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17
FEB
2019

News of breakthroughs from the AWAKE Experiment at CERN

by Alexandra Welsch
AWAKE, AWAKE-UK, CERN, Lancaster University, University of Liverpool, University of Manchester, wakefield accelerators
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Breakthrough results from the AWAKE project have just been published in the prestigious scientific journal ‘Physical Review Letters’, both of them at “editor’s suggestion”. The first paper describes experimental evidence for seeded self-modulation of long bunches of
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15
FEB
2019

Accelerator designers met at GSI to discuss facility optimization

by Alexandra Welsch
antimatter research, antiproton decelerator, AVA project, CERN, Diagnostics, ELENA, GSI
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The Antiproton Decelerator (AD) and the Extra Low ENergy Antiproton (ELENA) rings are unique facilities at CERN designed to trap, store and facilitate antimatter research. They help scientists understand fundamental properties of antimatter and to advance fundamental scientific knowle
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03
FEB
2019

Working together for a future without cancer

by Alexandra Welsch
cancer research, Medical Accelerators, OMA project, proton beam therapy, University of Liverpool, University of Manchester, World Cancer Day
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World Cancer Day is recognised on February 4th this year and is used to raise awareness of one of the world’s most deadly diseases. Cancer is the second-leading cause of death worldwide and up to 3.7 million lives could be saved each year by implementing resource appropriate strategie
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25
JAN
2019

The Christie treats first patients with high energy protons

by Alexandra Welsch
cancer therapy, OMA project, proton beam therapy, The Christie
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The first patients have been treated at the newly opened proton therapy centre at the Christie hospital in Manchester, UK.  It has been reported by the BBC that fifteen-year-old Mason Kettley, who has a rare brain cancer, will be amongst the first treated. This facility is the first o
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16
JAN
2019

International collaboration publishes design for a post-LHC future circular collider

by Alexandra Welsch
CDR, CERN, EuroCirCol, FCC, LHC
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The Future Circular Collider (FCC) collaboration submitted its Conceptual Design Report (CDR) for publication, a four-volume document that presents the different options for a large circular collider of the future, an electron-positron (ee) collider and a hadron-hadron (hh) collider w
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