Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s leading theoretical physicist died at his home in Cambridge, England early this morning (March 14, 2018). Prof. Hawking was appointed distinguished research chair at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Nov. 2008. He travelled to Canada several times, including visits to SNOLAB in 1998 and 2012 and the Perimeter Institute in… Read more »
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NewsFlash: Canadian physicists Raymond Laflamme, David Sinclair, John Hilborn and Sajeev John appointed to Order of Canada
The CAP congratulates CAP members Raymond Laflamme, University of Waterloo/Institute for Quantum Computing and David Sinclair from Carleton University/SNOLAB, as well as Canadian physicist, Sajeev John of the University of Toronto, who were invested as Officers of the Order of Canada as well as John W. Hilborn of Deep River, ON who was invested as a… Read more »
CAP congratulates winners of 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
The 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics has been awarded to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) collaboration for “detailed maps of the early universe that greatly improved our knowledge of the evolution of the cosmos and the fluctuations that seeded the formation of galaxies.” One of the leaders of the collaboration is Gary Hinshaw of the… Read more »
2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics awarded to WMAP collaboration
The 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics has been awarded to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) collaboration for “detailed maps of the early universe that greatly improved our knowledge of the evolution of the cosmos and the fluctuations that seeded the formation of galaxies”. The five team leaders of the collaboration are: Gary Hinshaw of… Read more »
Call for nominations – IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Semiconductor Physics
Nominations are sought for the Young Scientist Prizes in Semiconductor Physics awarded by the IUPAP C8 Commission on Semiconductors. Two prizes are awarded biennially for outstanding contributions to semiconductor physics and its applications, made by early career scientists with, at the application deadline of Dec. 31, 2017, a maximum of 8 years of research experience… Read more »
CAP Member Richard Boudreault awarded 2018 APS Pake Award
The American Physics Society’s George E. Pake Award was established in 1983 to recognize and encourage outstanding work by physicists combining original research accomplishments with leadership in the management of research or development in industry. The 2018 prize was awarded this week to Richard Boudreault of Polar Knowledge Canada “for outstanding research accomplishments in electronics,… Read more »
Seeking Hosts for the “2018 Women In Physics Canada” Conference
Women in Physics Canada (WIPC) is a conference aimed primarily at (but not restricted to) graduate students in physics, astrophysics, biophysics and related fields. The conference is generally held in the summer period; the format of the conference consists of student presentations, keynote lectures, panel discussions and opportunities for networking. The WIPC steering committee is… Read more »
CAP Sponsored Student, Jenny Yang, places 3rd at ICPS 2017
The International Conference of Physics Students was held August 7 – 14, 2017, in Turin, Italy. UBC student, Jenny Yang was in attendance, representing Canada and the CAP. At the conference, Ms. Yang was awarded 3rd place for her poster: Identifying Functional Clusters of Genes from Energy Landscapes in Autoencoders for Personalized Therapy in Medicine… Read more »
CAP member, David Villeneuve (NRC/UOttawa), leads team that captures the first-ever holographic images of the quantum wave function of an electron
2017 June 16 CAP member, David Villeneuve (NRC/UOttawa), leads team that captures the first-ever holographic images of the quantum wave function of an electron; research results published in June 16 edition of Science. A team of physicists from the University of Ottawa and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in Canada, the Max-Born Institute… Read more »
Canadian high school students awarded one of two CERN 2017 Beamline for Schools research opportunities
From July 2016 to March 2017, CERN invited schools from around the world to submit a proposal for a scientific experiment on their beam line, with the winning teams being given the opportunity to travel to CERN to run their experiment at the CERN accelerator in September 2017. The two winning schools are from Italy… Read more »