A paper published in Science magazine today teases out the drama of chemical reaction rates for the simplest rearrangements involving the hydrogen atom and achieves a world record. UBC chemist Don Fleming led the work using TRIUMF's μSR facilities.
Today the Government of Canada announced a $6 million investment to develop an alternative medical-isotope production technology proposed by four Canadian labs.
Each year, the UBC Arts Co-op Program recognizes an undergrad co-op student for outstanding achievement. This year the award recognized Meghan Magee for her work term at TRIUMF.
During the last visit to TRIUMF, the CNSC, Canada's Nuclear Safety regulatory body, congratulated TRIUMF on the tremendous progress the lab has made since appearing before the commission in 2007.
Rick Baartman, a TRIUMF employee, was recognized by the American Physical Society (APS) Physics for his hard work in editing manuscripts for publication.
Local photgrapher, David Rasmussen, recently wrote a story about his experience in the Particle Physics Photowalk this past summer. As a New Year's present, he has shared his story with TRIUMF.
At its recent Board of Management meeting, TRIUMF approved the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) as an associate member of the consortium that owns and operates Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics.
Five new Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) have been established and are sharing a total of $61.1 million from the federal government over 5 years.
The Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research has selected the SuperB accelerator and particle-physics project conducted by the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) as one of its "flagship projects" in Italy over the next few years.
Happy New Year! 2010 was a special year for TRIUMF... and the precursor to a fantastic 2011. Congratulations to everyone in the TRIUMF community and a special thanks to our supporters and champions.