Canada Research Chairs Program /newsroom/taxonomy/term/525/all en Mysterious cosmic radio bursts found to repeat /newsroom/channels/news/mysterious-cosmic-radio-bursts-found-repeat-259440 <p><em><strong>By Chris Chipello, </strong><a href="/newsroom"><strong>ֱ Newsroom</strong></a></em></p> <p><em>Astronomers for the first time detect repeat ‘fast radio bursts’ from same sky location</em></p> <p>Astronomers for the first time have detected repeating short bursts of radio waves from an enigmatic source that is likely located well beyond the edge of our Milky Way galaxy. <span>The findings indicate that these “fast radio bursts” come from an extremely powerful object which occasionally produces multiple bursts in under a minute.</span></p> Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:03:23 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25420 at /newsroom From backyard pool chemical to nanomaterial /newsroom/channels/news/backyard-pool-chemical-nanomaterial-259330 <p><b><i>By Chris Chipello, <a href="/newsroom">ֱ Newsroom</a></i></b></p> <p>Could a cheap molecule used to disinfect swimming pools provide the key to creating a new form of DNA nanomaterials?</p> Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:17:13 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25406 at /newsroom Music cuts across cultures /newsroom/channels/news/music-cuts-across-cultures-240932 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:40:24 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 21785 at /newsroom Bacterium from Canadian High Arctic and life on Mars /newsroom/channels/news/bacterium-canadian-high-arctic-and-life-mars-226842 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:16:40 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 18678 at /newsroom