Current Events |
Celebrating the LHC Grid at TRIUMF |
03 October 2008 |
gridToday, October 3, TRIUMF hosted one of several Grid Fest celebrations occurring simultaneously around the world. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Sponsors "The Atom Smashers" at the Vancouver International Film Festival |
26 September 2008 |
In a world fascinated by particle accelerators, one movie is being sponsored by TRIUMF at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF). |
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Awards & Honours |
Gerald Oakham Honoured as One of Ottawa's Top 50 People |
12 September 2008 |
Gerald Oakham, a TRIUMF research scientist, was recently selected as one of the “Top 50 People in the Capital,” an annual feature produced by Ottawa Life magazine. |
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Current Events |
First Beam in the LHC - Accelerating Science |
10 September 2008 |
The first beam in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN was successfully steered around the full 27 kilometres of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator at 10h28 this morning. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Is Raising Interest at the Old Barn |
08 September 2008 |
“This is so cool!” “That’s incredible!” “Look, Mom, I made Argon-40!” These and many similar expressions of enthusiasm could be heard throughout the afternoon of Saturday, September 6, 2008, at TRIUMF’s booth during the University Neighbourhoods Association’s “Barn Raising” block party. |
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Current Events |
Helping Out with the Feast of Fields |
05 September 2008 |
The TRIUMF parking lot will fill with cars this Sunday, September 7, providing assistance to the UBC Farm as it welcomes a sold-out crowd of diners to the Feast of Fields fundraiser. |
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Experimental Result |
Summer--and TRIUMF Cryo Team--Cools Off |
28 August 2008 |
As the Vancouver summer has taken a cooler turn, so has the TRIUMF Vacuum and Cryogenics group. |
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Current Events |
Community Lecture: “If I can’t see it, does it matter?” |
22 August 2008 |
On the evening of August 21, 2008, Marcello Pavan, TRIUMF scientist, carried a large cardboard box of green and red plastic balls into the Old Barn Community Centre. “Don’t give the surprise away,” he told me as I taped the small balls together to model the nucleus of a large atom. |
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From the Director |
A Big Book: TRIUMF Five-Year Plan is Published |
22 August 2008 |
The principal support for TRIUMF's operations is through a contribution via National Research Council Canada (NRC). |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Another Great Year! The TRIUMF Summer Institute: 20 Years and Counting |
21 August 2008 |
Graduate students and young researchers gathered to engage in learning about current topics in nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics at the 20th annual TRIUMF Summer Institute (TSI). |
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