UBC Department of Physics & Astronomy
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First year UBC students: Are you interested in physics or astronomy degree programs? Or, curious in general about what students in PHAS programs study? Join us on Monday, March 1st at 5:30pm for "Meet Your Major" - chat with PHAS academic advisors and student representatives to learn more about options available for you! Register now at: https://bit.ly/3sucjGo

After its seven-month cruise through space, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover has landed! In this mission, NASA will search for signs of ancient microbial life and study Mars for its habitability. The perseverance rover is equipped with seven state-of-the-art instruments, including high-resolution cameras, microphones to pick up sound on Mars for the first time, and sampling of Mar's surface. Scientists will also be testing many other new technologies, including the first p...owered helicopter flight on another planet! Check out more about the mission from NASA: https://go.nasa.gov/2ZKNnhI

One slide. Three Minutes. Tomorrow (Thursday) Feb 25 at 4pm the #UBC3MT Three-minute Thesis Competition PHAS Heat! Info & zoom link: https://phas.ubc.ca/3-minute-thesis-presentations Join us to learn about research happening in several different areas of physics & astronomy. Plus, support your fellow grad students in the 3MT competition!

PHAS students: a quick reminder that coop application deadline (March 4) is coming up! Physics and Astronomy | UBC Science Co-op Programs: Work experience for Science students at the University of British Columbia https://bit.ly/2MwAdla

The following colloquium talks are now available on YouTube!! Don't want to miss anything? Subscribe to our YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/ubcphas) or bookmark the playlist. Full YouTube Playlist http://bit.ly/33O3Q76 The Jazz of Physics: The Link Between Music and The Structure of the Universe by Dr. Stephon Alexander (Brown) at https://youtu.be/U8qEawGmMQc... Cosmos and Canvas: Using Data Visualization to Explore and Communicate Your Science by Dr. Jayanne English (U Manitoba) at https://youtu.be/q2DERV7qsHk The Breakthrough Listen Search for Intelligent Life Beyond Earth by Dr. Andrew Siemion (Berkeley) at https://youtu.be/3eDHBfVri_w The search for biomarkers in the solar system and beyond by Dr. Sun Kwok (UBC) at https://youtu.be/26-x6hELE54 Baryonic effects on cosmological large scale structure by Dr. Simon Foreman (Perimeter) at https://youtu.be/qeL2Nf_SIA4 Seeking clues on why matter won over anti-matter by Dr. James Wells (Michigan) at https://youtu.be/Hqhrhf_CHsk Low rattling: a principle for understanding driven many-body self-organization by Dr. Jeremy England (Georgia Tech) at https://youtu.be/vSgHuErXuqk Dark Matter: A Cosmological Perspective by Dr. Katie Mack (NCSU) at https://youtu.be/WFqg-FDWpMQ See more

It was cold over the weekend, but not -268.95C cold! PHAS Associate Professor Sarah Burke shares how scientists investigate mysterious properties of materials under ultra-cold conditions. via UBC Science. https://bit.ly/3jZjumT

Teachers: Are you developing a hankering for more particle physics in your life as you quarantine at home? Learn all about the weird world of subatomic particles by browsing these list of activities put together by America's particle physics and accelerator laboratory, Fermilab. Explainers, videos, public lectures, interactive webpages: there’s a ton to explore!

Upcoming virtual industrial career panel event via UBC SBQMI on Nov 24 at 2pm. Impressive list of speakers! Speakers include: Gordon Harling, CEO, CMC Microsystems, Simone Severini, Director, Quantum computing, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Professor of Physics of Information, UCL, and Jim Lambe, Managing Director, Google Cloud Canada. "We will speak about the guests’ careers, their tips for you and job opportunities for you, future graduates in their companies. "... Zoom: https://bit.ly/3kKMrBP Please register here if you’re attending: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aWXsD9rihG6TA6V

A particle can be thought of as many things: a point-like object, an excitation of a field, a speck of pure math that has cut into reality. Check out this article by Quanta Magazine as it interviews many physicists, including theoretical physicist at UBC, Mark van Raamsdonk, on just exactly WHAT is a particle.

Thanks for sharing this with us @UBC Language Sciences ! For those who have seen the movie "Arrival" this is a cool event to learn how an alien language was developed for the film!

How are art and science related? Check out the page by physics magazine Symmetry and its special feature of creators that intertwine art and science.