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TRIUMF is a world-class subatomic physics research laboratory located on the campus of the University of British Columbia, a twenty-minute drive from downtown Vancouver. TRIUMF is one of three subatomic research facilities in the world that specialize in producing extremely intense beams of particles. The heart of the facility is the world's biggest cyclotron, which is used to accelerate 1000 trillion particles each second!

TRIUMF is also a centre for the practical application of this basic research:

* It is the only centre in Canada using proton therapy to treat eye-cancers, and in the past was one of two centres in the world where pion beams were used on an experimental basis to destroy brain cancers in human patients.
* TRIUMF researchers have built a Positron Emission Tomograph ("PET Scanner"), one of only three operating in Canada, used at the UBC hospital for specialized brain scans.
* Scientists at TRIUMF are participating in developing new radiopharmaceuticals, microchips, computer software, original new designs for small cyclotrons, remote-controlled equipment, analysis of mineral samples, and many other high-tech innovations.

TRIUMF is operated by a consortium of Canadian universities, under a contribution from the National Research Council of Canada.