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June 10, 2013

Accelerating Training

18 fellows from one of the largest research and training networks ever funded by the EU, the Liverpool-coordinated oPAC (‘Optimization of Particle Accelerators’) gathered in Liverpool for a week-long researcher skills school, which was held at the University’s graduate training…
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June 5, 2013

The Big Bang regional event St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, June 26th, 2013

[caption id="attachment_1036" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Graeme Burt and Adrian Hannah show some interested schoolchildren how an accelerator works.[/caption] The Cockcroft Institute staff have been demonstrating to the public how particle accelerators work at ‘The Big Bang’ science fair in Manchester on…
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AlphaX Workshop
May 11, 2013

ALPHA-X Topical Workshop

Approximately 30 delegates enjoyed a wealth of enlightening presentations on contemporary topics in laser-plasma physics, FELs and related areas of interest to the ALPHA-X partnership at an open research meeting held on 2-3 May 2013 at the Cockcroft Institute. The meeting was…
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April 18, 2013

Institute of Physics Particle Accelerators and Beams Group Annual Meeting held at Cockcroft Institute on 10th April

The 2013 annual meeting of the IoP’s Particle Accelerators and Beams group was held in the Cockcroft Institute on 10th April. The meeting was the most successful yet with over 120 participants. The day’s proceedings commenced with a Town Meeting…
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April 12, 2013

Punching Holes for the Highest Energy Ever Lancaster Student brings Engineering Solutions to the LHC Consolidation

The LHC has been busy generating data for the past couple of years in order to find the Higgs boson. But now it has it is taking a well earned rest and in the meantime a Lancaster student is helping…
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March 25, 2013

Cockcroft Institute offers advanced researcher skills training for EU network

The gaining of complementary skills is one of the aims of the European Higher Education Area as it promotes training to ensure that all graduates have the skills necessary to enter the global job market. The Marie Curie Initial Training…
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March 3, 2013

EU Grant awarded to develop next generation sensor technology

Sensors capable of detecting single photons are of critical importance for a very wide range of scientific and technical applications in such areas as medical imaging, biotechnology, high energy physics, scientific instrumentation, communication, and homeland security, including, in particular, positron…
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February 14, 2013

STFC publicise Cockcroft Institute activity in Europe

The role of the Cockcroft Institute and the University of Liverpool in coordinating the LA3NET project and hosting researchers feature in the latest edition of the ‘UK news from CERN’ bulletin. This publication is issued by STFC to showcase UK…
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January 31, 2013

Cockcroft academics join forces to train the next generation of researchers

In order to guarantee international competitiveness, researchers must be provided with a very broad skills set for a future career in the academic sector or in industry. For that purpose, an interdisciplinary 4-day training program, designed for the particular needs…
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