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Workshops & Conferences |
Associate Director Visits Japan for Neutrino Science Symposium |
11 July 2008 |
The Canadian Embassy in Japan recently hosted the Neutrino Science Symposium that showcased Canadian and Japanese neutrino research. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
TRIUMF Looks to Help Developing Countries at IAEA Meeting |
11 July 2008 |
Representatives from developing countries such as South Africa, Brazil, and Poland with those from the UK, Canada, USA, and Switzerland gathered at TRIUMF from June 23-27, 2008 to exchange ideas and assess needs for the development of peaceful nuclear technology. |
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Awards & Honours |
Paul Schmor Leaves TRIUMF to Discover Nepal |
09 July 2008 |
“I failed to be a hippie,” Paul Schmor stated at his retirement party on July 8, 2008. “Now, I have a goal to fulfill since I went straight from school to work.” After 35 years at TRIUMF as Head of the Accelerator Division, Paul plans to use this time to trek through the Himalaya Mountains. |
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Experimental Result |
TUDA’s First Fluorine-18 Experiment Completed |
27 June 2008 |
The TRIUMF-UK Detector Array (TUDA) collaboration celebrated on June 10 as they completed a three week run using the world’s most intense accelerated 18F beam to investigate one of the most important nuclear reactions occurring in novae. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Building Partnerships at the TRIUMF-GSI/FAIR Workshop |
19 June 2008 |
In April, physicists from the GSI (Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung) laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany, met with TRIUMF researchers at a three-day workshop to discuss nuclear structure, astrophysics, detector development, theory, and isotope production. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
The Last ATLAS Workshop of the Americas Before the LHC Begins |
16 June 2008 |
Can you imagine a stack of data DVDs almost one kilometer high? This is how much data the ATLAS project will collect each year. To gear up for the data deluge, scientists are gathering in North America for the last time to prepare for the first data to come from ATLAS later this year. |
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Awards & Honours |
TRIUMF's Maxime Brodeur Wins Carl Westcott Fellowship |
06 June 2008 |
What would you do with $10,000? After receiving the Carl Westcott Fellowship for his exceptional work on TRIUMF’s Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear Science (TITAN) project, Maxime Brodeur is still thinking about what he will do with his award. |
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Awards & Honours |
Leading Physicist Inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame |
09 May 2008 |
Physicist Richard E. Taylor recently joined 41 other outstanding Canadians in the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, a program of the Canadian Science and Technology Museum |
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Awards & Honours |
BCIC/TRIUMF High School Fellowships Recognize Future Scientists |
25 April 2008 |
Congratulations to Sen Mei, from Penticton Secondary School, and Darien Niamir, from Collingwood High School in West Vancouver, for being selected as the recipients of this year’s BC Innovation Council (BCIC) / TRIUMF High School Fellowship award. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Halo Workshop Highlights Impact of TRIUMF Science |
17 April 2008 |
More than 50 experts from around the world gathered at TRIUMF on March 27-28, 2008, to assess current progress in--and future directions for--research in understanding halo nuclei. |
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