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Another piece of hardware sees the light of day at FCC

The HTS4 project wishes to demonstrate that the performance of HTS systems against normal conducting magnets

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25 April, 2024

YOU see an empty field? WE see an “Open Sky Laboratory”!

Imagine transforming leftover excavated materials from construction projects into fertile soil! OpenSkyLab will examine how best to reuse material from the construction of the proposed FCC for renaturation, agriculture, and forestry purposes.

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25 April, 2024

Bridging Science, Philosophy, and Faith at Liverpool Cathedral

A panel discussion explored how various cultures and societies perceive the relationship between science and religion, and the responsibilities of scientists and religious leaders in building trust in science among their respective communities.

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23 April, 2024

Pushing accelerator frontiers in Bern

The topical workshop “Gigahertz Rate and Rapid Muon Acceleration” showed how advanced accelerator concepts can jump-start dark-sector searches.

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12 April, 2024

Beaming our waste? Accelerators to combat biohazards

Meet Rob Edgecock to find out how particle accelerators can be used to preserve the environment.

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05 February, 2024

Small CLICs towards tomorrow's compact linear accelerators

CLIC's compact technologies can help to broaden the applications of linear accelerators.

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05 February, 2024

Ramping up the CERN Accelerator School

The CAS team concludes a year of courses and celebrations while looking at its future in 2024.

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30 January, 2024

EuPRAXIA-DN: Global Minds, Accelerating Tomorrow - A Film on the Future of Plasma Accelerators

The film explores overcoming the cost and size constraints of particle accelerators, crucial for various fields, by developing more compact, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective technologies.

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25 January, 2024

UK delivers first state-of-the-art cryomodule to CERN for the High-Luminosity LHC upgrade

The first pre-series cryomodule equipped with superconducting Radio Frequency Dipole (RFD) crab cavities was completed in October 2023 at Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)’s Daresbury Laboratory as a collaboration between HL-LHC-UK and CERN

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09 January, 2024

Announcement of Particle Therapy MasterClass 2024: Dates and registration

Aimed at introducing high-school students to the benefits of particle physics for society and medical applications, the Particle Therapy MasterClass just opened registration for its 2024 edition.

Issue 46
08 January, 2024