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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 »

Herzberg Memorial Public Lecture – 2017 CAP Congress in Kingston

It started with a bang… and it ended with us, having fun with the challenge of understanding it all. Thus spoke 2015 Nobel Laureate Prof. Arthur B. McDonald, who presented a sweeping account of his career addressing the deep, dark questions of our universe during the Herzberg Memorial Public Lecture at the Isabel Bader Centre… Read more »

TRIUMF – Science Week 2017

The 2020-2025 Five-Year Plan will be shaped in part through broad community consultation. Hosted at TRIUMF, Science Week is scheduled from July 10-14, 2017 and will play a crucial role in this consultative process. Science Week 2017 will consist of topical workshops from Monday through Thursday, followed by the TRIUMF User Group (TUG) Annual General… Read more »