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Current Events |
Two of TRIUMF’s Own Deliver Saturday Morning Lectures |
16 January 2008 |
On the morning of Saturday, January 12, 2008, 56 high school students and a dozen adults gathered in the TRIUMF auditorium to peer into the future of particle physics and to consider the nature of science in general. |
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Current Events |
Scientists and Engineers Encourage Urban Growth |
14 January 2008 |
“It is not just the prevalence of university graduates in a city that has a defining impact on the growth in employment, but their mix as well,” says the new StatsCan cities and growth report: Scientists and Engineers and Urban Growth (January 8, 2008). |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Statement on Chalk River Developments |
13 December 2007 |
Canadian expertise in nuclear science and technology is in high demand when it comes to producing radioisotopes for medical purposes. As the recent events in Chalk River have shown, the world depends upon Canada for these capabilities. |
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Awards & Honours |
TRIUMF and D-Pace Honoured with NSERC Synergy Award |
05 November 2007 |
On October 29, 2007, in Ottawa, Dr. Suzanne Fortier, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), honoured seven partnerships involving some of Canada’s leading companies and university researchers with the NSERC Synergy Awards for Innovation. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Workshop Focuses on National Collaboration in Radiotracer R&D |
02 November 2007 |
On October 27, 2007, TRIUMF hosted a Workshop on Radiotracer Development to establish the groundwork for a national collaborative on radiotracer research and development. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
TRIUMF Hosts Workshop on TeV-Scale Neutrino Physics |
23 October 2007 |
he TeV-nu workshop, an inspiration of TRIUMF's John Ng, brought together phenomenologists with neutrino specialists -- both underground and long-baseline, collider enthusiasts, and partisans of low-energy electroweak precision measurements |
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Current Events |
Canadian Supercomputer Ready to Probe Fundamental Structure of Matter |
22 October 2007 |
TRIUMF and IBM announced that Canada's contribution to a worldwide network of supercomputers is ready to process data from the world's largest particle accelerator. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Welcomes Expert on Traps and Masses |
03 October 2007 |
In August 2007, TRIUMF welcomed David Lunney who is here on a sabbatical leave. Having worked exclusively at ISOLDE, David was curious to experience a different ISOL facility and chose TRIUMF for its quality and long-term potential. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Makes Second Round of National Funding Competition |
01 October 2007 |
TRIUMF's Technology Transfer Division is pleased to announce that Advanced Applied Physics Solutions, Inc. has been chosen as one of the 25 finalists for the 2008 Centres for Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) Competition. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Workshop on Ultra Cold Neutrons Attracts International Experts |
21 September 2007 |
Many years after the last neutrons from the TRIUMF 4C neutron beam passed down the collimator, scientists are considering bringing back neutrons to the Proton Hall, albeit some fifteen orders of magnitude lower in energy. |
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