<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><span style="font-family: Courier; ">June 28, 2013<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><font face="Courier">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></div><div><font face="Courier"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier">"Mysteries of the Quantum Universe"</font></div></div><div><font face="Courier">Public lecture Friday July 12, 7pm, TELUS World of Science</font></div><div><font face="Courier">(Also viewable online)</font></div><div><font face="Courier"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier">(Vancouver, BC) Join Science World and TRIUMF in welcoming Dr Hitoshi Murayama for a free physics lecture at TELUS World of Science on Friday, July 12. Dr Murayama will be speaking about neutrinos, anti-matter and dark matter as part of the "Unveiling the Universe" lecture series presented by TRIUMF and Science World.</font></div><div><span style="font-family: Courier; ">Dr Murayama is well-known for his enthusiastic lectures for student and general audience. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Courier; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Courier; ">About Hitoshi Murayama:</span></div><div><font face="Courier">Dr Murayama lives to solve nature's elemental puzzles like eccentric particles, dark matter and why our universe is expanding so swiftly. He received his PhD in theoretical physics from University of Tokyo in 1991. Dr Murayama became a senior staff member at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the MacAdams Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. </font><span style="font-family: Courier; ">In 2007, Dr Murayama was named the founding director of the University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe. The institute's goal is to use the synergistic perspectives of mathematics, astronomy and theoretical and experimental physics to reveal how the cosmos was formed, how it runs and why we exist.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Courier; "> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Courier; ">Doors open at 6:15pm and the presentation starts at 7pm. Q&A </span><span style="font-family: Courier; ">session</span><span style="font-family: Courier; "> to follow. </span><font face="Courier">Tickets are free, but online registration is required. See:</font></div><div><font face="Courier"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://quantum-mysteries.eventbrite.ca/">http://quantum-mysteries.eventbrite.ca/</a></font></div><div><font face="Courier"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier">Note that a livestream of the lecture (Silverlight plugin required) will be available online for any who are interested and are unable to make it to the event in person. (See registration site for lifestream link)</font></div><div><font face="Courier"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier">About Science World</font></div><div><font face="Courier">Science World British Columbia is a not-for-profit organization that engages British Columbians in science and inspires future science and technology leadership throughout our province.</font></div><div><font face="Courier"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier">About TRIUMF</font></div><div><font face="Courier">TRIUMF is Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics. It is owned an operated by a consortium of Canadian universities and is funded by a contribution through the National Research Council of Canada. The Province of British Columbia provides capital funding for the construction of buildings for the TRIUMF Laboratory. </font></div><div><font face="Courier"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-30-</font></div><div><font face="Courier"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier"><div>For further information contact:</div><div>Jason Bosher, Communications Coordinator</div><div>Tel: 604.443.7470</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:jbosher@scienceworld.ca">jbosher@scienceworld.ca</a></div><div><br></div><div></div></font></div></body></html>