TRIUMF

• B.C. particle accelerator scores triumph with deal to produce ‘rarest drug on earth’

  UBC's TRIUMF facility is gearing up to produce actinium-225, a rare radioisotope that early research shows could have a powerful effect fighting cancer.

  Health

  Dec 24, 2020
  
• Budget 2019: Five B.C.-focused measures you may not have noticed

  There are plenty of national measures in the 2019 budget that will affect British Columbia, but what's in the plan that's just for B.C.?

  Mar 20, 2019
  
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• Canada to invest $12M in deep-freeze modules for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

  The world's most powerful particle accelerator is set to receive a significant helping hand from Canada as it undergoes major performance-boosting upgrades.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2018
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• WATCH: New medical isotope machine at UBC helps prevent worldwide shortage

  There is currently a worldwide shortage of medical isotopes, but a Vancouver-based lab is getting closer to creating enough radioactive material to meet the demands of the health care system.

  May 30, 2014