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June 30, 2021

First demonstration of the use of crab cavities on hadron beams

Particle colliders are important engines of discovery, and collisions between both protons and leptons have shone a light on the fundamental structure of our universe for decades. These colliders operate by the acceleration, subsequent manipulation and finally collision of charged…
June 28, 2021

Workshop on MSCA Networks – Training the next generation through collaborative programmes

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) target the development of excellent researchers through international and cross-sector mobility. MSCA networks support joint doctoral programmes, implemented by European partnerships of universities, research institutions, industry (incl. SMEs) and other non-academic organisations. The research training programmes…
June 24, 2021

Paper on FLASH proton therapy receives prestigious award

The Galileo Galilei Award in Medical Physics is given every year to the best paper published in the European Journal of Medical Physics in the previous year. (Image: Physica Medica) The journal has just announced that this year the paper…
May 28, 2021

qHAM – Commercialising Quantum Technologies

Earlier this year Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, announced that it will invest up to £1 million in innovation projects through a competition funded through the Commercialising Quantum Technologies programme of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), part of the…
May 26, 2021

Plasma particle accelerators get a boost

Particle accelerators are behind some of the most spectacular scientific discoveries, and the reason why we know that matter consists of atoms, and that in turn atoms consist of electrons surrounding positively charged ions. These electrons and ions are not…
May 21, 2021

Paul McKenna elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Cockcroft Institute is delighted to announce that one of its senior members has been elected this year to a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements. Paul McKenna FRSE Professor Paul McKenna…
May 10, 2021

2021 Accelerator & Particle Physics Masterclass (6th & 7th April)

Every year the Cockcroft Institute and the STFC public engagement team host our annual Accelerator & Particle Physics Masterclass at Daresbury Laboratory, an event which gives a wide ranging and entertaining overview of particle physics and accelerator science to GCSE…