Dr. Tom Ruth and UVic Ph.D. student Jason Crawford have received a
Canadian Cancer Society Innovation grant to support their research on
Astatine-211, an alpha-emitting radioisotope which carries great
potential for the treatment of late-stage cancer.
On April 01, Dr. Urs Obrist, Science, Research, and Education
Officer of the Embassy of Switzerland, visited TRIUMF, meeting
scientists with collaborations in Switzerland and experienced the
lab in action during a tour.
On April 1, 2014, TRIUMF was formally admitted as an institutional
member of the Royal Society of Canada, the senior Canadian collegium of
distinguished scholars, artists, and scientists.
All hands are on deck this spring as the Accelerator Division
concentrates their efforts on the installation and assembly of the
electron linear accelerator, the state-of-the-art equipment at the heart
of ARIEL, TRIUMF's new facility for the production of rare isotopes.
A new exhibition will be on display at
Science World this spring, providing visitors of all ages an opportunity to contemplate
science from an artistic perspective. It showcases artists’ fascination with scientific topics ranging from the
cosmos to particle behavior.
Dr.
Mathieu Leporini, Science and Technology attaché of the French Consulate in Vancouver,
visited TRIUMF to support the lab in
leveraging knowledge and resources across France and Canada to work towards common scientific
goals.
As part of the TED conference in Vancouver last month, a
group of 25 delegates were treated to an
exclusive tour of the cyclotron vault and GMP labs. They discovered how a TRIUMF-led collaboration is working on a Made-in-Canada solution to
address the threat of a global medical isotope shortage.
Using the μSR facilities at TRIUMF’s Centre for Molecular and
Materials Science and J‑PARC, a
team of researchers from KEK and the National Institute for Materials Science
in Japan have discovered novel magnetism in an iridium
compound.
Two TRIUMF scientists shared their passion for physics with Canadian
undergraduates as part of this year's Canadian Association of Physicists
(CAP) Lecture Tour.
