Science of the small takes giant leap at new Quantum-Nano Centre

WATERLOO - The science of the incredibly small - from atoms to photons of the nano-scale world - took a giant leap forward today with the opening of the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre. Stephen Hawking, the famous British theoretical physicist is among the luminaries expected to be in attendance at the ribbon-cutting. Mike Lazaridis, whose BlackBerry smartphone redefined the way people send e-mail, donated $100 million to create the research centre which he predicts will make discoveries on par of those from AT&T Inc.’s Bell Labs of a half-century ago. “Just as the discoveries and innovations at The...