|
Research Highlights |
Long-sought measurement of exotic beta decay in thallium helps extract the timescale of the birth of the Sun |
13 November 2024 |
An international collaboration, including TRIUMF, has succeeded in the measurement of the bound-state beta decay of fully-ionised thallium (205Tl81+) ions at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt. The results are published in Nature. |
|
|
Current Events |
TRIUMF and CNRS create joint Canada-France NPAT laboratory for research in nuclear physics and astrophysics |
05 November 2024 |
On November 4, TRIUMF and French research organization CNRS signed a partnership agreement to create the NPAT (‘Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics and Accelerator Technologies) international research laboratory at TRIUMF. |
|
|
Awards & Honours |
TRIUMF wins Excellence in Industry Innovation Award at 2024 BC Tech Awards |
28 October 2024 |
TRIUMF wins Excellence in Industry Innovation Award as part of the 2024 BC Tech Awards |
|
|
Experimental Result |
NA62 collaboration confirms one-in-10-billion kaon decay |
17 October 2024 |
The NA62 collaboration has announced the ‘unequivocal confirmation’ of a rare and significant interaction: the rare decay of a positive kaon into a positively charged pion and a neutrino-antineutrino pair. |
|
|
Funding Announcements |
Minister Sajjan highlights historic investment in TRIUMF |
13 September 2024 |
Today, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, visited TRIUMF to highlight the government’s investment of $399.8 million over five years, as announced in Budget 2024. |
|
|
Awards & Honours |
Coronation Medal awarded to Grace Wong Sneddon |
30 August 2024 |
The King Charles III Coronation Medal was awarded to outstanding individuals in British Columbia during a ceremony with the lieutenant governor this week. TRIUMF's Ombudsperson and EDI resource for the lab, Grace Wong Sneddon, was a recipient for her work as co-chair of the Chinese Canadian Museum Society where she brought voice to the history of Chinese Canadians. |
|
|
Awards & Honours |
Dr. Yukiya Saito wins 2024 DNP CAP prize |
25 June 2024 |
For his thesis (“Development of Statistical Tools for Studies of the Rapid Neutron Capture Process”), Saito focused on the origin of the elements heavier than iron in the rapid neutron capture process (r-process) |
|
|
Awards & Honours |
Communications team garners third national graphic design award |
18 June 2024 |
TRIUMF’s Communications team recently took home the 2024 In-House Design Award from the association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD) for their work to rebrand and redesign the TRIUMF House website. |
|
|
Current Events |
TRIUMF welcomes Dr. Rituparna Kanungo as next Director, Physical Sciences Division |
05 June 2024 |
Kanungo is an accomplished nuclear physicist and an experienced leader, and she brings a wide range of expertise built at TRIUMF and at facilities around the world through the leadership of scientific programming and international collaborations. |
|
|
Headlines |
CBC News visits TRIUMF |
23 May 2024 |
Recently, CBC News Vancouver reporter, Darius Mahdavi visited TRIUMF to get the scoop about TRIUMF and the world's largest cyclotron. |
|
