The international Beam Gas Curtain (BGC) collaboration between the University of Liverpool, CERN and GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research has received the prestigious Faraday Cup Award for the…
The Cockcroft Institute is celebrating three recent PhD successes, highlighting the diverse research being undertaken by its students across accelerator physics, beam instrumentation, computational methods and beam dynamics. Montague (Monty)…
Researchers from the Cockcroft Institute (CI) made a strong contribution to the 11th International Conference on Charged & Neutral Particles Channeling Phenomena (Channeling 2026), held in Brindisi, Italy, from 20–25 September 2026. Organised by…
In June 2026, ASTeC hosted its group work experience week welcoming 12 A-level students to Daresbury Laboratory. The students worked with several specialist groups across ASTeC to learn about particle…
The 15th International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC 2026) was held in Whistler, Canada this year. Dedicated to exploring the physics and engineering challenges of beam diagnostic and measurement techniques for particle…
Forty years after its introduction in 1985, beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA) has evolved from a theoretical concept and simulation study into one of the most exciting technologies for the…
We are delighted to announce that Cockcroft Institute expert Lee Jones (STFC/ASTeC) has been awarded a Fellowship by the Institute of Physics (IOP) in recognition of his work over the…
CI researchers have shown how two laser pulses can combine inside a microscopic tube to generate powerful accelerating fields. Their findings suggest a way to build smaller particle accelerators and…
Christopher Arran, a lecturer at Lancaster University and the Cockcroft Institute, has been granted three years of funding from the EPSRC New Investigator Award to study the production of electron-positron…