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May 7, 2025

Key technologies for next-generation accelerators presented at I.FAST annual meeting

The fourth annual meeting of the EU-funded I.FAST (Innovation Fostering in Accelerator Science and Technology) project, held in Kraków on 8 -11 April 2025, offered an excellent overview of the breakthroughs in accelerator science that are shaping the future of…
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May 2, 2025

Sun shines on exciting launch of “AI & EYES” outreach box

The future of medical technology was brought to life this weekend at the launch of the brand-new outreach box, AI & EYES, developed by the talented team at UK Unplugged and experts from the Liverpool Centre for Doctoral Training for…
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April 30, 2025

EuPRAXIA-DN Camp on Technologies held in Pisa

The EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network (EuPRAXIA-DN) held a two-day Camp on laser and plasma-related technologies, connecting the latest research and development results in these areas with the challenges related to their integration in a plasma-accelerator-based research infrastructure.  The Camp was hosted…
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March 28, 2025

PACRI Project kicks off in Trieste

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 PACRI project aims to revolutionize plasma accelerator technologies for next-generation…
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March 3, 2025

Voice of Science: Prof Welsch puts Cockcroft Research into the spotlight at CERN

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 exciting series of events "The Voice of Science" centered on…
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February 17, 2025

Joint LIV.INNO and EuPRAXIA-DN skills school hosted in Liverpool

The third cohort of LIV.INNO students were joined by researchers from EuPRAXIA-DN project to take part in an introductory skills school in Liverpool from 20-24 January 2025. The students undertook training in a range of skills which will help them…
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October 23, 2024

EuPRAXIA holds Satellite Meeting during BSBF 2024

EuPRAXIA took centre stage at the Big Science Business Forum (BSBF) 2024, hosting a satellite meeting which showcased its pioneering work in plasma-based accelerators and its critical role in advancing a key new European research infrastructure. The meeting was organized…
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August 7, 2024

EVC-17 and ECOSS-37: Pioneering Advances in Vacuum and Surface Science

The joint international 17th European Vacuum Conference (EVC-17) and the 37th European Conference On Surface Science (ECOSS-37) was held from 17 – 21 June 2024  in the town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England.  This combined event also included the…
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July 15, 2024

Professor Welsch contributes to 2024 KoWi Annual Conference on EU Research & Innovation Funding

The 2024 KoWi Annual Conference on EU Research & Innovation Funding with its about 350 participants is at the heart of KoWi’s event schedule every year. The Annual Conference provides an excellent forum for exchanging information and experiences regarding EU…
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