UVic research on gold nanoparticles could make cancer treatments more effective—and easier on patients

UVic scientists are leading efforts to protect our health, and working with the community to ensure the social and economic resilience of our society.

If you can find an efficient way to alter the chemical makeup of a surface then you can potentially enable a wide range of applications—from designing electrodes for powerful sensors to accessing improved ways to harvest energy for more efficient solar panels.

University of Victoria synthetic chemist Jeremy Wulff's research group has developed a vital link for a multi-university project that will design high-performance protective wear to keep Canadian soldiers safer and more comfortable during their missions.

Two alumni, and a technology start-up that drives environmental impacts down.

Somewhere between gold and glass lies a new material that could end a decade of stagnant computer speeds, suggests a University of Victoria engineer whose research is adding to that vision.

A team of engineering researchers from UVic and the University of Rochester has developed a way to detect single molecules using a light-based technology inspired by the “whispering gallery” effect, first discovered in London’s iconic St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Researchers all over the world dream of making new discoveries in well-established fields, but engineering grad Ana Zehtabi-Oskuie’s path has gone straight to the edge of an emerging field. While studying Electrical Engineering at the University of Tehran, Zehtabi-Oskuie became intrigued by optical trapping, a method pioneered in 2009 by electrical engineering professor Dr. Reuven Gordon, a team of UVic grad students and Dr. Romain Quidant at the Europe-based Institute of Photonic Sciences.