Triumf, Canada's national laboratory for particle physics, has placed an order for a TR24 cyclotron to further its work on alternative sources of supply of medical isotopes following the announcement ...

Scientists at the world’s biggest cyclotron, in Vancouver, invited amateurs to ‘lift the curtain’ It’s not every day that most people get to peek inside a world-class particle physics lab, where ...

Canada has marked the fortieth anniversary of operations at the world's largest cyclotron accelerator, the 520 MeV Main Cyclotron at the Triumf national laboratory for particle physics. Celebrations ...

When Paul Schaffer and his team were given the task four years ago of finding a cost-effective way of replacing Canada’s limited supply of medical isotopes, there was a sense they’d be cutting it ...

Few locals know that one of the most important particle accelerators in the world is located right here in Vancouver. Discreetly situated in a quiet corner of UBC, the TRIUMF facility is one of only ...

A small quantity of a radioactive isotope called the “rarest drug on earth” has been produced by Vancouver-based TRIUMF and an Ontario nuclear science laboratory. In medicine, radioactive isotopes are ...

Pushing the ARIEL start button: (l to r) Reiner Kruecken (TRIUMF), Rachael Scarth (UVic), Richard Lee (B.C.’s Asia-Pacific parliamentary secretary), Lia Merminga (TRIUMF) and Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon ...

In this age of bigger, newer, more powerful mega-machines for particle physics, Canada's 33-year-old TRIUMF cyclotron is literally a blast from the past. Sure, it's the world's biggest cyclotron - but ...

Art is colliding with science inside Canada's home for particle and nuclear physics. The artist-in-residence program at TRIUMF in Vancouver is bridging the divide between the two disciplines, allowing ...

Amateur cyclotron builders are dedicated, tenacious, and obsessed. Another thing they have in common: The experience changes their lives. If the only thing amateur car builders needed was a ride to ...