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Using game theory to tell if a quantum memory is legit

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Emmy Noether’s revolutionary theorem explained, from kindergarten to PhD

A century ago, Emmy Noether published a theorem that would change mathematics and physics. Here’s an all-ages guided tour through…
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People of PI: Quantum creator Timothy Hsieh

By coming up with new combinations of nature’s tiniest pieces, Timothy Hsieh creates blueprints for novel phenomena that could be…
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The universe from a hologram?

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Physics, finance, and the value of evidence

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Tensor networks are a powerful tool. If only the best ones worked in three dimensions.

The story of three PhD students and their quest to crack the barrier that keeps the best tensor network tools…
/Aug 16, 2018
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How strange, old math could unlock nature’s mysteries

Former Perimeter grad student Cohl Furey suspects eight-dimensional numbers called “octonions” could unlock secrets of the universe, and she’s not…
/Jul 20, 2018
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Physics: What is it good for? Quite a lot, actually

Students and researchers learned about the myriad opportunities that exist for physicists outside academia at Perimeter’s first Career Trajectories Day.
/Jul 19, 2018
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Clarity on cosmic rays from deep beneath Antarctic ice

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, and other telescopes around the world have pinpointed a source of high-energy…
/Jul 12, 2018
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We Are Innovators: Neil Turok on the power of ideas

Perimeter Institute Director Neil Turok explores a universe of ideas in the presentation he delivered across Canada in 2017 as…
/Jun 29, 2018
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10 common misconceptions in physics

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Thank You, Star Trek

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A pulsar seen like never before

A pulsar’s magnetosphere has been viewed in unprecedented detail, thanks to the tail of ionized gas from its companion star.
/Jun 06, 2018
Cosmology, Young Minds

Remembering our friend, Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was a global science superstar. For physicists at Perimeter Institute, he was also a colleague, mentor, and friend.
/Jun 01, 2018
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PI kids are asking: How are rainbows made?

Why do we have rainbows and not rainsquares? And what does it look like once you’re inside a rainbow? Let’s…
/Jun 01, 2018
Quantum Fields and Strings, Mathematical Physics

Taming the Langlands program

Perimeter researchers are pulling from physics and mathematics to connect two ways of understanding nature, writes Dan Falk.
/Jun 01, 2018
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What quantum physics can learn from Egyptian hieroglyphs

Is a category mistake at the root of our troubles with quantum theory? Perimeter Faculty member Robert Spekkens explores the…
/Jun 01, 2018
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Forces of nature: great women who changed science

Recognize women who changed science with this free collection of print-at-home posters.
Astrophysics, Strong Gravity

The music of neutron stars

Research reveals a new class of neutron star oscillation frequencies not predicted by general relativity.
/May 31, 2018
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Listen to these scintillating sounds from the universe

The music of the cosmos can be eerie, jarring, and surprisingly beautiful.
/May 23, 2018
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#FailFast comes to quantum science

By getting out early and grappling with the challenges that entails, quantum entrepreneurs are bridging the divide between theory and…
/May 15, 2018
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How to build a better future

One question dominated the Waterloo Global Science Initiative’s 2018 summit: how do we steer the world towards sustainable development?
/May 10, 2018
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Can open-source software be a model for science?

Researchers are seeing cracks in the structure of science. The solution, they suggest, could be to create a new, open-plan…
/May 08, 2018
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