TRIUMF's India partner VECC held an international conference last week on rare-isotope science, showcasing a counterpart to Canada's ARIEL called ANURIB.
Artists in Vancouver have been wrestling with a topic in particle physics; learn about the topic, see their work, and listen to a panel discussion on Nov 1-3 at Emily Carr University at Granville Island.
Tomorrow, Nick Zacchia, a past TRIUMF co-op student, will be giving the opening talk for this year's TEDxKidsBC event, titled "Tips for Building Your Next Particle Accelerator."
Annika Voss, part of the Laser Spectroscopy Group, writes about a recently completed experiment where the first high-resolution measurement of atomic hyperfine spectra in three new isotopes of Francium were made.
On June 13, Jens Dilling attended the 152nd Nobel Symposium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Nobel Symposia is a program that brings together world experts to discuss breakthroughs and progress in areas of science.
TRIUMF outdid itself in community involvement this September. In two community festivals the fantastic people at TRIUMF have engaged these communities with who we are and what we do.
The U.K. has created a new high-value prize (including an all-expenses paid trip to Japan) for journalists, based on the year's best reported story on physics.