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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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March 25, 2021

SiEPICfab and Luceda Photonics set to influence global silicon photonics market in new partnership

The Silicon Electronics-Photonics Integrated Circuits Fabrication (SiEPICfab) consortium, led by Lukas Chrostowski, has joined Belgian software company Luceda Photonics in...

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March 24, 2021

People of Blusson QMI: Jingda Wu

Pictured: Jingda Wu, a self-portrait.   Jingda Wu feels most at home beside the ocean, where the air along the coast...

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March 22, 2021

Blusson QMI-linked research clusters expand interdisciplinary collaborations at UBC

Pictured: Belkin Art Gallery exterior shot with witch hazel by Michael Turner. The Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (Blusson QMI)...

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March 4, 2021

Fabio Boschini strengthens Canadian excellence in TR-ARPES

“Science is very social, and my success is a credit to the support from Blusson QMI that enabled me to...

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February 25, 2021

Grad student-led podcast expands access to quantum computing experts

  Quantum computing has enormous potential, and the success of quantum technology development and innovation will change many aspects of...

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February 25, 2021

People of Blusson QMI: Kim Kiloh

Pictured: Kim Kiloh (right) with UBC President and Vice-Chancellor, Santa Ono (left); Kiloh received the President’s Staff Award for Excellence...

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February 4, 2021

New twist on cuprates could offer topological superconductivity at higher temperatures

Superconductivity is an essential ingredient in many existing and future technologies. Topological superconductors in particular offer great promise in fault-tolerant...

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January 28, 2021

Molecular Forests: Simplicity in Complex Matter

Individual carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can conduct heat effectively, but in large collections known as “forests,” their thermal conductivity can be...

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January 28, 2021

Metaphors and analogies make quantum physics make sense to new audiences

Pictured; James Day speaks at Quantum Futures at the Museum of Anthropology, April 2018. Image credit: Curiosity Collider/Flickr. It is commonly believed...

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January 26, 2021

Multi-site collaboration originating at UBC reveals how Coulomb’s law is “bent” in solids

Pictured: a graphic representation of the interaction between electrons in a copper oxide grid. , A multi-institutional, international collaboration that began...

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January 19, 2021

People of Blusson QMI: Vedanshi Vala

Vedanshi Vala (pictured) is a second-year student in the Faculty of Science’s Integrated Sciences program working in Ziliang Ye’s lab...

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January 13, 2021

UBC team finds oxide material behaves similarly to its metal counterpart

Pictured: Fengmiao Li (left) and Zou lab colleagues. Image credit: Paul Joseph/UBC. Quantum materials are the basis for many emerging...

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