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Experts on the Science Behind Superman Returns
Toronto,
Canada, July 6: In the movie Superman Returns, Lex Luthor steals crystals from
Superman’s Fortress of Solitude, and uses them to grow a new continent. While
the real science of growing crystals is not quite so dramatic (or catastrophic),
it is every bit as earth-shattering.
CIAR offers world renowned experts who can explain the groundbreaking
science of crystallography.
In the blockbuster movie Superman Returns, criminal mastermind Lex Luthor steals
advanced crystals from Superman’s Fortress of Solitude, and uses them to grow a
new continent in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. While the real science of
growing crystals is not quite so dramatic (or catastrophic), it is every bit as
earth-shattering.
Since 2002, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research’s Quantum Materials
program has brought some of the world’s most renowned crystal growers together
with other leaders in materials synthesis to develop new substances that are so
advanced, they seem as though they should be the stuff of science fiction.
“Our researchers have created crystals with bizarre new qualities,” said Quantum
Materials program director Louis Taillefer. “We’re seeing high-temperature
superconductivity, strange phase transitions, unusual forms of magnetism, and
other brand new physical properties. We are only just beginning to understand
this new subatomic world.”
“The materials we make are in demand by researchers around the world,” said
Quantum Materials program member Doug Bonn, a British Columbia-based
crystallographer. “As we create new materials, we are also creating new
knowledge about how our world works and how we can harness the unusual
properties of these crystals.”
Drs. Taillefer, Dr. Bonn and other members of CIAR's Quantum Materials program
are available for interviews.
Created in 1982, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research recruits top
Canadian and international researchers to answer complex, multidisciplinary
questions that have major impact on public policy, technology, and knowledge
creation. Quantum Materials is one of the Institute’s 12 current research
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR) programs
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