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Funding Announcements |
Simon Fraser Leads Data Centre Upgrade |
16 January 2013 |
CFI announced its support for a technology upgrade of the ATLAS Canada Tier-1 Data Centre, a particle-physics data storage and analysis facility at TRIUMF led by SFU's Michel Vetterli. |
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Funding Announcements |
Saint Mary's Univ to Lead Isotope Effort |
15 January 2013 |
CFI today announced its support for an advanced isotope project led by Saint Mary's professor and regular TRIUMF visiting scientist Ritu Kanungo. The project, CANREB, will be based at TRIUMF. |
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Current Events |
Bombardier VP Joins TRIUMF Board |
14 January 2013 |
Bombadier, Inc.'s Sylvain Lévesque has accepted appointment to the TRIUMF Board of Management as a representative of Canada's private-sector. |
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From the Director |
Canada's First Astronaut Visits TRIUMF |
08 January 2013 |
Canada's first astronaut, Marc Garneau, M.P., returned to TRIUMF to talk with scientists and witness the progress in advancing isotopes for science and medicine. |
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Experimental Result |
Making Anti-Hydrogen Cool(er) |
06 January 2013 |
A science paper co-authored by TRIUMF scientist Makoto Fujiwara predicts that new techniques planned for the ALPHA experiment will allow anti-hydrogen atoms to cooled with 10x greater effectiveness than previously. |
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Current Events |
Engineering the Future |
29 December 2012 |
TRIUMF's engineering talent is recognized by professional peers; Aurelia Laxdal achieves P.Eng. credential and joins almost 20 other Professional Engineers at TRIUMF. |
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Awards & Honours |
Canadian Physicists Win U.S. Honours |
21 December 2012 |
Six Canadian physicists were elected to become Fellows of the American Physical Society, recognizing outstanding contributions to physics. Congrats to TRIUMF's Jens Dilling & Don Fleming (also UBC)! |
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Current Events |
TIME Person-of-the-Year: Runner-Up |
19 December 2012 |
Particle physics enters the mainstream with ATLAS spokesperson Fabiola Gianotti grabbing Runner-Up for TIME Magazine's 2012 Person of the Year. Congrats to Fabiola, the ATLAS team, and ATLAS-Canada! |
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From the Director |
A Visit to Higgs-Hunting Headquarters |
18 December 2012 |
Senior visitors from Canada paid CERN a visit in late November to learn more about present and future Canadian involvement in the quest for understanding the basic ingredients of our universe and how they interact. |
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Current Events |
Nobel Laureate Visits TRIUMF |
17 December 2012 |
Dr. Wineland visited TRIUMF in October as part of a trip to Vancouver where he met with collaborators and colleagues. |
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