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Workshops & Conferences |
The Search for Strange Quarks: Collaboration Meeting for the G-Zero Experiment |
25 July 2008 |
Highlighted in a feature article in “The Economist” magazine, the G-zero experiment is breaking new ground in physics. |
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Current Events |
Two BC Ministers Visit |
24 July 2008 |
The BC Health Minister, George Abbott, and the BC Minister of Technology, Trade and Economic Development, Ida Chong, visited TRIUMF on July 23, 2008. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Qweak Experiment Collaboration Meeting |
23 July 2008 |
In about one year, the Qweak experiment will be mounted at Jefferson Laboratory. To ensure preparations are on track and running smoothly, the Qweak Collaboration will hold a Collaboration Meeting at TRIUMF on July 28-30, 2008. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Ships T2K Experiment Parts to Japan |
22 July 2008 |
Six hundred thousand dollars worth of equipment from TRIUMF was recently shipped on a vessel from Vancouver and bound for Tokai, Japan. |
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Experimental Result |
First Patient Successfully Scanned in F-18 - EF5 Clinical Trial |
11 July 2008 |
The radiopharmaceutical F-18 - EF5 is poised to take out the guesswork from deciding treatment for cancer patients. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Associate Director Visits Japan for Neutrino Science Symposium |
11 July 2008 |
The Canadian Embassy in Japan recently hosted the Neutrino Science Symposium that showcased Canadian and Japanese neutrino research. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
TRIUMF Looks to Help Developing Countries at IAEA Meeting |
11 July 2008 |
Representatives from developing countries such as South Africa, Brazil, and Poland with those from the UK, Canada, USA, and Switzerland gathered at TRIUMF from June 23-27, 2008 to exchange ideas and assess needs for the development of peaceful nuclear technology. |
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Awards & Honours |
Paul Schmor Leaves TRIUMF to Discover Nepal |
09 July 2008 |
“I failed to be a hippie,” Paul Schmor stated at his retirement party on July 8, 2008. “Now, I have a goal to fulfill since I went straight from school to work.” After 35 years at TRIUMF as Head of the Accelerator Division, Paul plans to use this time to trek through the Himalaya Mountains. |
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Current Events |
Science In Your Backyard! A TRIUMF/UNA Community Lecture |
27 June 2008 |
Nearly 50 people packed into a meeting room on the evening of June 26 at the Old Barn Community Centre on the UBC campus. They came to find out what really happens at TRIUMF. |
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Experimental Result |
TUDA’s First Fluorine-18 Experiment Completed |
27 June 2008 |
The TRIUMF-UK Detector Array (TUDA) collaboration celebrated on June 10 as they completed a three week run using the world’s most intense accelerated 18F beam to investigate one of the most important nuclear reactions occurring in novae. |
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