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June 6, 2011
Scientists hold atoms
SFU physics PhD student Mohammad Dehghani Ashkezari is part of the Canadian team working in CERN that has discovered a way to hold antimatter atoms for 1,000 seconds. This breakthrough allows scientists to study the antimatter atoms and solve some mysteries associated with The Big Bang. “According to our understanding of physics laws, the same amount of antimatter should have been created as matter when the universe was created,” said Ashkezari.” But there is no observation confirming the existence of large amounts and stable antimatter in the universe leaving scientists wondering what happened to the antimatter.” SFU physicist Mike Hayden also worked on the project.
Mohammad Dehghani Ashkezari, mda38@sfu.ca, +41.764.87.5524
(Note: Ashkezari is working at the CERN facility in Geneva, Switzerland, until 3 a.m. (PST), Tuesday. Time difference between Vancouver and Geneva is nine hours. Hayden is travelling and unable for comment.)
AIDS marks 30 years
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the first reported AIDS case in the U.S. Back in 1981 John O’Neil, SFU’s dean of health sciences, was a graduate student in San Francisco. “Our seminars were often about this new disease that was a major issue in the gay community. San Francisco was at the epicenter of the emerging epidemic,” remembers O’Neil. He can discuss how the world’s view of AIDS has changed over the last 30 years and how he came to be an expert on the impact of HIV/AIDS on Canadian aboriginal communities.
John O’Neil, 778.782.5361, joneil@sfu.ca
e-books dominate sales
E-books have now outpaced their print counterparts for the first time. Amazon has for the past six weeks sold 105 e-books for every 100 printed books. While they’ve outsold hard covers previously it’s the first time they’ve exceeded sales of all books. SFU business instructor and stats researcher Nathaniel Payne can talk about the changes in the publishing marketplace.
Nathanial Payne, 778.892.0774; njpayne@sfu.ca
Musician-grad turns sirens to song
Hidden in alcoves and peering over balconies in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s four-storey rotunda, musicians in the Negative Zed Ensemble will perform new-music by three emerging B.C. composers tomorrow at 8 p.m. One of them is John O’Callaghan, an SFU Bachelor of Fine Arts student graduating this spring with a manuscript of major musical accomplishments under his arm. O’Callaghan can explain how his instrumental translation of sounds from sirens, truck horns and a busking saxophonist will help transform the gallery’s rotunda into a hauntingly ethereal chamber of music.
James O’Callaghan, 778.241.5208, jdo1@sfu.ca
SFU physics PhD student Mohammad Dehghani Ashkezari is part of the Canadian team working in CERN that has discovered a way to hold antimatter atoms for 1,000 seconds. This breakthrough allows scientists to study the antimatter atoms and solve some mysteries associated with The Big Bang. “According to our understanding of physics laws, the same amount of antimatter should have been created as matter when the universe was created,” said Ashkezari.” But there is no observation confirming the existence of large amounts and stable antimatter in the universe leaving scientists wondering what happened to the antimatter.” SFU physicist Mike Hayden also worked on the project.
Mohammad Dehghani Ashkezari, mda38@sfu.ca, +41.764.87.5524
(Note: Ashkezari is working at the CERN facility in Geneva, Switzerland, until 3 a.m. (PST), Tuesday. Time difference between Vancouver and Geneva is nine hours. Hayden is travelling and unable for comment.)
AIDS marks 30 years
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the first reported AIDS case in the U.S. Back in 1981 John O’Neil, SFU’s dean of health sciences, was a graduate student in San Francisco. “Our seminars were often about this new disease that was a major issue in the gay community. San Francisco was at the epicenter of the emerging epidemic,” remembers O’Neil. He can discuss how the world’s view of AIDS has changed over the last 30 years and how he came to be an expert on the impact of HIV/AIDS on Canadian aboriginal communities.
John O’Neil, 778.782.5361, joneil@sfu.ca
e-books dominate sales
E-books have now outpaced their print counterparts for the first time. Amazon has for the past six weeks sold 105 e-books for every 100 printed books. While they’ve outsold hard covers previously it’s the first time they’ve exceeded sales of all books. SFU business instructor and stats researcher Nathaniel Payne can talk about the changes in the publishing marketplace.
Nathanial Payne, 778.892.0774; njpayne@sfu.ca
Musician-grad turns sirens to song
Hidden in alcoves and peering over balconies in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s four-storey rotunda, musicians in the Negative Zed Ensemble will perform new-music by three emerging B.C. composers tomorrow at 8 p.m. One of them is John O’Callaghan, an SFU Bachelor of Fine Arts student graduating this spring with a manuscript of major musical accomplishments under his arm. O’Callaghan can explain how his instrumental translation of sounds from sirens, truck horns and a busking saxophonist will help transform the gallery’s rotunda into a hauntingly ethereal chamber of music.
James O’Callaghan, 778.241.5208, jdo1@sfu.ca