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From the Director |
Canadian PET Survey by TRIUMF/AAPS |
27 February 2012 |
TRIUMF and AAPS released a joint report today that examines the deployment of PET-based imaging technology for the clinical care of cancer across Canada, province by province. |
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Experimental Result |
New Record in Weighing the W Boson |
23 February 2012 |
Several TRIUMF researchers are involved in Fermilab's CDF experiment which today announced the world's most sensitive measurement of the mass of the W boson. |
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Experimental Result |
Tc-99m Made on Multiple Cyclotrons |
20 February 2012 |
The TRIUMF-led team announced today at the AAAS meeting that they have successfully produced commercial quantities of the critical medical isotope technetium-99m on existing cyclotrons in two provinces. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Receives an Excellent Visitor |
17 February 2012 |
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, visited TRIUMF on Thursday afternoon. It was a special moment; thanks to everyone at TRIUMF for making it perfect! |
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Current Events |
See the Invisible with TRIUMF/UBC at AAAS |
13 February 2012 |
Learn about TRIUMF at the free public event, Family Science Days, on February 18 and 19 at the Vancouver Convention Centre! |
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Experimental Result |
Understanding Helium |
05 February 2012 |
Recent measurements with TRIUMF's TITAN facility, combined with theoretical modeling from TRIUMF's theory group, push back the frontiers of understanding nuclei--starting with the helium family of isotopes. |
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Awards & Honours |
SFU/TRIUMF Physicist Selected for ATLAS Leadership Role |
23 January 2012 |
SFU/TRIUMF physicist Mike Vetterli has been selected to head up the influential ATLAS publications committee; he will be deputy in 2012 and chair in 2013. |
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Current Events |
Anticipation Builds for AAAS Meeting |
19 January 2012 |
At a news conference held at the Vancouver Aquarium and MC'd by TRIUMF's Tim Meyer, enthusiasm and anticipation kicked off for the upcoming AAAS conference (Feb 16-20 in Vancouver) that will attract upwards of 8,000 top scientists. |
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Experimental Result |
Short Lived, but Highly Charged |
16 January 2012 |
Results from the TITAN team's precision studies of the rubidium-74 nucleus were published in Physical Review Letters and selected as an Editor's Choice. The team developed high charge states of the ions to achieve the record results. |
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Current Events |
Happy New Year! |
01 January 2012 |
Good-bye to 2011 and welcome to a brand new year on the calendar: 2012. A year destined for greatness in scientific accomplishments, technological prowess, and making a difference all around the world. |
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