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William J. McCallion Planetarium Visit Planetarium
The William J. McCallion Planetarium was the first planetarium in Ontario which offered shows to the public….
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Brockhouse Institute For Materials Research Visit Institute
The BIMR mandate is to develop, support and co-ordinate all materials research-related activities…
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Origins Institute Visit Institute
The Origins Institute has embarked on a mission to explore the most fundamental topics in science…
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McMaster Nuclear Reactor Explore Now
The McMaster Nuclear Reactor (MNR) was the first university-based research reactor in the British Commonwealth. …
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SHARCNET Visit SHARCNET
SHARCNET is the largest high performance computing consortium in Canada…
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Perimeter Institute Visit Institute
A leading centre for scientific research, training and educational outreach in foundational theoretical physics….
Explore A Virtual Tour:
- William J. McCallion Planetarium
- McMaster Nuclear Reactor
- SHARCNET
- Crystal Growth Lab
- McMaster Analytical X-Ray Diffraction Facility (MAX)
Our Researchers Are Also Active In Some Of The Most Advanced Facilities And Research Institutes Around The World:
- Aspen Center for Physics (Aspen, CO)
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (Santa Barbara, CA)
- Neutron scattering facilities:
- Chalk River Laboratories (Chalk River, ON)
- NIST (Gaithersburg, MA)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, TN)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, NM)
- ISIS (United Kingdom)
- HZB (Germany)
- ILL (France)
- Giant observational telescopes in Chile and Hawaii, as well as the Hubble Space Telescope and the Herschel Space Observatory
- Nuclear and partcile facilities: