A
state-of-the-art instrument for detecting and measuring gamma radiation with
high efficiency and precision, GRIFFIN, became operational this year and ran its first experiments.
It was
40 years ago that the laboratory celebrated extraction of first beam from the
500 MeV cyclotron, the same cyclotron driving science at the lab today.
The TRIUMF Alumni & Retirees Association visited to connect and learn of the present status of the lab
but also to share memories of times past.
Western University joins as TRIUMF's
19th Canadian member university of the consortium that owns and operates the lab, reinforcing existing networks in
nuclear medicine and materials science. Welcome!
Prime Minister Stephen
Harper and Minister of State (S&T) Ed Holder announced the release of an
updated federal science, technology and innovation strategy, with a clear vision for Canadian
excellence.
Karen Young, a fourth year commerce student from UBC’s Sauder School of Business, is spending a semester at TRIUMF bridging business and science as she develops a financial model for medical isotope production.
A TRIUMF-led theory group is helping to shed light on the "proton-radius" puzzle, where a once "well known" physical property of matter has been called into question by a new experimental result.
Stephanie Sajatovich of Halifax was selected as the 2014 Award for Excellence in Teaching High School Physics, winner
for the Atlantic region, and chose to take her research experience
at TRIUMF during the week of Oct 20-24.
The LHCb experiment discovered
two new baryons and verified TRIUMF’s Richard Woloshyn and York University’s
Randy Lewis prediction about bottom baryons.
A brilliant researcher
and captivating teacher, Alfredo Poves captured his seminar audience and made his research
accessible. His sabbatical visit benefitted both our theory and nuclear physics
departments.
Today, TRIUMF celebrated an important milestone for ARIEL – Canada’s Advanced Rare Isotope Laboratory. This event marked the completion of ARIEL-I, the first stage of this new facility, and was attended by distinguished guests.
