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Awards & Honours |
CAP High School Physics Teacher Award |
24 November 2014 |
Stephanie Sajatovich of Halifax was selected as the 2014 Award for Excellence in Teaching High School Physics, winner
for the Atlantic region, and chose to take her research experience
at TRIUMF during the week of Oct 20-24. |
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Experimental Result |
LHCb Experiment Confirms TRIUMF Prediction |
20 November 2014 |
The LHCb experiment discovered
two new baryons and verified TRIUMF’s Richard Woloshyn and York University’s
Randy Lewis prediction about bottom baryons. |
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Current Events |
The Magic (Numbers) of Alfredo Poves |
20 November 2014 |
A brilliant researcher
and captivating teacher, Alfredo Poves captured his seminar audience and made his research
accessible. His sabbatical visit benefitted both our theory and nuclear physics
departments. |
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Current Events |
B.C. Celebrates a Milestone for ARIEL |
07 November 2014 |
Today, TRIUMF celebrated an important milestone for ARIEL – Canada’s Advanced Rare Isotope Laboratory. This event marked the completion of ARIEL-I, the first stage of this new facility, and was attended by distinguished guests. |
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Current Events |
Social Media Connects Science Fans |
23 October 2014 |
Our sweepstakes winner, Helen Warn, and
nine friends toured TRIUMF in an exclusive, in-depth tour and enjoyed a pizza
lunch with scientists. |
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Current Events |
Canada's Big Science Leaders Converge |
17 October 2014 |
Leaders from four of Canada’s big science facilities joined together at Canadian Science Policy Conference in Halifax today to discuss how large research infrastructure provides significant societal and economic benefit to Canada. |
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Current Events |
Award Recognizes Italian-Canadian Ties |
15 October 2014 |
In a private ceremony yesterday, Dr. Emanuele Fiore, Scientific Attaché
of the Embassy of Italy, was presented with TRIUMF’s inaugural Patron of
Science award. The award recognizes
selfless and meritorious contributions of an individual outside the
organization. |
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Awards & Honours |
McPherson New ATLAS Deputy Spokesperson |
14 October 2014 |
Robert McPherson of the University of
Victoria Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Particle Physics has been
selected as the Deputy Spokesperson of the ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large
Hadron Collider. The ATLAS
Collaboration Board elected McPherson at its meeting in Geneva on October 10,
2014. |
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Experimental Result |
New ATLAS Measurement of the Higgs Boson |
08 October 2014 |
The ATLAS collaboration has released the
final measurement of the Higgs boson coupling to W bosons using data from the
first run of the Large Hadron Collider. The newly optimized analysis studies the Higgs boson in two
production modes. |
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Current Events |
E-Linac Produces First Beam |
07 October 2014 |
TRIUMF’s newly constructed e-linac produced its first particle beam at an
initial energy of 23 MeV. The cutting-edge accelerator technology was
designed and built in cooperation with institutions and industry across
the country. |
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