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November 2, 2016

Accelerating discoveries

Nestled amongst the steam and diesel powered accelerators of old (ok – trains), Cockcroft Institute researchers have recently been spotted communicating particle accelerators to the next generation of scientists. The…

September 30, 2016

Hot News: Cockcroft Institute hosts Linac2020

The International Organizing Committee has just awarded the organization of the 30th LINAC conference in 2020 to the Cockcroft Institute. The bi-annual LINAC conference is the main gathering for the…

September 27, 2016

Public lecture: Accelerating to the speed of light

The movement of atoms, the uncurling of proteins, are just two examples of ultra-fast phenomenon that can be detected with laser-light flashes of radiation generated by accelerators. Accelerators are currently…

September 23, 2016

Quasar Group showcased at IBIC 2016

Sun-drenched palm trees and luxury cruise liners dawdling in the balmy waters of the port of Barcelona presented a splendid backdrop to this year’s edition of the International Beam Instrumentation…

September 19, 2016

AVA ‘SPARCs’ enthusiasm

Following on from the successful tests which mark the beginning of the commissioning of the Cryring accelerator into the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) at GSI, there was…

September 7, 2016

Multimillion Pound Project on Antimatter Research announced

The AVA project will allow cutting edge research and promote training innovations AVA (Accelerators Validating Antimatter physics) is a new European research and training network between universities, research centres and…

September 5, 2016

QUASAR Group Research Coordinator

There is an exciting 5 year position vacancy in the QUASAR Group, University of Liverpool. The Group is based at the Cockcroft Institute where it carries out a broad and…