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Devoted to the development and construction of particle accelerators and intense sources of radiation for pure and applied research.

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April 11, 2025

AEgIS transforms smartphone sensors into an unprecedented resolution antimatter camera

Did you know that the camera sensor in your smartphone could help unlock the secrets of antimatter? Scientists working together in the “Antihydrogen Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy” (AEgIS) developed a detector using modified mobile camera sensors to track in real…
April 9, 2025

EuPRAXIA selects ELI for second Laser-Driven Accelerator Site

EuPRAXIA is one of the Cockcroft Institute’s flagship projects in the field of novel accelerators.  Cockcroft partners STFC, the University of Liverpool and the University of Strathclyde are heavily involved in the network.  STFC participates in the design of RF,…
April 7, 2025

2025 Particle Physics Masterclass

On the 11th and 12th March, ASTeC and the Cockcroft institute hosted the annual Particle Physics Masterclass (PPMC) at Daresbury Laboratory, an event for A-level and GCSE students to give them an introduction to the grand world of particle physics…
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The Cockcroft Institute is a partnership between the universities of Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester and Strathclyde and the Science and Technology Facilities Council, devoted to the development and construction of particle accelerators and intense sources of radiation for pure and applied research.

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