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Workshops & Conferences |
TRIUMF Hosts the 2008 International Linear Accelerator Conference |
17 October 2008 |
From September 29 to October 3, TRIUMF hosted the 24th bi-yearly International Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC08), which took place this year in Victoria, BC. The invitation-only conference regularly brings together over 250 attendees from around the world to discuss accelerator technology. |
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Awards & Honours |
Three Physicists Share the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics |
08 October 2008 |
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2008 was awarded on October 7 to three scientists working on two separate projects. Congratulations to Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi, and Toshihide Maskawa. |
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Awards & Honours |
Gerald Oakham Honoured as One of Ottawa's Top 50 People |
12 September 2008 |
Gerald Oakham, a TRIUMF research scientist, was recently selected as one of the “Top 50 People in the Capital,” an annual feature produced by Ottawa Life magazine. |
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Experimental Result |
Summer--and TRIUMF Cryo Team--Cools Off |
28 August 2008 |
As the Vancouver summer has taken a cooler turn, so has the TRIUMF Vacuum and Cryogenics group. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Another Great Year! The TRIUMF Summer Institute: 20 Years and Counting |
21 August 2008 |
Graduate students and young researchers gathered to engage in learning about current topics in nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics at the 20th annual TRIUMF Summer Institute (TSI). |
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Experimental Result |
New Observation of Unusual Particle Decay has Potential to Confront the Standard Model |
21 August 2008 |
An international team of scientists working at Brookhaven National Laboratory recently announced new observations of the decay of a certain subatomic particle that has the potential to challenge the Standard Model of particle physics. |
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Awards & Honours |
TRIUMF Summer Student Wins Expenses-Paid Trip for Superior Speech |
13 August 2008 |
On the morning of Friday, August 8, 2008, a couple of nervous TRIUMF summer students woke up with sweaty palms and butterflies in their stomachs. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
The Search for Strange Quarks: Collaboration Meeting for the G-Zero Experiment |
25 July 2008 |
Highlighted in a feature article in “The Economist” magazine, the G-zero experiment is breaking new ground in physics. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Qweak Experiment Collaboration Meeting |
23 July 2008 |
In about one year, the Qweak experiment will be mounted at Jefferson Laboratory. To ensure preparations are on track and running smoothly, the Qweak Collaboration will hold a Collaboration Meeting at TRIUMF on July 28-30, 2008. |
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Experimental Result |
First Patient Successfully Scanned in F-18 - EF5 Clinical Trial |
11 July 2008 |
The radiopharmaceutical F-18 - EF5 is poised to take out the guesswork from deciding treatment for cancer patients. |
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