Experimental Result |
Upping the Anti |
05 June 2011 |
The ALPHA experiment at CERN has succeeded in storing antimatter atoms for over 16 minutes; setting the stage for future discoveries in this field. |
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Awards & Honours |
Professor Wins Funds for Trapping Atoms |
31 May 2011 |
Dr. Dan Melconian of Texas A&M University received the Early Career Research Award. He was a past graduate student at TRIUMF. |
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Experimental Result |
Why Carbon-14 is the Way It Is |
27 May 2011 |
TRIUMF scientist Petr Navratil works with collaborators in the USA to explain how three-nucleon forces give carbon-14 a long half-life. |
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Experimental Result |
F-DOPA PET/CT - A Novel Technique for Detecting Certain Tumours |
26 May 2011 |
TRIUMF's nuclear science group along with scientists from BC Children's Hospital have determind a more accurate way to scan for certain tumours. |
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Awards & Honours |
CAP Awards Vogel for Teaching Excellence |
12 May 2011 |
Peter Vogel at Notre Dame Regional Secondary School in Vancouver has been recognized for his excellence in teaching high school physics. |
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Student Stories |
GRIFFIN Project Put In Motion |
06 May 2011 |
This new and improved high-efficiency gamma-ray spectrometer will improve data collection and allow scientists to look further into the isotopes produced at TRIUMF. |
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Current Events |
Endeavouring to Search for All Matter |
05 May 2011 |
Take-off may have been delayed, but the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is ready for launch on board the final mission for U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour. |
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Awards & Honours |
UBC's Doug Bryman Shares Panofsky Prize |
03 May 2011 |
Together with two other senior researchers from the U.S., UBC's Doug Bryman was awarded the 2011 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in experimental particle physics for finding a needle in a haystack. |
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Awards & Honours |
Prof. Bruce Gaulin Wins Brockhouse Medal |
21 April 2011 |
Working with exotic ground states, Bruce has been recognized for his contributions in relation to new materials with magnetic properties. |
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Current Events |
Good Chemistry -- SFU Dept Visits TRIUMF |
20 April 2011 |
At the end of March, visitors from the SFU chemistry department toured TRIUMF's main cyclotron and target hall to see how and where the isotopes they use for research are developed and produced. |
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