Department of Physics and Astronomy

In a year that saw the University of Calgary officially become a Top 5 research university, readers of UCalgary News learned about early humans adapting to extreme climates more than a million years ago, the cause of a mysterious white patch appearing next to northern lights, the subtle effects of the sounds found in a modern-day health-care clinic, and more

Astronaut Robert Thirsk returns to his alma matter for afternoon of discovery

Discovery could lead to advances in quantum science, laser, optical switch and modulator technology