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Headlines |
Explaining Dark Matter & Anti-Matter - All at Once |
09 December 2010 |
Particle physics theorists from TRIUMF, UBC, and Brookhaven National Laboratory in the US have proposed a new theory for the way that the anti-matter half of the universe could have disappeared at the Big Bang. |
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Experimental Result |
New Property in Warm Superconductors Discovered |
07 December 2010 |
Led by Simon Fraser University physicist Jeff Sonier, scientists at TRIUMF have discovered something that they think may severely hinder the creation of room-temperature (20-25 degrees Celsius) superconductors. |
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Current Events |
Selkirk College TRIUMFs in Physics Research |
07 December 2010 |
Selkirk College in Castlegar, BC, has joined forces with TRIUMF as the first college in Canada to work with TRIUMF through a Memorandum of Understanding. |
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Experimental Result |
ATLAS Scientists catch glimpse of the Primordial Universe |
26 November 2010 |
After less than three weeks of colliding lead ions at the highest energies ever achieved, scientists at the LHC laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, already have brought new insight into the universe as it existed immediately after the Big Bang. |
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Experimental Result |
Qweak Experiment Starts at Jefferson Lab |
26 November 2010 |
After more than ten years of planning and construction, the Qweak experiment at Jefferson lab is now taking data. The experiment will make a very precise measurement of the proton's `weak charge', which has a well defined value in the current standard model of physics. |
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Experimental Result |
ALPHA Collaboration captures antimatter |
17 November 2010 |
Boldly going where the universe has not gone before, a group of international scientists at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland have succeeded in capturing anti-matter atoms. |
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Current Events |
Japan/Canada Scientific Symposium at TRIUMF |
04 November 2010 |
On October 25, 2010, TRIUMF hosted the second Japan/ Canada scientific symposium. It focused on potential synergies between the KEK laboratory in Japan and TRIUMF in Canada. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
BC Science Teachers' Pro-D Day at TRIUMF |
01 November 2010 |
On Friday, October 22, 2010, 60 British Columbia high school math and science teachers visited TRIUMF for the district-wide Professional Development Day. |
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Current Events |
Scientific Attaché of Italy visits TRIUMF |
21 October 2010 |
On Septem-ber 29th, 2010, the Scientific Attaché from Italy, Dr. Emanuele Fiore, made a visit to TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics. |
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Experimental Result |
New Record of DRAGON-ian Sensitivity |
19 October 2010 |
TRIUMF's flagship nuclear astro physics facility known as DRAGON has set a new record for ultimate sensitivity—distinguishing between haystacks with needles in them and those without. |
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