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September 25, 2024

CI research highlighted by US Department of Energy

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science in the US recently published a highlight, “Ice-Cold Plasma Electron Beams Prepare to Power Future Hard X-ray Laser Beams,” about a CI scientific…

September 16, 2024

National Postdoc Appreciation Week

This week is Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW). Science and particularly accelerator physics and engineering research requires dedication, hard work and collaboration. Post doctoral researchers (postdocs) are the life blood of…

August 7, 2024

EVC-17 and ECOSS-37: Pioneering Advances in Vacuum and Surface Science

The joint international 17th European Vacuum Conference (EVC-17) and the 37th European Conference On Surface Science (ECOSS-37) was held from 17 – 21 June 2024  in the town of Harrogate…

August 5, 2024

ASTeC Highlights Report Published

The latest ASTeC Highlights Report ,which covers some of the core activities of the Cockcroft Institute, has just been published on the ASTeC website. This report covers two financial years…

July 15, 2024

Professor Welsch contributes to 2024 KoWi Annual Conference on EU Research & Innovation Funding

The 2024 KoWi Annual Conference on EU Research & Innovation Funding with its about 350 participants is at the heart of KoWi’s event schedule every year. The Annual Conference provides…

July 10, 2024

Cockcroft Experts take part in Workshop tackling radiotherapy access in Africa

Cockcroft experts from Lancaster University took part, on the 29th May in a two day Kick-off meeting at CERN for the STELLA project, “Re-engineering the Next Generation of Medical Linear…

July 8, 2024

Cockcroft Institute contributions at IPAC’24

The 15th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’24) was held as a fully in-person event from 19 – 24May 2024 at the Music City Centre located in the heart of downtown…

May 20, 2024

I.FAST holds its third annual meeting in Paris

Between 16 – 19 April, the European particle accelerator community gathered in Paris for the 3rd annual meeting of the I.FAST project. Funded with 10 M€ by the European Union…

May 17, 2024

EuPRAXIA-DN School on Plasma Accelerators

The EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network (EuPRAXIA-DN) held a week-long international School on Plasma Accelerators between 22nd and 26th April 2024 in the beautiful Botanical Garden of Rome, Italy. The school were…