Vancouver native Walter Wasserman,
a first-year student at UBC, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Erich Vogt
First Year Student Research Experience (FYSRE) award. The award offers first year students a paid research experience over the summer months.
Data communication and processing protocols from
cutting-edge physics experiments often exploit or even extend the latest
developments in wireless communications; TRIUMF engineers recently pushed the technology forward.
The
ATLAS Collaboration has released three search analyses
addressing the production of charginos and neutralinos, a strong component in supersymmetry. Supersymmetry is a promising extension of
the Standard Model of elementary particles.
In demonstrating technology suitable and scalable for multiple brands of cyclotrons, this Canadian team has developed a comprehensive solution to
produce Tc-99m in large quantities suitable for large population bases.
Returning to Vancouver for the second year, "Particle Fever" has been a surprising hit amongst
documentary theatregoers worldwide. At a recent viewing, a panel of particle physicists were available for questions after the film.
The Canadian Radiation Protection Agency held their annual conference this year in Vancouver, bringing together the top safety professionals from across Canada to think about
issues from environmental safety to risk communication.
In a paper published today in the journal Nature Communications, the ALPHA collaboration reports on their
latest measurement of a fundamental property of antihydrogen, the ephemeral
antimatter twin to normal hydrogen.
The Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western
Economic Diversification, announced funding of $5.5 million to support TRIUMF in procuring a
new TR-24 cyclotron and developing the Institute for Accelerator-based Medical
Isotopes.
Chemistry plays a crucial role in many areas of TRIUMF's science
program. The nuclear medicine division at TRIUMF works closely with UBC's Medicinal Inorganic
Chemistry group and two TRIUMF collaborators from this group
have been recognized for their research excellence.
As part of a new initiative to stimulate interest in science, the Richmond Public Library has created a S&T lecture series with the inaugural talks presented by TRIUMF scientists.