News archive - February 2020

Friday, February 28, 2020

Quantum researchers able to split one photon into three

Researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo report the first occurrence of directly splitting one photon into three.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Better breast cancer screening

Inexpensive new technology promises benefits including more frequent tests, earlier detection and enormous health-care savings

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have developed new, inexpensive technology that could save lives and money by routinely screening women for breast cancer without exposure to radiation.

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Eighth edition of acclaimed book, Microelectronic Circuits, is launched

On February 17, 2020, in sunny San Francisco, the 8th edition of the acclaimed book, Microelectronic Circuits, was launched.

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Self-powering water leak sensor invented at Waterloo

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have developed a tiny, battery-free, self-powering sensor that could dramatically reduce the cost of protecting buildings from damaging water leaks.

The new device, housed in a box just three centimetres square, is the product of a collaboration between professors Norman Zhou and George Shaker.

Thursday, February 6, 2020

University of Waterloo researchers aim to improve self-driving cars in wintry weather

KITCHENER -- Driving in the winter is more challenging than on sunny summer days, even for self-driving cars.

Researchers at University of Waterloo are conducting studies to help train future self-driving cars to handle wintry conditions.

They say it's the first publically-available set of data in the world for self-driving cars in winter.

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