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..and We're There!

04 July 2012

Particle physicists celebrated 'round the world this morning as the two CERN experiments ATLAS and CMS confirmed observation of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson.

...to the Higgs...

03 July 2012

The hunt for the Higgs closes in! Stop by TRIUMF on Wed morning, July 4, to meet BC scientists and students and learn about the new Higgs results.

Getting Closer and Closer...

03 July 2012

Scientists working with U.S.-based Fermilab announced their latest, and perhaps greatest, results in the hunt for the Higgs boson on July 2.  The CERN-based experiments will reveal their news Wednesday morning.

Tom Ruth Retires

28 June 2012

Tom Ruth, who launched the nuclear-medicine program at TRIUMF nearly three decades ago, fully retired from TRIUMF in late June.

Finding the Magic

22 June 2012

An international team of scientists including TRIUMF's Reiner Kruecken have announced success in producing, isolating, and studying the exotic Tin-100 isotope, an atom that is "doubly magic" because it has a special and equal number of protons and neutrons.

Standard Model under Strain?

19 June 2012

An international team of scientists including Canadians has squeezed new results out of the BaBar particle-physics experiment in the U.S.  One analysis shows a slight excess compared to Standard Model predictions.

Anadi as Co-Convener in ATLAS Subgroup

12 June 2012

TRIUMF Research Scientist, Anadi Canepa, was recently nominated to be co-convenor of the SUSY group for the ATLAS experiment at CERN.

CERN's Director-General Kicks off PLHC

06 June 2012

CERN's Director-General, Rolf Heuer, kicked off the Physics at the Large Hadron Collider conference on Sunday, June 3rd with a free public lecture that filled the OMNIMAX theatre at the Telus World of Science.

Former TRIUMF Student Awarded Stoicheff Scholarship

28 May 2012

Former TRIUMF student, Wilson Brenna, recently won the Inaugural Stoicheff Scholarship, awarded by the Canadian Associaition of Physicists. 

SNOLAB's Undergound Lab Grand Opening

24 May 2012

The grand opening of SNOLAB's underground laboratory was held on May 17, 2012. The undergound laboratory will be used to further research in particle astrophysics.

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