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October 16, 2023

CI student wins early-career engineer poster competition

The particle accelerator engineering network held an early-career engineering poster competition during this year’s Particle Accelerator Engineering Network (PAEN) annual meeting. The competition was open to graduate engineers and engineering students either in industry, national laboratories or universities, and open…
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October 13, 2023

PsiQuantum opens R&D facility at Daresbury Laboratory to develop quantum computing

Silicon Valley start-up PsiQuantum received £9 million UK government funding to open its first advanced research and development (R&D) facility outside of the US at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory. The Secretary of State for Science,…
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October 11, 2023

9th Particle Accelerator Engineering Network annual meeting held at RAL

The 9th Particle Accelerator Engineering Network (PAEN) annual meeting took place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) on the 6th October 2023. The network was jointly created by the IET, IMechE, IoP and STFC and is hosted by the IET…
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August 15, 2023

Vacuum Symposium attracts visitors from across the UK

The 12th UK Vacuum symposium was held on 13th and 14th June 2023 at Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK drawing nearly 100 visitors. The UK’s premier vacuum technology event is now in its 12th year attracting both academia and industry, highlighting…
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Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Annual Meeting 2023
August 15, 2023

Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Annual Meeting 2023

The Institution of Engineering and Technology has announced that this year the Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Annual Meeting will take place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxford on the 6th October. The particle accelerator engineering network is a unique…
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023 IOP Particle Accelerators and Beams
August 1, 2023

2023 IOP Particle Accelerators and Beams conference held at the University of Strathclyde

The 2023 IOP Particle Accelerators and Beams Group (PABG) annual conference was held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, on the 29th-30th of June. Accelerator physicists gathered in the Technology and Innovation Centre from across the UK and beyond, where…
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July 10, 2023

Upside down – The Science of Stranger Things

In a small town where everyone knows everyone, right next to a mysterious laboratory, a peculiar event about supernatural powers, parallel dimensions and portals to another world, mesmerized the audience. Prof Carsten Welsch returned to Lymm Festival on 28 June…
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June 6, 2023

Cockcroft Institute contributions highlight cutting edge research at IPAC ’23 conference

The 14th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’23 https://www.ipac23.org/) was held in Venice, Italy from 7 to 12 May 2023 at the Venice Convention Centre, as a fully in-person event. The impressive venue was located on the Lido in the prestigious…
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May 29, 2023

Particle Accelerators and Beams Annual Conference to be hosted by Strathclyde

Following the success of last year’s inaugural Particle Accelerators and Beams Annual Conference in Liverpool, the organising committee has announced PAB 2023. The conference will take place on 29th and 30th June 2023 at the University of Strathclyde. This two-day conference is the UK’s premier…
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