News - The Cockcroft Institute

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

January 29, 2013

Advanced Computing for Accelerators

Expertise from the fields of high performance computing and particle accelerators was brought together for a workshop at Daresbury Laboratory and the Cockcroft Institute last week, aimed at harnessing the power of new parallel computing facilities for particle accelerators. The…

January 4, 2013

Cockcroft develops first high gradient compact SRF deflector

A team led by Lancaster University and STFC have developed the world's first compact SRF deflector to achieve deflecting voltages over 1 MV. The structure uses a TEM type cavity mode to reduce the size of the deflector. A prototype…

December 21, 2011

Inspiring the scientists& engineers of the future The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair. The NEC, Birmingham. 15 – 17 March 2012

The biggest single event of its kind in the country, The Big Bang Fair moves to Birmingham for 2012. An award-winning combination of exciting theatre shows, interactive workshops and exhibits delivered by household names, together with careers information provided by…

December 14, 2011

Medical isotopes: accelerator-based solutions to meet Europe’s future needs

The Cockcroft Institute recently co-hosted, in conjunction with CERN, a workshop on the “Accelerator-driven Production of Medical Isotopes” on the 8th and 9th of December 2011. This unique event brought together some 60 attendees including world–leading scientists and engineers, specialist…