Department of Physics

The grocery store is not generally where you buy supplies to regenerate body parts. But Andrew Pelling bought an apple at Loblaws, washed it, had it carved into the shape of a human ear — and grew actual human tissue on it. Read the complete article.

Physicist Paul Corkum has been awarded the 2015 Lomonosov Gold Medal. The award, named after Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, is awarded each year by the Russian Academy of Sciences for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities. The Academy’s highest accolade, two medals are awarded annually: one to a Russian and one to a foreign scientist.

The American Physics Society recently chose Professor Robert W. Boyd as winner of the 2016 Arthur-L.-Schawlow Prize in laser science, in recognition of his contribution to the advancement of knowledge on the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light. Professor of Physics and holder of the Excellence Research Chair in Canada in Quantum Nonlinear optics, Robert Boyd is a leader internationally in the field of photonics. By using nanotechnology to create new materials and structures, the research is very promising for the science of quantum information, quantum communication technology and biomedical imaging. Congratulations to Professor Boyd for this honor.

The price Schawlow was appointed in tribute to the late Arthur L. Schawlow, Canadian pioneer in the field of laser.