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March 16, 2026

New CFI Investment “a major game-changer” for UBC Blusson QMI Core Facilities

The UBC Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (UBC Blusson QMI) Core Facilities will be equipped with new and upgraded tools thanks...

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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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December 21, 2020

People of Blusson QMI: Rafael Haenel

Rafael Haenel* was only supposed to be in Vancouver for a year. Haenel (pictured above) came to the Stewart Blusson...

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December 17, 2020

When temperature fails: A nonthermal description of electron relaxation

Pictured: MengXing Na in the Damascelli lab. Image source: grad.ubc.ca. , New work from a team of researchers at the...

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November 24, 2020

People of Blusson QMI: Alex Anees

Pictured: Alex Anees, a self-portrait. “You know, the world is your oyster,” said Alex Anees, Research Operations Facilitator (ROF) at...

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November 23, 2020

Milestone quantum computing paper celebrated in journal’s 50-year anniversary edition

Image source: It Takes Two to Entangle, Research2Reality, May 2020. To celebrate 50 years in print, the journal Physical Review A...

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November 5, 2020

UBC’s Quantum Devices group joins international collaboration to study the entropy of exotic quantum states

Pictured: Professor Joshua Folk speaks at the SBQMI retreat in 2019. Image credit: Paul Joseph/UBC. , A team of researchers...

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