UKRI has awarded £225k to Project NoMAD: Non-destructive Mobile Analysis and imaging Device. The project, led by University of Liverpool’s accelerator physicist Dr Tessa Charles, draws on technology developed for…
The first Institute of Physics (IoP) Particle Accelerator and Beams Group (PABG) annual conference was held at the University of Liverpool on 25th and 26th July. The PABG had previously…
Cockcroft staff at Lancaster University have been involved in the development of a high efficiency klystron demonstrator at Canon Electron Tubes and Devices (ETD) and CERN. Klystrons provide the high…
The EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network (EuPRAXIA-DN) is a new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) offering 12 high-level fellowships between universities, research centres and industry that will carry out an interdisciplinary…
Dr Brian McNeil from the University of Strathclyde / Cockcroft Institute has been awarded the FEL Prize 2022 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Free Electron Laser science and…
LINAC2022, the first LINAC conference being held in-person since Beijing in 2018 was hosted by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the Cockcroft Institute (CI) and the John Adams…
£3.2m in UKRI Infrastructure funding has been announced for a Conceptual Design and Options analysis for a UK XFEL (X-ray Free Electron Laser). This Conceptual Design Report will explore different…
We are delighted to announce that Dr Brian McNeil from the University of Strathclyde/Cockcroft Institute is the recipient of the 2022 Institute of Physics Particle Accelerator & Beams Group Prize…
Scientists from the AWAKE collaboration have found a new way to control the waves that propel the electrons in a plasma accelerator. This is a crucial step in realizing AWAKE…