CompactLight completes the Conceptual Design Report for an advanced and compact hard X-ray facility

The EU-funded project held the promise of designing more compact and cost-effective linac-based photon sources.

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04 March, 2022

European projects join forces to investigate the next generation of ion therapy magnets

Two European projects, HITRIplus and I.FAST, have obtained funding to work on different aspects of superconducting magnets for medical accelerators

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04 March, 2022

New prototype electron gun to compensate space charge

The ARIES project has developed a prototype electron gun to compensate the effect of space charge with electron lenses in hadron synchrotrons

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03 March, 2022

The upcoming CERN Accelerator School courses for 2022 are now open for registration!

This year, the CERN Accelerator School (CAS) offers the full series of training courses on accelerator physics and associated technologies.

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01 March, 2022

Accelerators for the environment: Announcing I.FAST Challenge-Based Innovation programme 2022

In summer 2022, the EU-funded I.FAST project will challenge students to find new and innovative societal applications for accelerators.

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01 December, 2021

United States crab cavity program springs forward into production after successful test of prototypes

Crab cavities are critical to increase the number of interactions. After successful prototyping and testing, the US programme has entered series production.

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01 December, 2021

New light on innovative designs for compact, high-brilliance X-ray sources

Set to finish at the end of year, the EU-funded CompactLight project held the promise of designing more compact and cost-effective linac-based photon sources.

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01 December, 2021

Enhancing the training of the next generation of researchers

Expert workshop provided participants with an in-depth overview of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks scheme.

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01 December, 2021

Innovation in the management of excavated materials: an FCC contribution to circular economy

Innovative proposals received during the first stage of CERN’s “Mining the Future” competition.

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01 December, 2021

FCC rolls out a quadrupole prototype with canted cosine theta design

Elegant yet complex, a prototype final focus quadrupole has been manufactured and has successfully passed its first tests.

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01 December, 2021