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…
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…
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…
We are delighted to announce that an article on “Artificial Intelligence for Advancing Particle Accelerators” was just published in Europhysics News. It describes how cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and machine…
The new EU-funded project PACRI (Plasma Accelerator systems for Compact Research Infrastructures) started officially with a kick-off meeting in Trieste (Italy) on 12 – 14 March 2025. The €10 million…
While the basic principles of particle accelerators may be simple, using electric fields to accelerate particles and magnetic fields to steer them, actually operating them is highly complex. Even small…
Cockcroft Institute researchers at the University of Strathclyde are at the forefront of cutting-edge research into high power laser-driven ion acceleration. Located at the university, the Scottish Centre for the…
Last year, CERN celebrated 70 years of groundbreaking scientific collaboration and innovation, with science communication playing a pivotal role in highlighting these achievements. As part of this CERN launched an…
Cancer-related research at the Cockcroft Institute (CI) is a collective endeavour spanning all stakeholder institutions, each contributing uniquely to the development of advanced radiation therapy techniques. The Institute’s commitment to…