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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bring on the Fall running season! 🌔

Smiling runner selfie, with red fiber optic running light harness

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Talk about "Sunday Scaries"! Tomorrow's the first day back at work after 9 weeks off 😬

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

So proud of the uCalgary, collaborating with the 🇨🇦 Nat'l Research Council for this experiment. One of the many very cool projects from the Quantum Sensors Challenge Program! #NRCChallengeQuantumSensors

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We've reached the part of conference season for frantic googling of "how to iron linen suits". Results: nearly negligible ⚛️🧪

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Margaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Did you ever play with slap bracelets as a child? If so, did you ever contemplate using the "curled up" and "flattened out" bracelet states as the 0's and 1's of a mechanical memory device? Because these guys did, and now they've been published in Science. 🧪⚛️ Story by @annademming.bsky.social

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Being an adult is just moving things up and down the stairs until you die

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Well folks, another half marathon in the books! #RunOttawa I can't believe I've been working towards this since November! So many big moments/achievements at work during this time. We launched a whole #quantum R&D program, baby!

Author, smiling for a selfie at the start line

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026

⚛️🔭 Hey physics/astronomy science communicators: apply to come to @perimeterinstitute.ca for a workshop in October on how to engage the public in science! Anyone can apply, working in any kind of scicomm (video, audio, text, live performance, whatever it is you do). Check the link for more details!

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Scicomm Collider 2026

The Scicomm Collider workshop will bring together a group of the most innovative science communicators helping to connect the public with topics in physics and astronomy for a three-day workshop aimed...

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Dulwich Quantum Computing @dulwichquantum.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Happy to hear that we will finally have reliable trains here in the UK thanks to the new quantum navigation system!

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Photonic Inc. @photonicinc.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

In honour of International Women’s Day, we’re recognizing women whose discoveries helped shape computing, physics, and scientific research. Their work continues to influence the technologies and innovations being developed today. (Pictured from top, left to right) #IWD2026

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Optica @optica.org · 28/02/2026

This image shows the generation of Raman sidebands in diamond. Two Gaussian laser beams, pump (purple), and Stokes (dark orange), enter a Raman medium (diamond) and generate a broadband of higher-order anti-Stokes. —Aysan Bahari, Texas A&M University #NationalScienceDay 💡 ⚛️

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Institut national de la recherche scientifique @inrsciences.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Le professeur Roberto Morandotti, physicien de renommée mondiale à l’INRS, devient le premier chercheur au Canada à recevoir le prix Max Born 2026, l’une des distinctions les plus prestigieuses dans les domaines de l’optique et de la photonique.

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Roberto Morandotti remporte le prestigieux prix Max Born pour ses avancées en photonique quantique

Le professeur de l’INRS devient le premier lauréat au Canada à recevoir cet honneur international.

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The Quantum Internetworking Challenge Program is here to go after the key challenges holding back entanglement-based networking. What will it take to connect a superconducting quantum computer to a photonic quantum computer? This 🇨🇦 collaboration program wants to take risks to "mind the gaps"

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Here we go, champs! Training for annual half marathon has officially commenced!🏃‍♀️ Bring on winter running! letsdothis.com/share/69552b...

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Aimee invited you — don't leave them hanging.

Join Aimee at Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Eww. LinkedIn Year on Review? Please no. I get it. I rode the "new job" wave and wrote some cringey, well-liked posts. What more do you want from me?

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

👀👀 🇨🇦: "No thank you, DARPA QBI. These are our quantum computing companies."

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Council of Canadian Academies/Conseil des académies canadiennes @cca-reports.ca · 19/11/2025

ICYMI: Yesterday we released The State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025, the latest report in our flagship series. #CdnSci 🧪 go.cca-reports.ca/4jPxfm0

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Council of Canadian Academies/Conseil des académies canadiennes @cca-reports.ca · 17/11/2025

The plenary will introduce the findings of our upcoming report, The State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025, which will be released Nov 18 go.cca-reports.ca/4jPxfm0 #CdnSci

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The State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada

CCA has been examining Canada’s science and technology (S&T) and research and development (R&D) strengths...

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 05/11/2025

Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

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Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate

Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared

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Council of Canadian Academies/Conseil des académies canadiennes @cca-reports.ca · 21/10/2025

🧵 Our latest report, Balancing Research Security and Open Science, is now available! go.cca-reports.ca/3KPUnob 🧪

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Canadian Science Policy Centre @sciencepolicy.ca · 02/10/2025

CSPC is thrilled to announce the winners of the CSPC 2025 Awards! Congratulations to the outstanding individuals whose contributions are shaping the future of science, innovation, and policy in Canada: sciencepolicy.ca/posts/category/awa… #CdnSci #CdnInnovation #CSPC2025

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Optica @optica.org · 09/10/2025

Chip-based phonon splitter brings hybrid quantum networks closer to reality: bit.ly/3KFOZUB The coupler acts like a junction in a #quantum postal route to split, route or recombine single quantum vibrations to send excitations made in one processor to others on the same chip. #OPG_OpticaQ💡⚛️

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Global R&D funding ecosystems, as articulated in verse #SciPol www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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National assessments in verse

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Nature @nature.com · 07/10/2025

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit" Stay tuned for more.

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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Oh Canada, don’t look this gift horse in the mouth. Highly skilled people have just been priced out of the US. Come north where the only taxes on your brain are the worlds most important scientific questions that you’ll help to answer.

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

🇨🇦 Department of Defence' Quantum Strategy Implementation Plan is well underway!

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Join the community science project “Flu Watchers” (🇨🇦 wide). public.cnphi-rcrsp.ca/fluWatcher/r... Help track common viruses like flu, RSV, & COVID-19. Each week you get an email asking if you’ve had a cough or fever. It takes 20 seconds, max.

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Another year, dragged into an NFL fantasy football league, another year ready to dominate with as little effort as possible

Email screenshot showing the author is projected to go 16-0 in the fantasy football year

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Science Magazine @science.org · 23/08/2025

As teams grow, new Ph.D. graduates are less likely to land tenure-track jobs and more likely to leave science—especially women and international researchers, according to research from last year. scim.ag/3JHinJs #ScienceMagArchives

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Larger teams worsen academic career prospects

As teams grow, new Ph.D. graduates are less likely to land tenure-track jobs and more likely to leave science—especially women and international researchers

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Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (UofT) @cqiqc-uoft.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Have you marked your calendars for this CQIQC Seminar? Join us for this in-person event on Monday Aug. 11 at 11:00 a.m. For more information, including the abstract, check here: cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/events/quant...

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Jonte Hance @jonterhance.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Can you explain a quantum concept in 3 min? Enter @instituteofphysics.bsky.social's #QuantumOnTheClock competition. A video competition for UK & Irish students in their final 2 yrs pre-university. 🏆 £2k prizes 🗓️ Open Now–Deadline 4 Oct 2025 ➡️iop.org/quantum-clock

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Damn right, Toad. Damn right.

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Vacation may be over, but summer SciFi/fantasy is lives on! 😎 💙📚 @sistahscifi.bsky.social

Author, in a super cool Sistah SciFi t-shirt, smiling in sunglasses at a sunny brewery

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I have no idea why I think this is strange, but walking around Waterloo (the city I spent 7 years of my life researching quantum, and left 7 years ago) and overhearing other people talk about quantum feels bewildering

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John Preskill @preskill.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Raymond Laflamme 1960-2025. A great scientist, renowned for his pioneering contributions to quantum error correction. A great leader, founding director of the Institute for Quantum Computing. A great colleague and teacher whose legacy continues to inspire us. uwaterloo.ca/institute-fo...

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IQC and Waterloo mourn the loss of Raymond Laflamme | Institute for Quantum Computing | University of Waterloo

Raymond Laflamme, a trailblazer in quantum information processing and pioneer of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo, died on June 19 after a lengthy battle with ca...

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Dr. Aimee K. Gunther @aimeekgunther.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

I got a wack more awesome quantum stickers but they were too big for this frame. Do I need to start another one?

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