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Current Events |
UBC Science Journalism Class Visits TRIUMF |
27 October 2009 |
Nine students from the UBC Graduate School of Journalism visited TRIUMF last week for a tour of the facility and an exercise in science journalism - finding and developing a worthy science news pitch. |
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Awards & Honours |
Inaugural Competition for Otto Häusser Fellowship |
26 October 2009 |
TRIUMF is pleased to announce the establishment of the Otto Häusser Postdoctoral Fellowship, a two year appointment with the aim of recognizing the achievements of outstanding recent Ph.D. recipients. |
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Current Events |
Bringing You to the Frontiers of Modern Physics |
21 October 2009 |
The 2009/2010 Saturday Morning Lecture Series kicked- off its first event this past weekend. The morning featured a lecture on short-term climate variability & prediction and a science and technology career panel. |
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Experimental Result |
Investigating the Structure of Exotic Nuclei Sodium-26 |
20 October 2009 |
The new SHARC-TIGRESS detector system has enabled experimenters to clearly observe the transfer reactions of sodium-26 giving new insight into the change in shell structure of this neutron- rich isotope. |
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Awards & Honours |
Former VECC Director Awarded Prestigious Chair |
16 October 2009 |
Eminent nuclear physicist Bikash Sinha has been awarded the prestigious Dr. Homi J. Bhabha Chair Professorship at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Celebrates National Science & Tech. Week |
14 October 2009 |
Celebrate National Science & Technology Week 2009 with TRIUMF! Join us for the kick-off to the 2009/2010 Saturday Morning Lecture Series and a "Science in the Movies Night" featuring The Atom Smashers. |
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Experimental Result |
Exploring Shell Structure at Limits of Nuclear Existence |
13 October 2009 |
Ritu Kanungo, TRIUMF contributing scientist, and an international team of physicists have revealed further evidence for a new doubly-magic nucleus at the limit of nuclear existence in neutron-rich isotope oxygen-24. |
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Awards & Honours |
D-Pace: a Canadian Innovation Leader |
08 October 2009 |
Last month, D-Pace was recognized as a Canadian Innovation Leader for its role in linking scientific research to commercialization, jobs, and economic growth within the commercial accelerator industry. |
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Experimental Result |
Canadian Milestone in Japan-based Experiment |
08 October 2009 |
The Canadian group associated with the Tokai-to-Kamioka neutrino experiment in Japan achieved a major milestone on October 6, 2009, with the installation of the first of two fine-grained detectors. |
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Awards & Honours |
Canadian-born Physicist Shares Nobel Prize |
06 October 2009 |
Canadian physicist Willard S. Boyle recieved a phone call early this morning with news that would change his life forever: his 1969 co-invention was being recognized by the Nobel Prize committee with a share of this year's Physics Prize. |
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