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  • Higgs List - Results from the Light Pseudoscalar and Scalar Search conducted with Jefferson Lab's Free-Electron Laser have been incorporated in the 2010 update of the Particle Data Group's Searches for Axions and Very Light Bosons world data table. The goal of the experiment was to test whether one predicted dark matter particle, the axion, could be produced and detected using the "light shining through a wall" technique. The null result has placed an important limitation on possible dark matter candidates.
  • Theory Center - Dr. Michael R. Pennington has been named as the Associate Director for Theoretical and Computational Physics at Jefferson Lab. Pennington is currently a professor of Mathematical Sciences & Physics and dean for Educational Outreach at the Durham University in England. He will begin his duties at Jefferson Lab on July 1.
  • Winning Protons - Simona Malace has been named the winner of the 2010 JSA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship by the Jefferson Lab Users Group Board of Directors.
  • Dressed for Success - Two ILC-type cavities processed at JLab and "dressed" in a helium vessel at Fermilab have been sent to KEK in Japan to be installed in a test ILC-style cryomodule. They'll join cavities from Germany's DESY to make a four-cavity test module. This module will in turn join another four-cavity module produced by KEK. The completed module will serve as a prototype of the ILC main linac system. Other labs that contributed to this endeavor include Argonne National Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Cornell University and INFN. Read the full article on symmetrybreaking.
  • FY09 Report Card - The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science has issued its annual report card for Jefferson Lab. The annual report card evaluates the lab's scientific, technological, management and operational performance. You can see the FY09 report card here.
  • Nanotube Yarn - Lasers were used to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron-nitride fibers, opening the door for an array of applications, from radiation-shielded spacecraft to stronger body armor, according to a just-published study.
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CLAS Collaboration Meeting
March 17-20, 2010		  
Theory Seminar
March 22, 2010		  
AVS Short Course
April 14-15, 2010		  
Teachers Science Night
April 21, 2010		  
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