STFC is about to launch a call for the next round of Ernest Rutherford Fellowships. It aims to support future scientific leaders to establish a strong, independent research programme. The…
An event about the History of UK particle accelerators has taken place at the Cockcroft Institute (Daresbury Laboratory) and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory as well as online. The event took…
The Cockcroft Institute is pleased to announce Professor Stewart Boogert as the new Director of the Institute. As director, Professor Boogert will drive the continued growth and development of the…
The online game Surfatron, designed by CI member Ricardo Torres has proven a useful tool to convey the challenges of plasma wakefield acceleration to a broad range of audiences. The…
Accelerators use a huge amount of electrical energy, both to create high-energy beams and to steer and focus those beams. In the vast majority of cases, the steering and focusing…
In addition to the cutting-edge research realized in the Centre for Doctoral Training, the LIV.INNO training programme is designed to address a wide range of important skills, including project management,…
Prof Carsten P Welsch, Head of Liverpool’s Department of Physics and Head of Communications of the Cockcroft Institute, joined host James Floyd (Star Wars Insider regular contributor, Star Warsologies podcast)…
A group of Cockcroft Institute scientists led by Lee Jones has published an article in the Review of Scientific Instruments summarising years of work in the development of the Transverse…
Hosted by Prof Carsten P Welsch (University of Liverpool) and Peter McIntosh (STFC/ASTeC), the University of Liverpool’s physics class of 1966 (!) were given a special VIP tour of Daresbury…