Several tens of thousands of particle accelerators are in use today with varied applications in research, industry, medicine and other fields. Yet accelerator usage could be much more widespread, were…
Momentum is building around the UK XFEL project, which is staging a series of Townhall meetings around all parts of the UK to engage the community in plans for access…
Accelerator physicists, particle physicists and theologians will discuss the common ground between science, philosophy, and religion. The event will take place at the Liverpool Cathedral and will celebrate the cathedral’s…
In May 2021, STFC and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have agreed to collaborate on building one of the world’s most powerful linear accelerators. Based at the US Department of Energy’s…
Members of ASTeC, The Cockcroft Institute, STFC and the wider particle accelerator community will be saddened to learn of the death of Mike Poole, who passed away on 6th December…
The recently launched short film “EuPRAXIA-DN: Global Minds, Accelerating Tomorrow“, showcases a major leap forward in particle accelerator technology and its potential impact across various fields. Produced by the Fellows…
A team of researchers led by Paul McKenna, from the Cockcroft Institute / University of Strathclyde, has published an article investigating the focusing of laser-accelerated protons using hemisphere-cone targets. Relativistically…
As of 1 January 2024, the United Kingdom becomes an associated country to Horizon Europe, including the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). Organisations based in the UK will be able to…
The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) partner host labs, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Jefferson Lab, have announced Professor Carsten P Welsch, Head of Liverpool’s Accelerator Science cluster based at the Cockcroft Institute,…