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Aurora ghostly lights

In the News: Science News

Ghostly white northern lights present new auroral mystery

Julien-Pierre Houle, former Quantum City intern

Quantum City internship program helps define Calgary as a hub for quantum technology

quantum machine

In the News: Globe and Mail

Canadian company Xanadu tests building blocks for commercial quantum computer

A man sitting there next to a microscope

Milestone in quantum sensing: A prototype quantum optical microscope

Emma Spanswick and Josh Houghton

In the News: StudyFinds

Aurora’s ghost: Mysterious gray glow next to northern lights isn’t what scientists thought

White patch in northern lights

In the News: Newsweek

Mystery of Northern Lights' Companion Finally Solved: 'Very, Very Cool'

Visual depiction of the atomic ‘Schrödinger cat’ state

This metaphorical cat is both dead and alive – and it will help quantum engineers find computing errors

A young man sits in front of a computer with a woman standing behind him.

‘What is that?’ UCalgary scientists explain white patch that appears near northern lights

Dr Shirin Afzal

UCalgary researchers achieve breakthrough in quantum light generation

Light pillars

In the News: CBC Listen

Jeroen Stil from the Department of Physics and Astronomy discusses light pillars