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November 27, 2017

Physics of Star Wars – Fact or Fiction?

CI Experts at Liverpool University bring the Force to life Light sabres, hyper speed and droids – will they be made possible with the latest accelerator research? With the imminent launch of “The Last Jedi”, Professor Carsten Welsch, Head of…
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November 22, 2017

Marie Curie Celebrations join institutions across Europe

7th November was the 150th anniversary of the birth of Marie Curie Skłodowska Curie. In order to celebrate her life and achievements, as well as the EU funding program that bears her name, researchers from the Cockcroft Institute organised a simultaneous event…
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November 14, 2017

CI student wins IET Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Early Career Engineer Prize

The IET held its Particle Accelerator Engineering Network meeting in Birmingham on the 27th October. This network brings together engineers working on particle accelerators in Universities, National Laboratories and Industry. The day before the meeting Dr Graeme Burt from Lancaster…
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November 6, 2017

150 years on Marie Curie is still inspiring young scientists

Twice Nobel Prize winner celebrated on Marie Curie Day 7th November 2017 “I think Marie Skłodowska-Curie represents courage; she was able to overcome all these challenges and to pursue something fearlessly. It's because of her legacy that people like me…
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November 1, 2017

Celebrating the 150th Birth Anniversary of Marie Skłodowska-Curie

The QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute, and its international partners are going to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Marie Skłodowska–Curie, an outstanding researcher and woman inspiring generations of scientists. Since 1996, the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions…
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September 18, 2017

CI at INTERACT Symposium

[caption id="attachment_4925" align="alignleft" width="169"] Dr Chris Edmonds at INTERACT 2017.[/caption] QUASAR Group members Dr Chris Edmonds and Dr Ricardo Torres, of the Cockcroft Institute and University of Liverpool, went to Birmingham on 14th September to participate in the INTERACT Symposium. INTERACT…
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September 4, 2017

Cockcroft contributions to IBIC

The annual International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC) took place in Grand Rapids, USA between 20-24 August 2017. IBIC is a fruitful gathering of the world's beam instrumentation community and encourages international collaboration in the field of beam instrumentation for accelerators.…
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August 14, 2017

Cockcroft Academic awarded senior fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

Dr Graeme Burt at Lancaster Engineering department has just been awarded senior fellowship status at the Higher Education Academy (HEA). The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is the national body which champions teaching excellence.  They work with governments, ministries, universities and…
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July 3, 2017

EuPRAXIA 1st Collaboration Week in Hamburg

[caption id="attachment_4854" align="aligncenter" width="833"] Participants of the 1st EuPRAXIA Collaboration Week at DESY, Hamburg. (Image credit: Marta Meyer/DESY)[/caption] As the EuPRAXIA design study advances, it becomes increasingly complicated to have a complete overview of the project. The different work packages…
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