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Math meets music: the surprising symmetry of string theory and Schoenberg
What do the works of an early 20 th century composer have in common with the theoretical physics concept of supersymmetry? Let Dr. S. James Gates Jr., string theorist and...
Perimeter Institute launches a new Centre for the Universe
November 20, 2017 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) – Perimeter Institute is launching its new Centre for the Universe, a cluster of interdisciplinary research tackling the toughest questions in cosmology. The Centre...
Shedding light on black holes at November 6 Perimeter Institute public lecture
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 23, 2013 –Almost every galaxy has at its core a supermassive black hole, millions of times more massive than our sun, each gravitationally dictating the fate...
Live webcast to boldly go where science meets sci-fi
June 8, 2017 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) – What is the role of creativity in scientific research? What are the biggest challenges to communicating science to the world? How does science-fiction...
Live webcast to explore how to decipher quantum mysteries
February 7, 2018 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) — If science is like puzzle-solving, then making sense of quantum theory is a particularly thorny kind of brain-twister. But what if we are...
Live webcast to explore how physics will help build the future with quantum materials
March 22, 2018 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) – From highly efficient batteries to virtual reality, the next generation of technologies will help humanity tackle some its most challenging problems. Many of...
Live webcast to explore the ways “useless” discoveries have changed our lives
November 8, 2017 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) – How have you benefited from the discovery of the Higgs boson? In more ways than you might guess. In a live webcast talk...
Perimeter STEM education programs receive grant from Bosch Community Fund
The Bosch Community Fund, on behalf of ESCRYPT in Canada, recently presented its first Canadian grant in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario. The $35,000 grant went to Perimeter Institute, which...
The natural inspiration of mathematics
Galileo mused that in order to understand the universe, we must first understand the language that it is written in. That language? Mathematics. But, if we look to the universe...
Neil Turok appointed to second term as Perimeter’s director and to Lazaridis-Bohr Chair
Perimeter Institute is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Director Neil Turok to a second term at the Institute’s helm. Dr. Turok’s new term will commence in October 2013 and...