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Workshops & Conferences |
TRIUMF Junior Research School |
29 January 2013 |
TRIUMF hosted the 2nd Junior Research School from January 2nd to 10th, 2013 for a group of 17 students and 4 teachers from the Meridian and Pioneer Junior Colleges in Singapore. |
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Awards & Honours |
Top Honours to TRIUMF/Toronto Scientist |
23 January 2013 |
Pierre Savard (TRIUMF and Univ of Toronto) has been named Radio-Canada's "2012 Scientist of the Year" for his remarkable contribution, along with other Canadian scientists on the ATLAS team, to the discovery of the Higgs boson particle. |
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Current Events |
Free Public Lecture about LHC Construction |
23 January 2013 |
Dr. Lyn Evans, project leader for building the LHC, will be speaking at a free public lecture on February 20 in Vancouver. He will talk about some of the design features and technical challenges that make the LHC such an awe-inspiring scientific instrument. |
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Experimental Result |
Magic at the Interface |
18 January 2013 |
Researchers have used TRIUMF's β-NMR facility to study phenomena that arise when different materials are sandwiched together in thin slices. The result was published in Phys. Rev. Letters. |
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Funding Announcements |
Simon Fraser Leads Data Centre Upgrade |
16 January 2013 |
CFI announced its support for a technology upgrade of the ATLAS Canada Tier-1 Data Centre, a particle-physics data storage and analysis facility at TRIUMF led by SFU's Michel Vetterli. |
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Funding Announcements |
Saint Mary's Univ to Lead Isotope Effort |
15 January 2013 |
CFI today announced its support for an advanced isotope project led by Saint Mary's professor and regular TRIUMF visiting scientist Ritu Kanungo. The project, CANREB, will be based at TRIUMF. |
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Current Events |
Bombardier VP Joins TRIUMF Board |
14 January 2013 |
Bombadier, Inc.'s Sylvain Lévesque has accepted appointment to the TRIUMF Board of Management as a representative of Canada's private-sector. |
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From the Director |
Canada's First Astronaut Visits TRIUMF |
08 January 2013 |
Canada's first astronaut, Marc Garneau, M.P., returned to TRIUMF to talk with scientists and witness the progress in advancing isotopes for science and medicine. |
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Experimental Result |
Making Anti-Hydrogen Cool(er) |
06 January 2013 |
A science paper co-authored by TRIUMF scientist Makoto Fujiwara predicts that new techniques planned for the ALPHA experiment will allow anti-hydrogen atoms to cooled with 10x greater effectiveness than previously. |
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Current Events |
Engineering the Future |
29 December 2012 |
TRIUMF's engineering talent is recognized by professional peers; Aurelia Laxdal achieves P.Eng. credential and joins almost 20 other Professional Engineers at TRIUMF. |
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