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Funding Announcements |
TRIUMF welcomes BC Health Minister to announce IAMI funding |
30 January 2024 |
This morning, TRIUMF welcomed BC Health Minister, Adrian Dix, into the Meson Hall, where he announced the province is investing $32 million through $21 million to BC Cancer for the new cyclotron and radiopharmacy laboratory and approximately $11 million to TRIUMF to advance research. In addition, the BC Cancer Foundation has provided $3.5 million to support capital investments and $15 million in funding for critical cancer research, for a total of $50.5 million. |
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Awards & Honours |
ALPHA experiment included in CBC's significant science stories list for 2023 |
22 January 2024 |
TRIUMF physicists on the ALPHA-g team, an international collaboration based at CERN, were involved in an experiment that CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks show host, Bob McDonald, has deemed as the second most Significant Science Story of 2023 |
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Research Highlights |
TRIUMF to provide key neutron diagnostics for fusion energy demonstration as part of General Fusion MOU |
19 December 2023 |
As part of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with General Fusion signed in October 2023, TRIUMF is undertaking the development of critical diagnostic technologies to support General Fusion’s Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) demonstration, also called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26). |
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Research Highlights |
Canadian contribution to critical cryomodules for high luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider officially begins |
04 December 2023 |
With a wave goodbye to departing colleagues from the 13th annual of meeting the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (Hi-Lumi or HL-LHC) project collaboration, Canadian accelerator physics researchers are now turning their sights on their next major objective: the fabrication of key cryomodules that will host specialized `crab’ cavities as part of the high luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). |
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Headlines |
QRT Inc. and TRIUMF strengthen partnership to support neutron beam R&D at NIF |
08 November 2023 |
QRT Inc. and the PIF & NIF team at TRIUMF are taking new steps to further strengthen a collaborative program of research and development at the laboratory’s neutron irradiation facilities (NIF), bolstering an existing memorandum of understanding (MOU) and bringing online new analysis technologies to improve test accuracy and efficiency. |
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Workshops & Conferences |
Registration opens for NN2024 |
01 November 2023 |
Register now to secure your spot at the 14th International Conference on Nucleus Nucleus Collisions (NN2024), held in Whistler, British Columbia from August 18 – 23, 2024. |
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Headlines |
Latest NRC Evaluation of TRIUMF now available |
27 October 2023 |
TRIUMF is pleased to share the results of the ‘Evaluation of TRIUMF 2023-24', a deep-dive analysis conducted by the National Research Council (NRC) that assessed TRIUMF’s scientific excellence, social and economic impact, relevance, capacity, competency, facilities and governance. |
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Current Events |
TRIUMF’s Five-Year Request for Support 2025-2030: Realizing Canada’s Full Potential |
25 October 2023 |
Today, TRIUMF is pleased to share with our community the laboratory’s formal request for funding: Five-Year Request for Support 2025-2030: Realizing Canada’s Full Potential. |
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Research Highlights |
ALPHA physicists observe the first gravitational free-fall of antimatter |
27 September 2023 |
First measurement of the force of the earth’s gravity on antimatter, which leverages a built-in-Vancouver antimatter gravity detector, published in prestigious Nature |
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Funding Announcements |
2023 NSERC grant results highlight major TRIUMF research projects and facilities |
01 September 2023 |
“The Discovery Research Program fosters research excellence by supporting the long-term goals of a diversified base of researchers at different career stages across Canada while also providing stimulating research training opportunities for the scientists and engineers of tomorrow,” said Dr. Alejandro Adem, President, NSERC. |
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