Engineering physics PhD student Khadijeh Miarabbas Kiani has fabricated a laser on silicon using a simple, cost-effective method — something that has been a longstanding challenge in the field of silicon photonics.
3D-printed pods insulated with Moon dust or houses made of mushrooms on Mars: Researchers at McMaster's Origins of Life Institute are working with NASA to help create habitats for future space explorers.
A Canadian-led team of 36 astronomers has just completed the largest imaging survey of molecular gas – the fuel needed for star formation – in one of the most extreme regions of the Universe, the Virgo Cluster.