A novel beam diagnostic instrument developed by researchers in the University of Liverpool’s QUASAR Group has achieved a major milestone: full operational approval for use in the Large Hadron Collider…
This year’s Cockcroft Institute Postgraduate Researcher Conference 2025 took place on the 15th October at Daresbury Laboratory. Students from across the Institute presented their work in three talk sessions and…
After eight and a half years, scientists and engineers from STFC, many of them based at the Cockcroft Institute, successfully completed the supply of high beta cavities (HBC) to the…
The 4th workshop on Very High Energy Electron Radiotherapy (VHEE-RT) was held at the Cockcroft Institute, Daresbury Laboratory, UK from 15th – 17th of September 2025. The inaugural workshop was…
The 7th FELs of Europe PhotonDiag conference took place in Liverpool, UK from 2nd to 4th September 2025. PhotonDiag is the première conference focused on the technical aspects of photon delivery to science…
The University of Liverpool together with STFC, the Cockcroft Institute and the John Adams Institute has hosted the largest-ever European edition of the International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC 2025). The…
A new exhibition exploring the world of accelerators and particle physics has opened in the University of Liverpool’s historic Quadrangle. Code of the Universe is a travelling photographic exhibition that…
On the 9th and 10th of July, the UK’s accelerator community gathered for the UK’s flagship annual event: the Particle Accelerator and Beams Conference 2025 (PAB 2025). The hosts for…
The Cockroft Institute’s ASTeC team has achieved a major scientific milestone at Daresbury Laboratory. The Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications (CLARA) has successfully accelerated electrons to an energy…