Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics Laboratoire national canadien pour la recherche en physique nucléaire et en physique des particules

Constructing a New Accelerator

Once complete in 2015, the Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory (ARIEL) will enable TRIUMF to expand Canada’s capabilities in producing and studying isotopes for physics and medicine.

Creating Isotopes Without Nuclear Reactors

In February 2012, TRIUMF announced the successful production of a key medical isotope, Tc-99m, in small medical cyclotrons. This development will alleviate the need for centralized production of this isotope in nuclear reactors.

Learning about the Higgs

In July 2012, the physics community announced the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle. TRIUMF participates in the ATLAS experiment, as well as hosts a Tier-1 Data Centre on site. 

Capturing Antimatter

In June 2011, the ALPHA experiment was successful in capturing antihydrogen for 16 minutes, which is 5,000 times longer than the previous best.

Mastering Physics in High School

This year, high school students participated in the ATLAS Masterclass.  In an afternoon, students had a taste of physics through analyzing real data from CERN. 

Governor General Visits TRIUMF

In February 2012, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, visited and toured TRIUMF.

Photo by Ami Sanyal

Showcasing TRIUMF at AAAS

TRIUMF played an integral role in showing off Canadian capabilities in science during the 2012 Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Achieving World Records

In the final few weeks of 2011, TRIUMF set a world record for delivering the highest total power beams onto an actinide target for the production of isotopes.

Photo by Laura Scotten

Breakthroughs of the Year

In December 2011, Physics World announced its annual Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year which included one of TRIUMF’s international collaborations: the Tokai-to-Kamiokande (T2K) neutrino experiment in Japan.

Photo Courtesy of T2K

Cyclotron Recognized as an Engineering Milestone

In December 2010, TRIUMF’s cyclotron was recognized as an engineering milestone by the IEEE.

Photo by Mikey Enriquez

Headlines

TRIUMF Joins TECC Board

18 June 2013 - TRIUMF Director Dr. Nigel Lockyer was recently appointed to the Technology Education and Careers Council for the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia professional association.

New Milestone for Tc-99m Production

09 June 2013 - With Canadian-developed tools and technology, a national team led by TRIUMF has reached a crucial milestone at the BC Cancer Agency in developing and deploying alternatives for supplying the key medical isotope Tc-99m.

Tom Ruth Appointed to UN IAEA Board

06 June 2013 - Dr. Tom Ruth has been appointed for a two-year term to serve as a healthcare expert to the international agency whose mission is to promote safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies.

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Research Highlights

Jamie Forrest Awarded Brockhouse Medal

10 June 2013 - UWaterloo researcher Jamie Forrest and colleague Kari Dalnoki-Veress honoured for their work in dynamics and morphology of confined soft materials by the Canadian Association of Physicists.

Doug Storey Honoured by NSERC

04 June 2013 - UVic Ph.D. candidate Doug Storey announced as a winner of the NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship for his work in accelerator physics at TRIUMF. Congratulations! 

Collaboration Advances Target Technology

28 May 2013 - UBC Mechanical Engineering students collaborated with TRIUMF's Applied Technology Group for a fourth year capstone project- a new universal modular design for target stations within the beam line from the cyclotron. 

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