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Headlines & Research Highlights

ALPHA collaboration provides first glimpse of Lamb shift in antihydrogen

20 February 2020

In a new paper published in Nature, the ALPHA collaboration describes the first-ever documentation in antihydrogen of the Lamb shift.

TRIUMF community razzle-dazzles at 1920s-themed Mid-Winter Celebration

05 February 2020

On Friday, January 31^st, the TRIUMF community came together in celebration for the 2020 Mid-Winter Celebration at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond.

Researchers find way to show how the tiniest particles in our universe saved us from complete annihilation

30 January 2020

Recently discovered ripples of spacetime called gravitational waves could contain evidence to prove the theory that life survived the Big Bang because of a phase transition that allowed neutrino particles to reshuffle matter and anti-matter.

University of Guelph researchers leverage TRIUMF’s unique facilities to probe safe nuclear waste storage solutions

20 December 2019

Researchers from the University of Guelph and Atomic Energy of France recently published a study in Nature Scientific Reports that investigates how the chemistry of atoms can be affected by confinement within nanostructures – an investigation with potential implications for long-term safe storage of nuclear waste, novel ways of generating and storing hydrogen as a clean energy source, and new technologies for capturing and reusing greenhouse gases.

“A science podcast, but with a twist”: TRIUMF’s Coffee Break Podcast highlights stories from the diverse people behind the lab

18 December 2019

Creating a science podcast: it had always been a dream for Dr. Pietro Giampa. Now, with the support of the TRIUMF Community Fund, he’s using podcasts to not only explore the wonder of science, but also to share the personal stories of the many people at TRIUMF.