Neil Turok is the inaugural Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh. He holds the Roger Penrose Visiting Professorship at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in ...

Years ago when I lived in Canada I used to love listening to a CBC radio programme called Ideas, which devotes one hour to the in-depth discussion of a concept, event or idea. Incredibly, there are ...

A new theory of the universe suggests that space and time may not have begun in a big bang, but may have always existed in an endless cycle of expansion and rebirth. Princeton physicist Paul ...

WASHINGTON, DC, March 2, 2016 -- The American Institute of Physics (AIP) announced today that it has awarded its 2016 John Torrence Tate Award for International Leadership in Physics to South African ...

Right now, top physicists from around the world are arriving in Waterloo, Canada, to attend a unique conference. Christened Convergence, the meeting is the brainchild of Neil Turok, director of the ...

Our understanding of the universe we live in is not complete. But it may soon see another revolution. The gaps in our knowledge are clearly defined. The technology is ready to be used to its full ...

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Neil Turok wants the freedom to explore new ideas. When he takes the helm of the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, this autumn he intends to push forward the frontiers of theoretical ...

WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, May 20, 2011 – Perimeter Institute is pleased to announce that the Government of Ghana has committed US$1.5 million to the centrepiece of PI's global outreach effort, the ...

Physicists are making the universe more complicated than it needs to be, says eminent theorist Neil Turok, director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Ontario. Scientists are faced ...

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) announced today that it has awarded its 2016 John Torrence Tate Award for International Leadership in Physics to South African theoretical physicist Neil Turok.