Physics World has named its Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2024, with the AEgIS collaboration at CERN, featuring the University of Liverpool’s QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute, honoured for…
The Cockcroft Institute is delighted to announce that Liverpool has been selected to host the International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC) in May 2029. This prestigious event, the largest of its…
The Fourth CLARA User Meeting was held on 3rd of December 2024 at Daresbury Laboratory with 100 participants attending in person and remotely. At this meeting, the CLARA team provided…
Cockcroft Institute partners ASTeC and the University of Liverpool are set to play a key role in the recently funded €10 million PACRI project, which aims to revolutionize plasma accelerator…
Recent headlines have been buzzing with praise for honey, long celebrated as a natural remedy. From soothing burns to its antimicrobial properties, honey – especially the prized manuka variety –…
The Cockcroft Institute engineer from Lancaster University, Prof Graeme Burt, has taken part in the Lancet Oncology Commission on Radiotherapy and Theranostics. The Commission, established by the renowned medical journal,…
Christopher Arran will join the Cockcroft Institute as a Lecturer at Lancaster University at the start of 2025. He works on high intensity laser-matter interactions and how we can use…
The annual Cockcroft Institute Postgraduate Conference (CIPGC) was held on the 29th of October 2024 in the Merrison Lecture Theatre of Daresbury Laboratory. This was a great opportunity for Cockcroft…
Researchers at Daresbury, including members of the Cockcroft Institute, are a key part of the delivery of the FermiLab led Proton Improvement Plan II (PIP-II) project. The expertise in testing…