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TRIUMF @triumflab.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for their joint award of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit!

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Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded jointly to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an...

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TRIUMF @triumflab.bsky.social · 2d

Join us for a special one-day celebration of TRIUMF science in Whistler, BC: The TRIUMF Explorium!

This interactive, free, fun-for-all ages STEAM event is hosted by TRIUMF at one of the world’s longest-running science conferences, EMIS.

Free registration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/triumf-exp...

TRIUMF Explorium The Mysteries of Dark Matter

Join guest speaker Dr. Jason Holt for a general public presentation on the universal mystery of dark matter and the research underway.

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TRIUMF @triumflab.bsky.social · 9d

Calling all physics enthusiasts!

Saturday Morning Lectures is back once again for the Fall 2025 season. This term, we'll be exploring gravitational wave detectors, quantum communications, creating sharper-than-light images using electrons – and more!

Starting Oct 4:
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TRIUMF @triumflab.bsky.social · 16d

TRIUMF' Board of Governors is pleased to announce the reappointment of Dr. Nigel Smith as Executive Director of TRIUMF.

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Dr. Nigel Smith re-appointed as TRIUMF Executive Director

A message from the TRIUMF Board: On behalf of the TRIUMF Board of Governors, we are pleased to announce that we have approved the reappointment of Dr. Nigel Smith as Executive Director of TRIUMF for...

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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · May 10

More scenes from my tour at @triumflab.bsky.social this week - home to the world’s largest cyclotron (particle accelerator) of its kind out at UBC.

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#science #canada #vancouver

A large piece of the cyclotron on display in front of a concrete brick wall. It’s round with a blue hole in the middle, and components that fan out all around the circumference

Outside of a large building with a blue door and white concrete brick walls. A sign affixed to the wall says Electron Hall. On the door there are notices of caution and that eating or drinking is not permitted in this area. A wooden palette is leaning up against the wall.

In a jungle of giant yellow concrete blocks sits a network of cables, wires, and metal conduits and pipes leading into a large metal barrel-looking thing with even more wires and technical components piled on top of it. A man in a red jumpsuit and yellow safety harness is standing on a ladder beside holding some coiled wires

Up close look at a part of component in the TRIUMF Lab. Vertical photo of repeated patterns of copper tabs woven between white plastic or metal mesh with a distinct pattern that’s tight towards the centre and like triangles on the outside

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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · Jul 10

ICYMI yesterday at @triumflab.bsky.social TRIUMF out at UBC, the Government of #Canada announced over $1.3 billion in funding to support over 9,700 researchers and research projects across the country.

#science 🔬

Canada Funds $1.3 billion to Support Researchers and Projects

Federal Government announces over $1.3 billion in funding to support over 9,700 researchers and research projects across Canada.

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Canadian Undergraduate Medical Physics Conference @cumpconference.bsky.social · Aug 14

With #CUMPC2025 just around the corner, we would like to extend a huge thank you to our sponsors!

Platinum 🏆 Radformation, COMP (@comp-ocpm.bsky.social)
Gold 🥇 Triumf (@triumflab.bsky.social)
Silver 🥈 CAP (@canadianphysicists.bsky.social)

Register to attend at cumpc.ca!

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TRIUMF @triumflab.bsky.social · Mar 25

A multidisciplinary study led by Matthew Williams (University of Surrey) has pioneered a new way to measure nuclear reactions using novel nanomaterials - and leveraging TRIUMF's EMMA and TIGRESS facilities.

Read more: triumf.ca/2025/03/17/h...

TRIUMF @triumflab.bsky.social · Mar 18

Thrilled to welcome colleagues from Canada Foundation for Innovation's Board and exec team to TRIUMF today to learn more about our 50-year history serving as a major research facility in Canada and national portal to international 'Big Science' like the ATLAS collab at @cern.bsky.social

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · Feb 11

Walking in to NASA’s JPL today as a woman in science leadership felt almost like a protest. They can take us off the webpages and the walls, but we will still be here, absolutely crushing it, and supporting our community while we do it.

Happy International Day of Women in Science, everyone.

Selfie of Jessie in a pink blazer in front of a cabinet of spacecraft models labeled DARE MIGHTY THINGS.

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TRIUMF @triumflab.bsky.social · Feb 20

TRIUMF was pleased to welcome Germany’s Ambassador to Canada Tjorven Bellmann for a brief visit, including a presentation on the laboratory’s broad portfolio of collaborative work with German institutions and a tour of the lab. Thanks for stopping in, Ambassador Bellmann!

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TRIUMF @triumflab.bsky.social · Jan 13

Hello, Bluesky!

From the hunt for the smallest particles in the universe to the development of new technologies, including next-generation batteries and medical isotopes, we are pushing the frontiers in research to advance science, medicine, and industry.

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