing devices that can potentially solve an important class of problems more efficiently than classical computers. One important goal of D-Wave is to claim that they have attained quantum supremacy, which means they have built a machine that can do something that no […]

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The Impact of Tanks on Surface Hydrology using a Combined Hydrological Modelling and Remote Sensing Approach in an Ungauged Basin

Small reservoirs are widely used in semi-arid regions by local rural communities for water harvesting. South India is a prime example of a region characterized by an unpredictable, severe climate with over 160,000 ancient old water storage reservoir structures (known as tanks) that are no longer fully utilized since the introduction of groundwater extraction. Today, […]

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