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Media advisory - Major discovery in
superconductivity
Montreal, Canada, 28 May 2007: On Thursday, May 31st, Professor Louis Taillefer at the Université de Sherbrooke and Director of the Canadian Institute for
Advanced Research (CIFAR)'s Quantum Materials program will announce a major breakthrough in the understanding of high-temperature superconductors.
This announcement will include a compelling story that will bring alive a major accomplishment in advanced research for a lay audience.
Discovered in 1987, high-temperature superconductors have held the promise of major technological revolution in areas such as Magnetic Resonance
Imagers (MRIs), computers and the transmission of electricity. Progress has been stalled by a lack of firm knowledge on the microscopic nature of these
materials. This announcement marks a major breakthrough in this direction.
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When: Thursday, May 31st at 1:30 pm
Where: Montréal Science Centre, Atelier 2
333, de la Commune Street West, Montréal
Who: Chaviva M Hošek, President and CEO of CIFAR
Professor Bruno-Marie Béchard, Rector of the Université de
Sherbrooke
Professor Doug Bonn, University of British Columbia
Professor Louis Taillefer, Université de Sherbrooke,
and Director of CIFAR's Quantum Materials program
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Attention photo editors/TV producers: The media conference will include a
photo/television opportunity involving liquid nitrogen and levitation.
For further information: Media contacts: Patchen Barss, Communications
Director, CIFAR, (416) 971-4152 land, (647) 407-4152 cell, pbarss@cifar.ca;
Caroline Dubois, Media Relations, Université de Sherbrooke, (819) 821-8000
ext. 63395, (819) 560-2373 cell, Caroline.Dubois4@USherbrooke.ca
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