/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3069/all en /newsroom/channels/news/astrophysicist-vicky-kaspi-wins-top-cdn-science-prize-258612 <p><strong><em>By Chris Chipello, </em></strong><em><a href="/newsroom"><strong>McGill Newsroom</strong></a></em></p> <p><em>McGill researchers Elena Bennett and Yasser Gidi also honoured by NSERC</em></p> <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has named Ï㽶ÊÓƵ astrophysicist Vicky Kaspi as this year’s recipient of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, NSERC’s highest honour, in recognition of the excellence and influence of her research contributions.</p> Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:48:07 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25300 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/gravitational-waves-258449 <p>"<span>The first direct detection of gravitational waves is now widely expected to be announced on 11 February by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Using LIGO's twin giant detectors — one in Livingston, Louisiana, and the other in Hanford, Washington — researchers are said to have measured ripples in space-time produced by a collision between two black holes.</span><span>" (<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/gravitational-waves-6-cosmic-questions-they-can-tackle-1.19337"><i>Nature News</i></a></span><span>)</span></p> Wed, 10 Feb 2016 13:41:26 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25265 at /newsroom /newsroom/victoria-kaspi Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:35:06 +0000 Anonymous 22868 at /newsroom