I was told about this documentary by a friend and was quite moved by it.
It is a testament to human courage and tenacity. The video contains interesting information about how our body works, and there is even an astronaut in it for good measure.
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Science Here and Now series promoted on Rogers TV ‘Daytime’
Alex Desouza of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, along with Heather from the London Public Library got to promote the new Science Here and Now series on the Daytime program of Rogers TV.
Here is a link to the video clip.
Prof. Giovanni Fanchini named associate editor of “Dataset Papers in Optics”.
Prof. Giovanni Fanchini named associate editor of “Dataset Papers in Optics“.
Dr. Jan Cami named Faculty Scholar
Dr. Jan Cami has been honored by being named a Faculty Scholar.
The objective of the Faculty Scholar award is, “To honor and celebrate outstanding scholarly achievements at a critical point in the career of a Faculty Member at Western”. “This award recognizes outstanding contributions in research, teaching or service reflecting sustained excellence in all scholarly activities.”
Not only is Jan acknowledged as a enthusiastic, inspirational lecturer, he has in addition been involved in some outstanding international research collaborations over the past several years. He may be best known for his discovery of Fullerene molecules (Bucky Balls) in space in 2010, but just recently he was on an international team which made the discovery of carbon monoxide molecules in supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.
Report from “Circumstellar Dynamics at High Resolution” conference.
Carol Jones and PhD candidate Robbie Halonen attended the “Circumstellar Dynamics at High Resolution” conference in Fox do Iguacu, Brazil, from Feb. 27 to Mar. 2, 2012.
Carol gave a presentation titled “Circumstellar Disk Models: unraveling the mysteries of Be star disks“, while Robbie’s presentation was titled “Probing the Circumstellar Disk Structure of Classical Be Stars with Polarimetry“.
Jan Cami ‘Space Buckyballs’ video from the SETI INSTITUTE, Feb. 24, 2012
Jan Cami visited the SETI INSTITUTE on Feb. 24th and gave a presentation titled ‘Space Buckyballs‘.
A conveniently split screen Youtube video of this talk will be available at the Seti Weekly Lecture page shortly, and is available immediately on the Western Physics and Astronomy media archives page.
NEW – “Science Here and Now” SERIES – First presentation by Dr. Paul Wiegert
The London Public Library and the Faculty of Science at Western are excited to bring you a new series of talks on all things Science. The first presentation will be by Prof. Paul Wiegert from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Western Ontario. Join us as he takes us on a tour of the Solar System, with detours through 2012 doomsday scenarios and why Pluto is no longer a planet, in an evening of exploration of the smallest members of our Solar System: the asteroids!
Free!
2 hours free validated parking in
Citi Plaza during Library hours.
#UWOPhysastro has a new Facebook look.
Our #UWOPhysAstro facebook pages have been updated with the new timeline look.
Fatal fire halts science at Brazilian Ferraz antarctic base.
The Toronto Star has a great article (along with this photo) about how the fatal fire at the Brazilian Ferraz base has affected the atmospheric science being done by Prof. Wayne Hocking of Western.
Eric Barbagiovanni paper makes the AIP “Research Highlights” list.
A new paper by graduate student Eric Barbagiovanni has made the prestigious “Research Highlights” list of the Journal of Applied Physics.
Quantum confinement in Si and Ge nanostructures
E. G. Barbagiovanni, D. J. Lockwood, P. J. Simpson, and L. V. Goncharova