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December 9, 2025

Marcel Franz Appointed Scientific Director of UBC Blusson QMI

The University of British Columbia’s Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (UBC Blusson QMI) announced today the appointment of Professor Marcel...

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December 9, 2025

Canada’s Flagship Quantum Conference Comes to BC in February 2026

Canada’s flagship quantum science and technology conference will shift to the country’s West Coast next year as Quantum Days 2026...

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November 27, 2025

People of Blusson QMI: Joern Bannies

Joern Bannies received his PhD degree from UBC under the supervision of Blusson QMI principal investigators Sarah Burke and Meigan...

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November 26, 2025

Researchers achieve on-demand electronic switching of topology in a single crystal

[Media Release] UBC Blusson QMI scientists have demonstrated a reversible way to switch the topological state of a quantum material...

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September 22, 2025

Brains, Poems, AI, and Forensics: Inside Ars Scientia’s Prize for Artful Science Writing

We are pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Ars Scientia Essay Prize, a campus-wide competition that invited UBC undergraduates to...

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July 4, 2025

Innovative optical memory for future photonics

New research by scientists at UBC’s Blusson Quantum Matter Institute has demonstrated an innovative switching technology with potential applications in...

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June 19, 2025

Silicon breakthrough could lay the foundation for a global quantum internet

[MEDIA RELEASE] UBC Blusson QMI researchers are proposing a solution to a key hurdle in quantum networking: a device that...

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April 24, 2025

We still have a representation problem for women in physics – and Canada is no exception

A study finds Canada ranks last for women’s representation among senior authors in Nature Physics, with zero female-led Canadian papers...

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April 16, 2025

From insulators to metals: spin chains enter uncharted quantum regime

The compound—Ti₄MnBi₂—becomes only the second known metallic system with confirmed one-dimensional magnetism. A study by researchers from the University of...

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April 10, 2025

Call for Applications: Quantum Studio Arts-Sciences Residency 2025

In 2023, the French Embassy in Canada, in partnership with the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (QMI) and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at...

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April 2, 2025

Quantum Pathways: Every discovery begins with an opportunity

Help drive scientific innovation by supporting research placements for underrepresented undergraduates Across all scientific fields, a broad range of perspectives...

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March 27, 2025

Material Intelligence: March 2025

Welcome to the March 2025 issue of Material Intelligence – in this edition: Research achieves major milestone in quantum annealing...

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March 27, 2025

Dr. Alannah Hallas Awarded UBC’s Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship

Dr. Alannah Hallas, Principal Investigator at UBC’s Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (UBC Blusson QMI) and Associate Professor in the...

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