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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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September 14, 2020

COVID-19 challenge presents opportunity to develop meaningful online learning for undergrads

“Every crisis is an opportunity,” says Doug Bonn. When the University of British Columbia announced that the majority of classes...

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September 11, 2020

Rapid adaptation brings Blusson QMI teams back to work in support of novel coronavirus diagnostic tool

Image source: Prof. Lukas Chrostowski.   On September 2, Lukas Chrostowski and colleagues presented their work to develop a powerful...

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September 8, 2020

UBC’s Joseph Salfi is in the right place at the right time

In 1943, Thomas Watson, then president of IBM, said “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”...

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September 4, 2020

UBC’s Roman Krems is solving quantum problems by machine learning

At the intersection of quantum physics, theoretical chemistry and machine learning, Roman Krems is working to understand realities outside the...

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August 17, 2020

Quantum Computing training series connected international audiences with Canadian expertise

Last week, Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (SBQMI) joined partners at TRIUMF, the University of British Columbia, the University of...

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August 12, 2020

A seat in the room where it happens

Alannah Hallas (pictured) has a seat in one of the most exclusive rooms in quantum physics for the next two...

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June 18, 2020

CREATE program to crystalize eminence in quantum computing training in BC

Pictured: Arman Zaribafiyan, Head of Quantum Simulation at Vancouver-based software company and CREATE program partner 1QBit, leading a seminar for UBC...

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May 13, 2020

Ada: Accelerating materials research with flexible automation and AI

Image source: the Berlinguette group via www.projectada.ca. , An artificially intelligent, self-contained, and self-driving laboratory named Ada can explore formulations for...

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April 30, 2020

SBQMI teams adapt to COVID-19’s impact on operations

Science goes on, even as the rest of the world slows to a pause and COVID-19 sees the University of...

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April 22, 2020

Spins seek order in Kitaev-type systems in one dimension

The biggest enemy of quantum computing technology is “noise,” perturbation at the atomic level that can disrupt the resilience of...

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February 3, 2020

New quantum switch turns metals into insulators

Pictured: Artist’s impression of the dissolving of the electronic “traffic jam.” The red atoms are different in their quantum nature...

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December 10, 2019

New laser technique images quantum world in a trillionth of a second

Pictured: MengXing Na and Andrea Damascelli at UBC’s Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (SBQMI). Credit: Research2Reality , For the first time,...

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