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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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Current Events |
Science In Your Backyard! A TRIUMF/UNA Community Lecture |
27 June 2008 |
Nearly 50 people packed into a meeting room on the evening of June 26 at the Old Barn Community Centre on the UBC campus. They came to find out what really happens at TRIUMF. |
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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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Current Events |
Lia Merminga's Arrival at TRIUMF Heralded by Vancouver Newspapers |
27 June 2008 |
As described in an article advertised on the front page of the Vancouver Courier, Lia Merminga has enjoyed her first 10 days at TRIUMF. |
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From the Director |
Lab Business Magazine Features TRIUMF |
26 June 2008 |
Lab Business magazine featured TRIUMF on the cover of its Spring 2008 issue this year. |
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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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Current Events |
"Blackberry" Inventor Invests in Theoretical Physics (again) |
09 June 2008 |
The Canadian who invented the Blackberry has a soft spot for physics. Mike Lazaridis, who made a fortune developing the BlackBerry handheld device, is donating another $50 million to the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics located in North Waterloo, Ontario. |
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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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