CI expert Professor Carsten P Welsch from the University of Liverpool was invited by CERN to contribute to this year’s KIMIKO Festival in Aachen, Germany, as part of the CERN…
Professor Carsten P. Welsch, CI member and Head of Accelerator Science at the University of Liverpool, joined senior European research leaders in Brussels last week for a high-level discussion on…
As FCC Week 2026 came to a close, the Future Circular Collider (FCC) community left Helsinki with renewed momentum and a strong sense of shared purpose. The week brought together…
Several members of the Cockcroft Institute (CI) have recently attended the International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’26) in Deauville, France. For a week each year the accelerator community gathers to discuss…
Alessandro Frasca’s latest work has been selected as Editor’s Choice in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams – a recognition that highlights the significance of this contribution to the design of…
A particle accelerator-themed escape room (Acceler8Escape) has been developed at the Cockcroft Institute, providing a unique way to engage participants of all ages with accelerator science. Created by Dr Morgan…
In March, during British Science Week, our popular Particle Physics Masterclasses ran again at Daresbury Laboratory (DL) and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), with support from Diamond Light Source and Boulby…
Between January – April 2026, the CLARA facility at Daresbury Laboratory successfully hosted a first run of friendly user experiments at its design energy of 250 MeV. This follows the…
Researchers from the Cockcroft Institute joined partners from across Europe at CERN for the launch of EPITA, a new project that aims to turn some of the most promising ideas…