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Awards & Honours |
Suwa Award Honours T2K Team |
25 February 2014 |
The
2013 Suwa Award was presented to the J-PARC Neutrino Beam Group last week in Japan, to celebrate the achievement of the world’s highest-intensity neutrino beam, used in the T2K experiment. |
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From the Director |
Erich W. Vogt (1929-2014) |
19 February 2014 |
A pioneer and founder of TRIUMF and an inspiration in physics and life to many, Erich W. Vogt passed away peacefully this morning at Vancouver General Hospital. |
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Experimental Result |
T2K Publishes Electron Neutrino Appearance |
13 February 2014 |
A new electron neutrino appearance result from the T2K collaboration was published this week, bringing researchers one step closer to answering one of the greatest puzzles of particle physics: why is there more matter than antimatter in our universe? |
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Current Events |
UCN Project Takes Big Step Forward |
13 February 2014 |
During this annual shutdown period, the Ultra-Cold Neutron (UCN) project kicks off construction of their state-of-the-art experimental area, "excavating" the shielding blocks in the southwestern Meson Hall for the first time since 1978. |
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Current Events |
BC Ministers Take a Close Look |
12 February 2014 |
The Honourable Amrik Virk, Minister
of Advanced Education, and the Honourable Andrew Wilkinson, Minister of
Technology, Innovation, and Citizens’ Services, visited TRIUMF last week and learned about
the progress underway at ARIEL. |
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Funding Announcements |
Federal Budget 2014 and TRIUMF |
11 February 2014 |
TRIUMF welcomes the Federal Government's commitment to science and technology in Budget 2014. We look forward to working together on an enhanced program of operating
support as well as new opportunities. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Scientist is an Open Book |
06 February 2014 |
TRIUMF scientist Dr. Tom Ruth shared the excitement of a research career with students during the Human Library event at John Oliver Secondary School. |
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Awards & Honours |
Antimatter Team Wins Polanyi Prize |
03 February 2014 |
For its role in creating, trapping, and studying atoms of antihydrogen, the ALPHA Canada team led by TRIUMF's Makoto Fujiwara has received the NSERC John C. Polanyi Prize. |
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Awards & Honours |
ATLAS Student Wins Chamberlain Fellowship |
31 January 2014 |
TRIUMF graduate student Simon Viel is the recipient of one of the most prestigious fellowships in particle physics, the Chamberlain Fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. |
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University Stories |
Looking Back at "Atom-Smashing" |
23 January 2014 |
As TRIUMF's cyclotron celebrates its 40th year in operation, we look back at the history of cyclotron development in Canada, beginning with McGill's 100 MeV synchrocyclotron. |
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