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A schematic map showing where the Future Circular Collider tunnel is proposed to be located (Image: CERN).
July 3, 2020

European Strategy for Particle Physics

(Image: CERN) The core objective of the Cockcroft Institute (CI) is to design and develop powerful instruments of discovery, particle accelerators, that enable scientists from many disciplines to elucidate the structure of matter and its underlying dynamics at sub-microscopic distance…
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June 24, 2020

Meeting of the PERLE Collaboration

From the 3-5 June 2020 the PERLE collaboration held a virtual meeting with about 50 participants. The goal of the PERLE Collaboration is to work towards the design and eventual construction of PERLE an ERL (Energy Recovery Linac) test facility in a new…
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June 22, 2020

Advancements in the Optimization of Medical Accelerators

The online magazine News Medical has recently published an interview with CI expert Professor Carsten P. Welsch. In the interview, Prof Welsch explains the basic principles of proton beam therapy and the benefits of medical accelerator research to improve radiotherapy…
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June 17, 2020

Designing new radiotherapy technologies to treat cancer in low and middle-income countries

The Cockcroft Institute is taking part in a new project to design and develop new radiotherapy technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa, giving more cancer patients access to radiotherapy, and saving lives. STFC’s Dr Deepa Angal-Kalinin will lead the accelerator design Credit:…
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June 3, 2020

New ASTeC director appointment announced

Professor Jim Clarke Congratulations to Professor Jim Clarke, who has been confirmed by STFC executive board as the new director of the Accelerator Science and Technology Centre at Daresbury. Jim will take over some activities immediately and will formally take…
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June 1, 2020

Cockcroft scientists present at Virtual IPAC 2020

Every year the international particle accelerator community gathers for the International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC), the largest regular gathering in the field of accelerator physics. The 2020 conference was due to be held in Caen, northern France, but the physical…
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May 27, 2020

ASTeC welcomes new Application Engineer

ASTeC is pleased to welcome Roland Schnuerer as the new Application Engineer. He joined RF & Cryogenics group on the 6th April from the Cockcroft Institute, where he was previously studying for a PhD through the University of Liverpool. Roland…
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May 22, 2020

Promotional videos of Cockcroft Institute now online

The Cockcroft Institute has launched three new promotional videos on its YouTube channel as part of its campaign to attract the best PhD candidates from throughout the world. In the video Welcome to Cockcroft, senior members of the Institute describe…
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May 6, 2020

Remote access optical synchrotron radiation imaging at Diamond Light Source

In this global lockdown period most experimental physics has understandably been put on hold. With most of the world’s scientists unable to reach or access their experiments, efforts have shifted to simulations and planning for the future. And so, a…
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