The Cockcroft Institute

External Events

July 6, 2016

Researcher Careers Workshop in Krakow

The QUASAR Group, located at the Cockcroft Institute, organised a Researcher's Career Workshop hosted in the beautifully preserved city of Krakow, Poland, June 26 - 27, 2016. Expertly executed by Project Manager Magdalena Klimontowska, the event simultaneously acted as an…
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July 6, 2016

Acceleration re-defined once again in Pisa

In 1589 the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei performed in Pisa his ground-breaking acceleration experiments, observing balls accelerating down a ramp. He timed the rolling balls by counting his heart beat, finding that the “the spaces traversed were to each other…
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June 24, 2016

Cockcroft Innovation at Physics Innovate

Physics Innovate returns this year in participation with the International Festival for Business 2016 at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool. With over 30,000 delegates from over 100 countries, IFB 2016 is a global marketplace for the latest in technology and innovation.…
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May 20, 2016

CI Research presented in the Land of the Morning Calm

This year’s International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’16) took place at the BEXCO Convention Centre, located in the lively and scenic Haeundae District of Busan, South Korea. IPAC'16 was the seventh International Particle Accelerator Conference, a conference that rotates annually between…
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March 16, 2016

2016 – a LEAP Year

Since 1990 the LEAP (Low Energy Antiproton Physics) conference is held every two or three years to discuss the latest findings and exchange information about research with low energy antiprotons. There has been some remarkable progress recently in experiments with…
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March 7, 2016

Lasers and Accelerators meet in Rome

Alexandra Alexandrova, from the University of Liverpool and the Cockcroft Institute, participated in the 4th International Conference on Photoptics, Optics and Laser Technology, Photoptics 2016. The conference took place in Rome, Italy, between 27th-29th February. The event featured the latest…
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February 8, 2016

Future Circular Collider Meeting in Rome

The second Annual Meeting of the Future Circular Collider study will take place from 11 to 15 April 2016 in Rome. The meeting brings together the world’s leading scientists and engineers and relevant industry representatives to set the goals for…
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