Current Events |
TRIUMF & DESY take top prizes in Global Photowalk |
14 October 2010 |
A sunburst image of a particle detector at Germany’s DESY laboratory and a black-and-white photograph of a nuclear-physics experiment at TRIUMF in Canada have won the top prizes in the first-ever Global Particle Physics Photowalk. |
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Experimental Result |
Diamond Detector Irradiation Tests Success |
13 October 2010 |
Particle physicists from the ATLAS groups at Carleton, Montreal, Toronto, Victoria, and TRIUMF have confirmed that diamond detectors can withstand the impact of 1017 protons per square centimetre, relevant to a future upgrade to the LHC. |
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Current Events |
Canada Must Seek Innovation, Says Coalition |
13 October 2010 |
Canada's private and public sectors should move quickly to implement reforms that would strengthen the country’s innovation capacity a coalition of business leaders said today. |
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From the Director |
Former TRIUMF Board Chair Steps in to Lead U Waterloo |
04 October 2010 |
Effective October 1, Waterloo provost and former TRIUMF Board Chair Feridun Hamdullahpur became president of the university on an interim basis. |
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Current Events |
Austrian Delegation Visits TRIUMF |
29 September 2010 |
On September 17, 2010, a group of Austrian policy makers, business leaders, and university administrators visited TRIUMF and AAPS, Inc., to better understand science, technology, and innovation in Canada. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
25th World Conference of the INTDS at TRIUMF |
23 September 2010 |
The International Nuclear Target Develop- ment Society held its 25th world conference from September 12th -17th at TRIUMF, in Vancouver, Canada. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Saturday Morning Lecture Series: Frontiers of Modern Physics |
22 September 2010 |
TRIUMF, UBC and SFU are once again proud to present the 2010-2011 installment of the popular Saturday Morning Lecture Series. This year’s theme is “Frontiers of Modern Physics”. |
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Experimental Result |
Ex1 Foil Breaks Record! |
22 September 2010 |
On August 23, 2010, a new record at TRIUMF was born: the beam line 1 extraction probe 1 (Ex1) foil was replaced after a lifetime of almost seventeen weeks, far exceeding the lifetime of its predecessors! |
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Current Events |
BC Cancer Agency producing own isotopes |
21 September 2010 |
As of September 6, 2010, after years of working alongside TRIUMF experts, the British Columbia Cancer Agency is undertaking the task of producing medical isotopes on its own. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF Sponsors BODY WORLDS & The Brain |
17 September 2010 |
TRIUMF and our partners, the UBC Brain Research Centre, and MDS Nordion, are proud to showcase nuclear-medicine research through support and involvement in Science World's newest exhibition—BODY WORLDS & The Brain. |
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