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From the Director |
Johns Hopkins Scientist to Lead TRIUMF |
18 March 2014 |
After a seven month, highly competitive, international search for
TRIUMF’s next director, the laboratory’s Board of Management announced today
that Dr. Jonathan Bagger, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor and Vice
Provost at the Johns Hopkins University, will join TRIUMF this summer as the
laboratory’s next director. |
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Current Events |
Scottish Experts Visit TRIUMF |
11 March 2014 |
Last month, a group of radioisotope and accelerator scientists from
Scotland visited TRIUMF, investigating possible avenues for
collaboration in medical isotope production and the advancement of accelerator technology. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Taken By Storm |
05 March 2014 |
Last week, TRIUMF was briefly buried under a rare, late-season snowfall. It was up to TRIUMF's Plant Group to clear the snow before temperatures warmed up again and turned the snow into dangerous ice. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Nuclear Structure Workshop at TRIUMF |
28 February 2014 |
From February 18-21, TRIUMF’s Theory Group hosted the Nuclear Structure and
Reactions: Experimental and Ab Initio Theoretical Perspectives workshop. Forty scientists gathered to share their latest results, exchange new
ideas, and establish new collaborations. |
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Awards & Honours |
Suwa Award Honours T2K Team |
25 February 2014 |
The
2013 Suwa Award was presented to the J-PARC Neutrino Beam Group last week in Japan, to celebrate the achievement of the world’s highest-intensity neutrino beam, used in the T2K experiment. |
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From the Director |
Erich W. Vogt (1929-2014) |
19 February 2014 |
A pioneer and founder of TRIUMF and an inspiration in physics and life to many, Erich W. Vogt passed away peacefully this morning at Vancouver General Hospital. |
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Experimental Result |
T2K Publishes Electron Neutrino Appearance |
13 February 2014 |
A new electron neutrino appearance result from the T2K collaboration was published this week, bringing researchers one step closer to answering one of the greatest puzzles of particle physics: why is there more matter than antimatter in our universe? |
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Current Events |
UCN Project Takes Big Step Forward |
13 February 2014 |
During this annual shutdown period, the Ultra-Cold Neutron (UCN) project kicks off construction of their state-of-the-art experimental area, "excavating" the shielding blocks in the southwestern Meson Hall for the first time since 1978. |
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Current Events |
BC Ministers Take a Close Look |
12 February 2014 |
The Honourable Amrik Virk, Minister
of Advanced Education, and the Honourable Andrew Wilkinson, Minister of
Technology, Innovation, and Citizens’ Services, visited TRIUMF last week and learned about
the progress underway at ARIEL. |
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Funding Announcements |
Federal Budget 2014 and TRIUMF |
11 February 2014 |
TRIUMF welcomes the Federal Government's commitment to science and technology in Budget 2014. We look forward to working together on an enhanced program of operating
support as well as new opportunities. |
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