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Current Events |
There’s Something About TED |
08 April 2014 |
As part of the TED conference in Vancouver last month, a
group of 25 delegates were treated to an
exclusive tour of the cyclotron vault and GMP labs. They discovered how a TRIUMF-led collaboration is working on a Made-in-Canada solution to
address the threat of a global medical isotope shortage. |
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Experimental Result |
CMMS Users Publish New Result in PRL |
07 April 2014 |
Using the μSR facilities at TRIUMF’s Centre for Molecular and
Materials Science and J‑PARC, a
team of researchers from KEK and the National Institute for Materials Science
in Japan have discovered novel magnetism in an iridium
compound. |
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Current Events |
Ultra-Cold Beer Comes to TRIUMF |
01 April 2014 |
Arrival of neighbouring BierCraft restaurant triggers innovation, as designs are drawn for expansion to UCN facility. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Scientists Join CAP Lecture Tour |
31 March 2014 |
Two TRIUMF scientists shared their passion for physics with Canadian
undergraduates as part of this year's Canadian Association of Physicists
(CAP) Lecture Tour. |
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Awards & Honours |
Navratil Named 2013 APS Fellow |
26 March 2014 |
Dr. Petr Navratil, leader of
the Theory Group, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical
Society in recognition of his “seminal contributions to the development of ab initio nuclear structure and reaction theory.” |
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Student Stories |
Saudi Arabian Scientist Studies at TRIUMF |
19 March 2014 |
Mohammed Abusalem, a radiochemist from King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Saudi Arabia, is spending a work term with TRIUMF's Nuclear Medicine Division. |
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From the Director |
Johns Hopkins Scientist to Lead TRIUMF |
18 March 2014 |
After a seven month, highly competitive, international search for
TRIUMF’s next director, the laboratory’s Board of Management announced today
that Dr. Jonathan Bagger, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor and Vice
Provost at the Johns Hopkins University, will join TRIUMF this summer as the
laboratory’s next director. |
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Current Events |
Scottish Experts Visit TRIUMF |
11 March 2014 |
Last month, a group of radioisotope and accelerator scientists from
Scotland visited TRIUMF, investigating possible avenues for
collaboration in medical isotope production and the advancement of accelerator technology. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Taken By Storm |
05 March 2014 |
Last week, TRIUMF was briefly buried under a rare, late-season snowfall. It was up to TRIUMF's Plant Group to clear the snow before temperatures warmed up again and turned the snow into dangerous ice. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Nuclear Structure Workshop at TRIUMF |
28 February 2014 |
From February 18-21, TRIUMF’s Theory Group hosted the Nuclear Structure and
Reactions: Experimental and Ab Initio Theoretical Perspectives workshop. Forty scientists gathered to share their latest results, exchange new
ideas, and establish new collaborations. |
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