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January 23, 2024

Obituary – Mike Poole

Members of ASTeC, The Cockcroft Institute, STFC and the wider particle accelerator community will be saddened to learn of the death of Mike Poole, who passed away on 6th December…

January 17, 2024

Energy selective focusing of laser-driven protons

A team of researchers led by Paul McKenna, from the Cockcroft Institute / University of Strathclyde, has published an article investigating the focusing of laser-accelerated protons using hemisphere-cone targets. Relativistically…

December 18, 2023

New cohort of Cockcroft students awarded PhDs

In recent months, several PhD students affiliated with the Cockcroft Institute have successfully concluded their theses, marking a significant progression in their research journeys. Dr Shivaji Pande passed his PhD…

December 4, 2023

Media Training offered to EuPRAXIA-DN Fellows

Throughout their careers, researchers are expected to promote and advertise their research using professional media techniques. However, most researchers never receive any form of professional media training throughout their careers.…