The movement of atoms, the uncurling of proteins, are just two examples of ultra-fast phenomenon that can be detected with laser-light flashes of radiation generated by accelerators. Accelerators are currently…
Sun-drenched palm trees and luxury cruise liners dawdling in the balmy waters of the port of Barcelona presented a splendid backdrop to this year’s edition of the International Beam Instrumentation…
Following on from the successful tests which mark the beginning of the commissioning of the Cryring accelerator into the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) at GSI, there was…
More than 5000 higher education professionals from all corners of the world have participated in the 28th European Association for International Education’s (EAIE) annual conference held in Liverpool, 13th –…
The AVA project will allow cutting edge research and promote training innovations AVA (Accelerators Validating Antimatter physics) is a new European research and training network between universities, research centres and…
There is an exciting 5 year position vacancy in the QUASAR Group, University of Liverpool. The Group is based at the Cockcroft Institute where it carries out a broad and…
A new paper published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics A will help scientists provide higher quality antiproton beams to experiments at CERN and antimatter facilities across the world.…
The Optimization of Medical Accelerators (OMA) is an international collaboration of 33 institutions which during the four year project duration will train 15 early stage researchers in the field of…
Following on from the highly successful Daresbury Open Week, last Thursday, 14th July, saw even more outreach events attended by members of the Cockcroft Institute. The first event involved children…