In the Press
Our research often captures the imagination and attention of the general public. Here are a few links to stories about our research in the public media.
Captured Radio Signal from Most Distant Galaxy
Tech Explorist, Jan 23, 2023
McGill Newsroom, Jan 16, 2023
Multi-Million Dollar Donation to boost MSI Research
Globe and Mail, Nov 21, 2022
CHIME Wins 2020 Governor General's Innovation Award
McGill Reporter, July 14, 2020
CHIME Fast Radio Bursts project in Nature 2019 List
McGill Reporter, Dec 17, 2019
Press Articles Covering Involvement in the LiteBIRD Space Satellite
McGill Newsroom, Nov 26, 2019
SpaceQ Coverage, June 7, 2019
Press Articles Covering Dobbs' Killam Fellowship
Global News, BC article, May 6, 2019
Listen to the CJAD Radio Interview, May 3, 2019
Global News Coverage Article and Video Interviews by Shelby Thom (cached article, cached video)
Local news coverage near the CHIME Telescope
Kelowna Now news
Penticton Castanet News
Canada Council for the Arts Announcement (cached) and Project Description, April 2019
Press Articles Covering CHIME FRB's First Results
"Broadcasting from Deep Space, a Mysterious Series of Radio Signals", New York Times, Jan 10, 2019
CBC TV Interview with Pragya Chawla, Jan 10, 2019
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1423765059621 (starts at 11:32)
Radio interview with Matt Dobbs on The Current, Jan 11, 2019
"Canadian astronomers discover 2nd mysterious repeating fast radio burst", CBC News, Jan 9, 2019
"Bevy of mysterious fast radio bursts spotted by Canadian telescope", Nature News, Jan 8, 2019.
Documentary (in French) on our Contributions to CHIME
CBC Television program Decouverte, January 21, 2018
Press Articles Covering CHIME's First FRB detection
Telescope spots enigmatic fast radio burst, Nature News, Aug 7, 2019
Radio telescope near Penticton, B.C., opening new doors in astrophysics, The Globe and Mail, Aug 5, 2019
B.C. radio telescope records low-frequency burst from outer space, The Abbotsford News, Aug 6, 2019
Canadian radio telescope records mysterious low-frequency bursts from outside our galaxy, Global News, Aug 3, 2019
A Mysterious, Powerful Force Is Flinging Radio Waves at Us from Deep Space, Live Science, Aug 3, 2019
Canada’s new digital radio telescope is finding many Fast Radio Bursts as planned, Next Big Future, Aug 2, 2019
Press Articles covering CHIME First Light
CHIME: New Canadian telescope will map largest volume of space ever surveyed, CIfAR Press Release, Sept 7, 2017
"Listening for the universe to chime in", The Globe and Mail Science Section, Sept 7, 2017
Canada's largest radio telescope unveiled in British Columbia, CBC Tech and Science News, Sept 7, 2017
Article featuring WVU Prof. (and former McGill Postdoc) Kevin Bandura's role in CHIME, Sept 7, 2017
CHIME on CBC's The National
Extended Documentary (30 minutes) from SHAW TV on CHIME
CHIME Outreach Videos Released for CHIME First Light, Sept 2017
Introduction to CHIME
Cosmology with CHIME
Fast Radio Bursts with CHIME
2017-09-17 CHIME report on Les années lumière, with Jean-Francois Cliche and Luc Simard (in French)
Event hosted by Jay Ingram and organized by CIfAR, "Untangling the Cosmos: How Research is Changing Our Understanding of the Universe"
Presentation by Matt Dobbs at a CIfAR hosted public event in Toronto, May 2017, on novel telescope technology.
The artwork that forms the background for this video is by the talented Isabelle Viarouge. The production/editing of the artwork is by Rebecca Lin and Isabelle Rouge.
Press Releases for Tech-companies providing Components for CHIME
CIfAR Reach Article on CHIME
"Canada CHIMEs In", an accessible introduction to CHIME, written by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Feature Article in the Xilinx XCELL Journal 89 Focusing on our FPGA Correlator Technology for CHIME
Feature Article in the XCELL Journal 88 Focusing on our Readout Technology Applied to the Search for Inflationary Gravity Waves
Article written by Steve Leibson, Page 18: http://issuu.com/xcelljournal/docs/xcell_journal_issue_88
McGill Technology Developed for the CHIME Project is Featured in the Xilinx Daily Blog
Interview with IEEE Spectrum
Matt's TEDx talk for Youth in Montreal is Available on Youtube
TEDx talk presented at Montreal's youth conference by Matt Dobbs, November 2013.
"Mankind has been looking up at the cosmos throughout history, asking big questions such as, 'what is our place in the universe, ... how did it begin?' Today, astronomers and scientists have been addressing questions such as these through adventurous exploits that are yielding big answers. In this talk we'll journey to Antarctica where the South Pole Telescope was built to answer questions about the origin, fate, and composition of the universe."
Physics World Lists the South Pole Telescope measurement of B-mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background as a top-ten breakthrough in 2013
Interview with Matt Dobbs on the Starspot podcast
Matt Dobbs is interviewed on the Starspot podcast with Justin Trottier, published Nov 3, 2013. The interview discusses dark energy, galaxy clusters, and the South Pole Telescope.
TV Documentary (in French) on our use of The South Pole Telescope and CHIME to probe Dark Energy
Code Chastenay Episode 143, October 8, 2013.
Press Coverage for CHIME CFI Announcement/Pathfinder Ground Breaking
Video Features the South Pole Telescope
McGill Postdoctoral Researcher Keith Vanderlinde is featured in short documentary by the American Museum of Natural History about the South Pole Telescope. (YouTube link)
September 2012 Teaching Featured
Matt's teaching is featured on McGill's Teaching and Learning website.
Nov 2010 Canada Research Chair Renewed
Tony Clement, Federal Industry Minister, announced Nov. 24, 2010 the renewal of Dobbs' T2 Canada Research Chair for a second 5 year term Press Release
Sept 2010 Our EBEX Stratospheric Balloon project is featured on Quebec TV
A TV documentary (in French) on our project to search for inflationary gravity waves with EBEX
May 2010 Keith's Winter-over Experience and the South Pole Telescope featured in the Gazette
The article in PDF format: 2010-05-10_GazetteSouthPoleTelescope.pdf
April 2010 The South Pole Telescope is featured in Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian.com The Smithsonian magazine article features photographs of the SPT by McGill postdoc Keith Vanderlinde.
PDF copy of article: 2010_SPT_SmithsonianArticle.pdf
Mar 2010 EBEX Featured in Quebec Science Magazine
Mar 2010 Federal Member of Parliament Visits Energy and the Environment Class
http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2010/03/cullen-to-science-students-join-the-political-debate/ Mar 31, 2010
Feb 2010 Dobbs Featured in Reporter Article about Sloan Fellowship
http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2010/02/stars-align-as-researcher-earns-sloan-fellowship/ March 2, 2010
2009 Matt Dobbs' Public Lecture on the Birth of the Universe broadcast on Canal Savoir TV
April 8, 2009 EBEX is featured on CBC Radio show "Home Run"
Matt Dobbs was interviewed by host Bernard St-Laurent about the upcoming flight of the EBEX mm-wavelength telescope aboard a NASA stratospheric balloon.
March 2009 The South Pole Telescope is featured on the Cover of the CERN courier
Sept 2008 Article in McGill Reporter Article on Keith Vanderlinde's View of the South Pole
May 2008 Article in the Toronto Star covering the national Canadian astronomy conference and highlighting the South Pole Telescope
March 2008 Article in New York Times on the South Pole Telescope
Note: this article states that we have already announced the discovery of a previously unknown cluster with SPT. This is incorrect.
June 2007 Article In Quebec Science Magazine
The cover story for the June issue of Quebec Science "Enquête sur la face cachée de l'Univers" describes Dark Energy (in french). It included an interview with Dobbs and photos of the South Pole Telescope.
March 16, 2007 Coverage in Science Magazine
Science News, "For Extreme Astronomy, Head Due South", Science, Vol 316, p. 1523, March 2007 (Download PDF).
March 12, 2007 Canada AM News
The South Pole Telescope was featured again on Canada AM, a national morning news program on Canadian TV
Oops Canada AM - the milky way is not a galaxy cluster!
Feb 26, 2007 NSF Press Release for the South Pole Telescope First Light
February 26, 2007, Landmark Completion of South Pole Telescope. Scientific Frontline
Feb 2007 Canadian Media for the South Pole Telescope
Feb 13, 2007 Interview on CBC Radio Daybreak with Mike Finnerty
CBC Radio National News with Justin Hayward
Feb 7, 2007 McGill Outreach News Article On South Pole Telescope Blog
CBC TV News at Six, Montreal
February 4, 2007 CBC Radio's "All in a Weekend" program (This is our favorite of the interviews... if you only listen to one, choose this one.)
archived at http://www.cbc.ca/allinaweekend/listenagain_feb07.html (scroll down to Feb 4 or search for "Dobbs").
MP3 Audio (13 Minutes, 19 MB)
The CBC radio real audio link is http://www.cbc.ca/montreal/media/audio/allinaweekend/20070206MATT_DOB.ram .