👨‍🔬🔬 2018 OSC. QUANTUM: The Exhibition and New Eyes on the Universe

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- Opens August 18 at the Ontario Science Centre, Proctor & Gamble Great Hall, Level 2. -

QUANTUM: The Exhibition

Delve into the realm of the subatomic, where particles, forces and fields reign supreme. Deepen your understanding of quantum mechanics as you learn about superposition, entanglement and uncertainty. Discover that things at the subatomic level behave very differently from those at the macroscopic level, defying our human-scale intuition.

See how physicists like Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrodinger and others advanced and reconceived the theoretical framework for quantum mechanics over time.

Building on the basics, examine how quantum mechanics and today’s information technology are merging to create technologies and applications that will revolutionize how we live, work and play – from bits to qubits.

Through hands-on exhibits, unique artifacts, informational videos and multimedia games, explore the fascinating world of quantum theory and get a new perspective on how the world works.

QUANTUM: The Exhibition was created by the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo.

New Eyes on the Universe

Step into the world of a story that is still unfolding, in an observatory where a Queen’s University professor solved the mystery of neutrinos — an enigma that scientists had been trying to unravel for decades.Take a journey deep underground with a virtual tour of the subterranean research facility used to observe the interactions of subatomic particles. See the cloud chambers that reveal the background radiation we experience on the surface of the Earth.

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory lab (SNOLAB) is virtually opening its doors to the public to see the experiments that are currently underway two kilometres below the Earth’s surface, providing new insights and pushing frontiers in particle astrophysics.

The exhibition animates the science of SNOLAB, with an inside look into the artifacts of unique experiment components, spectacular imagery and video kiosks and a model of the original neutrino detector.

Professor Arthur B. McDonald won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for this ground-breaking research, which was conducted in the Vale Creighton Mine near Sudbury, Ontario.

New Eyes on the Universe is owned by SNOLAB and tour managed by Science North.

$5 Million Lab for Quantum Devices Material Creation Was Opened at UWaterloo IQC on December 12, 2013

A first-of-its-kind, world-class laboratory that could lead to the creation of quantum materials for use in a new generation of technologies was opened at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) on December 12, 2013.

Quantum materials are needed as the building blocks of robust quantum devices that will be able function outside of laboratory settings bringing the possibility of a quantum computer one step closer.

“New materials are not conventional, so we need to take an unconventional approach to this research,” said Professor David Cory, Canada Excellence Research Chair and deputy director, research at IQC. “The Institute for Quantum Computing has made a significant investment in quantum materials science and the most promising direction for building quantum devices is quantum materials.”

The lab houses a unique new $5 million tool to grow new materials that could form the building blocks of quantum technologies.

The Government of Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Ontario Research Fund, industry partners and others helped fund the new lab.

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