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University of Ottawa researchers studying everything from smart textile fabrication to new ways to prevent stroke and Alzheimer’s have received a $1.6 million boost from the Government of Canada for the cutting-edge tools they need to keep Canada at the forefront of innovation. The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, minister of science, announced the funding, which will be directed through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund. Read the complete article.

Paul Corkum receives Royal Society Medal for his contributions to laser physics and the development of the field of attosecond science – the study of processes that occur on a time scale of an attosecond (a billion-billionths of a second). An attosecond is to one second as one second is to the age of the universe. Read the complete article.

A new revolutionary nanodevice could be a huge step towards personalized medicine – for which truly affordable diagnostic technologies for rapidly and accurately detecting disease biomarkers, at the point of care, are needed. Read the complete article.

The Commission on Graduate Studies in the Sciences Prize recognizes an excellent master’s thesis in the Sciences division. Congratulations!

Since 2002, the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has brought a new dimension to identifying researchers who might be in line for science’s highest award. Each year, the company announces a new batch of Citation Laureates—researchers whose work has achieved quantifiable esteem and impact in the scientific community, at a level far beyond the norm. This attainment, demonstrated in the elevated quantity of highly cited papers written by these select researchers, signals that they are “of Nobel class” and likely to earn the Nobel someday.

Ottawa researchers have recently discovered that it’s possible to examine solids from the inside, with “selfies” and movies that capture how semiconductor devices operate. The findings, published this week in Nature, will help make it possible to design better devices by making it possible to measure the voltages that switch in the integrated circuit of cellular phones and computers. These findings could allow scientists to measure the behaviour of materials under extreme conditions, similar to those found at the centre of the Earth.

“This welcomed announcement from the Ontario government will enable these prominent researchers to pursue leading-edge research that is crucial to Canada’s innovation future and which will foster the next generation of leaders,” said Mona Nemer, Vice-President, Research at the University of Ottawa.

A group of scientists from the University of Ottawa and its affiliated institutes, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), will share $28,511,215 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to support cutting-edge research in  areas ranging from pediatric diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, and stem cells to photonics and chemistry.

The University of Ottawa is proud to announce a formal partnership with the Max Planck Society that will establish the Max Planck-University of Ottawa Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics. The centre will link two of the world's foremost research teams in the field of photonics and be only the third Max Planck Centre in North America.

The honorary doctorate is the highest honor that the University may award. It is an exceptional recognition. The person receiving it has a remarkable and exemplary influence in one of the spheres of activity of the University.

The energy required to power the tools and technology used in our daily lives is often underestimated - a ten-minute Google search, for example, generates enough energy to boil a cup of water. The world is searching for ways to make our technology cleaner, smaller and greener.  Now, researchers at the University of Ottawa, the National Research Council Canada, University at Buffalo and the University of Crete have done just that. By studying a single atomic layer, isolated with tungsten disulfide — one of the most lubricious materials known to science — they have discovered that the properties of electrons in a single layer change drastically. This could lead to new everyday technologies that significantly reduce energy consumption.

Honorary Degrees are awarded by The University of Lethbridge Senate under the power conferred upon this body by The Universities Act of the Province of Alberta.

The University of Ottawa has appointed two new research chairs who will enhance the University's leadership in health care policy and advanced communication technologies.