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July 7, 2025

Bringing particle accelerators to life through augmented reality

Accelerator science is a constantly evolving field. New technological advances allow large colliders – like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN – to reach higher energies and discover new particles. Scientists are already discussing its predecessor - an even…
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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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April 23, 2025

Making waves in electromagnetic technology

Cockcroft Institute scientists Graeme Burt and Laura Corner, from Lancaster University and the University of Liverpool respectively, together with former Cockcroft member Rebecca Seviour, now at the University of Huddersfield, have authored a chapter on accelerators for the book New…
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April 11, 2025

AEgIS transforms smartphone sensors into an unprecedented resolution antimatter camera

Did you know that the camera sensor in your smartphone could help unlock the secrets of antimatter? Scientists working together in the “Antihydrogen Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy” (AEgIS) developed a detector using modified mobile camera sensors to track in real…
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April 9, 2025

EuPRAXIA selects ELI for second Laser-Driven Accelerator Site

EuPRAXIA is one of the Cockcroft Institute’s flagship projects in the field of novel accelerators.  Cockcroft partners STFC, the University of Liverpool and the University of Strathclyde are heavily involved in the network.  STFC participates in the design of RF,…
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April 7, 2025

2025 Particle Physics Masterclass

On the 11th and 12th March, ASTeC and the Cockcroft institute hosted the annual Particle Physics Masterclass (PPMC) at Daresbury Laboratory, an event for A-level and GCSE students to give them an introduction to the grand world of particle physics…
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April 2, 2025

AI-Driven Particle Accelerators

We are delighted to announce that an article on “Artificial Intelligence for Advancing Particle Accelerators” was just published in Europhysics News. It describes how cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning solutions are revolutionizing the design, optimization, and operation of…
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