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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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Current Events |
Momentous Partnership Signed by TRIUMF and Indian Laboratory, VECC |
08 August 2008 |
“This is a great moment for our two countries, Canada and India,” said Nigel Lockyer, Director of TRIUMF. |
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Current Events |
Check Out TRIUMF’s Science Programs on Video! |
08 August 2008 |
If you like action, computer animation, and clever dialogue, a local cinema’s box-office has films to satisfy. |
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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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Current Events |
Two BC Ministers Visit |
24 July 2008 |
The BC Health Minister, George Abbott, and the BC Minister of Technology, Trade and Economic Development, Ida Chong, visited TRIUMF on July 23, 2008. |
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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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Current Events |
TRIUMF Ships T2K Experiment Parts to Japan |
22 July 2008 |
Six hundred thousand dollars worth of equipment from TRIUMF was recently shipped on a vessel from Vancouver and bound for Tokai, Japan. |
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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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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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