Press Coverage
Read about the research, training and outreach activities of the QUASAR Group in the press
2024
APS newsletter, Kicking off the EIC Accelerator Collaboration, December 2024
Physics World Podcast, Data-intensive PhDs at LIV.INNO prepare students for careers outside of academia, October 17th 2024
Accelerating News Issue 48, The role of the EIC Accelerator Collaboration in shaping the Electron-Ion Collider, September 19th 2024
Physics World, Data science CDT puts industry collaboration at its heart, May 10th 2024
Optica, New Era for X-Ray Lasers, May 2024
Accelerating News Issue 47, Bridging Science, Philosophy, and Faith at Liverpool Cathedral, April 23rd 2024
mdr WISSEN, Der Fall des Anti-Apfels:CERN Forscher Carsten Welsch über Antimaterie, April 2nd 2024
mdr WISSEN, Podcast,"Wir wollen ganz kleine Unterschiede zwischen Materie und Antimaterie finden", March 13th 2024
Der Standard, Antimaterie am Cern soll eines der größten Rätsel der Physik lösen, March 27th 2024
Der Standard, Podcast, Wo ist die ganze Antimaterie geblieben? - Rätsel der Wissenschaft, March 27th 2024
SRF Wissenschaftsmagazin, Podcast, Gekühlte Antimaterie, March 23rd 2024
EP Newsletter, AEgIS Experiment Breakthrough: Laser Cooling Opens Door to New Antimatter Studies, March 10th 2024
Liverpool World, Faith v science: Dan Brown 'Angels and Demons' style event takes place at Liverpool Cathedral, March 6th 2024
Dailymotion, Can science and faith complement each other? (video), March 5th 2024
Technolgy.org, Unlocking the Mysteries of Antimatter: Positronium Laser Cooling Breakthrough, March 1st 2024
Science ORF, Durchbruch bei Herstellung von Antimaterie, February 23rd 2024
The Guide Liverpool, Liverpool Cathedral to host two groundbreaking events uniting Science and Philosophy, February 22nd 2024
Accelerating News Issue 46, EuPRAXIA-DN: Global Minds, Accelerating Tomorrow - A Film on the Future of Plasma Accelerators, January 25th 2024
2023
Accelerating News Issue 45, Surfatron bringing the science plasma accelerators to the classroom, September 25th 2023
Science in School, Surfatron: catch the wave of accelerators, April 3rd 2023
CERN News, Beam Gas Curtain: a new instrument for LHC Run 3, March 21st 2023
Accelerating News Issue 43, Beam Gas Curtain installed in the Large Hadron Collider, March 14th 2023
India education diary, University of Liverpool gets £1M for CERN antimatter research, January 4th 2023
2022
Accelerating News Issue 42, Major boost to European plasma accelerator facility, December 7th 2022
Accelerating News Issue 41, 31st International Linear Accelerator Conference LINAC2022 delivered in Liverpool, September 9th 2022
Accelerating News Issue 41, Plasma accelerator research and training boosted by EU funding, September 9th 2022
Physics World, Delay joining the €95bn Horizon Europe programme puts UK science in limbo, August 17th 2022
The Guardian, ‘What have we done?’: six years on, UK counts the cost of Brexit, June 25th 2022
Times Higher Education, Life after Horizon Europe: what UK scholars can expect in Plan B, June 13th 2022
Accelerating News, Issue 40, A new concept of using THz radiation for electron acceleration, June 10th 2022
BBC Inside Science, BBC Radio 4, EU Funding Stalemate, June 9th 2022 (from 14:52)
Science Business, UK researchers lose project leader roles as Horizon Europe row continues, June 9th 2022
Accelerating News, Issue 40, Data Intensive Science and Particle Accelerators: Driving Science and Innovation, June 1st 2022
Science in School, A disturbance in the Force gives insights into beam diagnostics, June 2022
The Guardian, Loss of EU funding clips wings of vital crow study in Cambridge, May 28th 2022
Public News Time, UK scientists stripped of leadership roles for Europe-wide projects in Brexit clash, May 2022
Macalvins, British science projects hit by Brexit row with EU, May 27th 2022
New York Times Post, Brexit betrayal: EU forces British scientist out of £2.4million project: ‘Heartbreaking’, May 23rd 2022
US Time Today, In the new Brexit conflict, British scientists are being deprived of leadership roles for Europe-wide projects, May 2022
BriTurkish, UK scientists stripped of management roles for Europe-wide tasks in recent Brexit conflict, May 21st 2022
The Guardian, Cambridge University astrophysicist loses space project role amid Brexit row, May 21st 2022
Times Higher Education, UK research status ‘at real risk’ as Horizon row damage widens, May 10th 2022
Accelerating News, Issue 39, Record (online) crowds gather for the fifth FCC Physics Workshop, March 7th 2022
Optics and Photonics News, Surfing the Wakefield, January 20th 2022
2021
Accelerating News Issue 38, Enhancing the training of the next generation of researchers, December 1st 2021
LBN Liverpool Business News, Liverpool innovation to transform cancer therapy, November 23rd 2021
OT Optometry Today, Technology to optimise cancer therapy receives funding boost, November 17th 2021
Science in School, Death Star or cancer tumour: proton torpedoes reach the target, November 3rd 2021
Labmate Online and print, Bringing Helium Microscopy into the Lab - Meeting Key Challenges of Light, September 10th 2021
Science in School, The physics of Star Wars: introducing accelerator science, September 1st 2021
Science in School, Build your own virtual accelerator, September 1st 2021
Technology Networks, Quantum Microscope Will Provide Superior Imaging Capabilities, August 23rd 2021
Student Circuit, Helium microscope for imaging delicate structures gains funding, August 10th 2021
University of Liverpool News, Physicists to translate research into commercial solution, August 9th 2021
Select Science, Industry News: Helium microscope for imaging delicate structures gains funding, July 21st 2021
Accelerating News Issue 37, International collaboration brings antimatter research to the next level, July 20th 2021
Accelerating News Issue 37, EuPRAXIA included in ESFRI roadmap, July 20th 2021
Instrumentation Monthly, Helium microscope for imaging delicate structures gains funding, July 2021
Newelectronics, Helium microscope gains funding, July 21st 2021 and in print
Warrington Guardian, Lymm Festival goes fully virtual amid Covid restrictions, June 25th 2021
From Knowledge to Impact: STFC Impact Acceleration Account, Next generation particle accelerator diagnostics (p22), January 2021
2020
R&D Today, Discovery science for the Large Hadron Collider upgrade will fast track innovation, October 2020
UHVD News, New collaboration to boost quantum beam profile monitors, October 2020
Accelerating News Issue 34, Novel Technology Concepts for a Plasma Accelerator Research Facility, September 30th 2020
Accelerating News Issue 33, Synchrotron radiation imaging at 200 miles, July 15th 2020
Accelerating News Issue 33, International School on Precision Studies for the AVA Network, July 13th 2020
News Medical, Advancements in the Optimization of Medical Accelerators, June 11th 2020
Teaching Times, The Science of Star Wars: Creative Physics Learning In a Galaxy That Isn't Far Far Away, March 29th 2020
newelectronics, Predicting the future, March 26th 2020
The Innovation Platform, Using ion beams to destroy cancerous tumours, March 2020 Issue 1 (p118-119)
European Physics Society, Tactile Collider: Science is for everyone, February 10th 2020
Kotaku.com, Does the science of Star Wars hold up?, January 20th 2020
Frankfurter Rundschau, Star Wars und die Wirklichkeit, January 15th 2020
Cerncourier, Engaging with the invisible, January 10th 2020
Welt, Science-Fiction in der Realität, January 6th 2020
CERN Courier, Outreach feels the force, CERN Courier, Vol 60, Nr 1, Jan/Feb 2020
2019
Kopalnia Wiedzy, Europejskie konsorcjum EuPRAXIA chce zbudować praktyczny akcelerator plazmowy (EuPRAXIA), December 28th 2019
PhysicsWorld, Europe draws up plans for plasma-based particle accelerators, December 26th 2019
La Nacion, Star Wars: ¿cuánto es ciencia y cuánto es ficción en la exitosa saga?, December 24th 2019
BBC Mundo, Star Wars: ¿cuánto es ciencia y cuánto es ficción en la exitosa saga?, December 23rd 2019
EconoTimes, Star Wars: From The Force to R2D2, does the science hold up?, December 22nd 2019
Gazete duvaR, Star Wars: Güç’ten R2D2’ya, bilimsel dayanakları var mı?, December 21st 2019
The National Interest, The Science of Star Wars: Based in Reality?, December 20th 2019
Metro, Star Wars: From The Force to R2D2, does the science hold up?, December 19th 2019
Cambridge Network, From laser beams to proton beams: how 'Star Wars' continues to predict the science of the future, December 12th 2019
Science, Wanted: €1 billion for troubled German nuclear physics facility, December 18th 2019
The Conversation, Star Wars: from The Force to R2D2, does the science hold up?, December 18th 2019
IOP PAB Group Newsletter, How Star Wars Fantasy is Shaping Science Fact, December 2019 (p 10)
Accelerating News Issue 32, Game-changing plasma accelerator, December 17th 2019
Generation Star Wars, Star Wars and The Rise of Accelerator Science, December 16th 2019
Education Technology, Scientists create app that helps students build their own virtual particle accelerator, December 13th 2019
University Liverpool News, RNIB See Differently award for Tactile Collider project, December 3rd 2019
Bolton News, 'Humble' Bolton teacher awarded for amazing work with the blind, December 3rd 2019
Materials World, Accelerating proton beam therapy, December 2019 (in print) p26-28
Mosslands School News, STEM, The Physics of Star Wars - University of Liverpool, December 2019
RNIB, The winners of the RNIB See Differently Awards 2019, November 2019
Materials World magazine, Proton Beam Therapy, November 26th 2019
WirralGlobe, Wirral students take part in Physics of Star Wars event, November 22nd 2019
Liverpool TV, Star Wars Themed Event, November 20th 2019 full version can be seen here
Liverpool TV, The Physics of Star Wars at the University of Liverpool!, November 21st 2019
Accelerating News Issue 30, Optimization of medical accelerators through international collaboration, October 2nd 2019
E&T magazine, ‘The biggest surprises always came from serendipitous discoveries’: Interview Carsten Welsch, University of Liverpool, September 12th 2019 Volume 14, Issue 9 2019 (in print) p74-77
AZoQuantum, Exploring Antimatter Physics and Future Applications: Professor Carsten Welsch, September 3rd 2019
Physics World: Focus on Instruments and Vacuum, What have particle accelerators ever done for us?, August 2019 (in print)
Physics World, What have particle accelerators ever done for us?, August 20th 2019
CERN Courier, EPS prizes galore (Page 48), Jul/Aug 2019 Edition
Accelerating News Issue 29, 3D mapping of electrostatic fields, July 11th 2019
Accelerating News Issue 29, Accelerators for Science and Society, July 11th 2019
School Science Review, A quantum leap: the value of science symposiums for students and teachers, Issue 373 | Page 42 | Published June 2019
Times Higher Education, Women in STEM: improving diversity in physics, June 21st 2019
Electronics World, Big Data revolution gathers pace in Liverpool, June 19th 2019
News Medical, Applying cutting-edge technology to radiotherapy for improving cancer patient outcomes, June 17th 2019
Newelectronics, How fundamental science research is helping to transform the world around us, May 15th 2019
Cerncourier, Particle Colliders: Accelerating Innovation, May 8th 2019
AZO Materials, How Fundamental Science is Changing Our World, April 3rd 2019
All Together NOW!, Atomic heroes, April 1st 2019 (print)
Liverpool Echo, Feel the force! Tactile collider invented by blind students, March 29th 2019 (print)
Accelerating News Issue 28, Academia-industry collaboration drives innovation, March 27th 2019
Accelerating News Issue 28, How fundamental science is changing our world, March 27th 2019
Good News Liverpool, World’s first ‘Tactile Collider’ inspires hundreds of VI and sighted students, March 27th 2019
AlphaGalileo, How fundamental science is changing our world, March 27th 2019
Podcast RNIB Connect, World's First Tactile Collider' Inspires Hundreds Of VI And Sighted Students, March 21st 2019
University of Liverpool News, Liverpool hosts international symposium showcasing Future Circular Collider study, March 20th 2019
Electronics World, China's 'Silicon Valley' set to accelerate semiconductor innovation, March 14th 2019
Scientific Amercian, Would New Physics Colliders Make Big Discoveries or Wander a Particle Desert?, March 13th 2019
Laboratory News, Future Circular Collider: What is this?, March 8th 2019
Laboratory News, Going full circle (in print) March 2019
RNIB Conversations - Spotify, World's First Tactile Collider' Inspires Hundreds Of VI And Sighted Students, March 2019
Scientist Live, Accelerator science industry event, February 25th 2019
SelectScience, Industry News: Huge Chinese Investment in ‘Silicon Valley’ Rival Set to Accelerate Semiconductor Innovation, February 14th 2019
Engineer News Network, China’s ‘silicon valley’ set to accelerate semiconductor innovation, February 13th 2019
Electronics World, China’s ‘silicon valley’ set to accelerate semiconductor innovation, February 13th 2019
SelectScience, Editorial Article: Top 4 Trending Videos on The Scientists' Channel: From Graphene Oxide to Neurobiology, February 6th 2019
CERN News, “Particle Colliders – Accelerating Innovation” symposium – Liverpool, 22 March, January 28th 2019
2018
Accelerating News Issue 27, The Tale of Two Tunnels, December 10 2018
EU Commission - Success Stories, A bigger, bolder leap into high-energy particle physics, December 3rd 2018
The Scientists' Channel, Interview with Prof. C. Welsch - Optimizing CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, November 30th 2018
University of Liverpool News, Watch now: Science knows no borders, November 28th 2018
Laboratory News YouTube, Carsten Welsch:Accelerating Innovation, November 22nd 2018
Synthesis Media YouTube, Laboratory news and Laboratorytalk at Lab Innovations 2018, November 13th 2018
pharmiweb, Top UK scientific institutions and companies prepare to inspire visitors at Lab Innovations 2018, October 31st 2018
Scientist Live, Top UK scientific experts prepare to inspire visitors at Lab Innovations, October 26th 2018
Select Science, Industry News: Top UK Scientific Institutions and Companies Prepare to Inspire Visitors at Lab Innovations 2018, October 26th 2018
Labmate Online, Top UK Scientific Institutions and Companies Prepare to Inspire Visitors at Lab Innovations 2018, October 25th 2018
Manufacturing Chemist, Top companies and institutions prepare for Lab Innovations 2018, October 25th 2018
BBC Radio Merseyside, Chris Edmonds on Tony Snell in the Morning, October 25th 2018
Cockcroft News, If you invented a giant machine – what would it do?, October 25th 2018
Art in Liverpool, Going underground: Liverpool residents invited to take part in unique storytelling project, October 23rd 2018
Cockcroft News, Science knows no borders, October 23rd 2018
Click Liverpool, Liverpool residents invited to create art 20ft underground, October 22nd 2018
Liverpool Echo, Something unexpected is happening inside the Wirral loop line, October 20th 2018
Cockcroft News, The Force is strong at CI, October 19th 2018
MSN, Something unexpected is happening inside the Wirral loop line, October 19th 2018
Laboratory news, A step towards mini accelerators for widespread use, October 15th 2018
STFC News, The tale of two tunnels: bringing physics to life in Liverpool, October 12th 2018
Accelerating News Issue 26, EuPRAXIA Design Study comes of age, October 8th 2018
Accelerating News Issue 26, Measuring AD beam intensity with a Cryogenic Current Comparator, October 8th 2018
Accelerating News Issue 26, Accelerating Learning, October 8th 2018
Laboratory News (print), A step towards mini accelerators, October 1st 2018 (in print)
EPS News, Visualising ultra-fast phenomena, September 24th 2018
Laboratory News, Minding the Gap, September 12th 2018
Newelectronics, The cutting edge of technology: the Cockcroft Institute, September 10th 2018
The Business Desk, Liverpool scientists at heart of ‘son of Cern’ project, September 10th 2018
Mossland News, 'Next Generation' Accelerators, July 2018
SIF Prima Pagina, EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB: verso la prima generazione di acceleratori da tavolo, July 31st 2018
Cockcroft News, Antimatter school held at CERN, July 16th 2018
Cockcroft Institute News, Cockcroft Institute hosts major events on plasma accelerators, July 11th 2018
Wirralglobe, Mosslands school students help international scientists design next generation accelerators, July 10th 2018
Horizon Magazine, Plasma accelerators could overcome size limitations of Large Hadron Collider, July 9th 2018
Liverpool TV, How advancements in plasma accelerator technology could help in the future, July 7th 2018
University of Liverpool News, Liverpool welcomes scientists to discuss next generation of accelerators, July 5th 2018
tenco-tech news, UK scientists work on advanced accelerator at CERN, July 3rd 2018
Cockcroft News, CI research selected as 2017 Research Highlight, July 2nd 2018
electronics weekly, UK scientists work on advanced accelerator at CERN, June 29th 2018
Cockcroft Institute News, Symposium: Quantum Leap Towards the Next Generation of Particle Accelerators, May 25th 2018
Technologynetworks, AVA - Nature (anti-)matters, April 4th 2018
Cambridge Network, Your ‘Like’ could help further antimatter research, April 4th 2018
Midnight in the Desert - radio interview –The Science of Sci-Fi, March 22nd 2018
Symmetrymagazine, LHC exhibit expands beyond the visual, March 13th 2018
Accelerating News Issue 24, AVA-Training(anti)matters, March 6th 2018
Accelerating News Issue 24, Tactile Collider, March 6th 2018
STEMINIST, STEMinist profile: Jacinta Yap, PhD Student - Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow, February 8th 2018
Total Film, Is it bollocks? - The Last Jedi's lightsabers, February 1st 2018 (in print)
Runcorn Weekly News, Exploring physics of Star Wars films, January 4th 2018
Bluesci, Cambridge University Science Magazine, Marie Curie 150 years on, January 1st 2018
2017
CORDIS, News, The Force is strong with EU-funded research, December 15th 2017
Generation Star Wars, Is hyperspace travel as seen in Star Wars possible?, December 13th 2017
Coffee with Kenobi, The Physics of Star Wars — An Elegant Weapon for a More Civilised Age?, December 12th 2017
BBC Focus Magazine, How the science of Star Wars is turning fiction into fact, December 12th 2017
Warrington Midweek, Students learn from Star Wars, December 12th 2017 (in print)
Accelerating News Issue 23, Marie Skłodowska-Curie's legacy inspires young scientists, December 11th 2017
Accelerating News Issue 23, EuPRAXIA marks two years of research into plasma accelerators, December 11th 2017
Accelerating News Issue 23, Physics of Star Wars: Science or Fiction?, December 7th 2017
Cockcroft Institute News, EuPRAXIA celebrates its second yearly meeting in Lisbon, December 4th 2017
Blog - Physicsworld.com, Star Wars fact or fiction, Wikipedia editor in space, stellarator tour, December 1st 2017
University of Liverpool, Staff News, Physics of Star Wars event a huge success, December 1st 2017
BBC Radio Merseyside, The Physics of Star Wars, November 28th 2017
Warrington Guardian, Students learn the Science behind Star Wars, November 27th 2017
Cockcroft Institute News, Physics of Star Wars - Fact of Fiction?, November 27th 2017
Cockcroft Institute News, Marie Curie Celebrations join institutions across Europe, November 22nd 2017
The female Scientist, Meet Dr. Alex Alexandrova, a researcher who brings accelerator science to the industry!, November 19th 2017
The female Scientist, Meet Jacinta Yap, a particle accelerator scientist working on proton beam therapy!, November 19th 2017
PR news, Liverpool University to spend £ 1 million to build "big data" doctoral training center, November 13th 2017
xibeizc.com, Liverpool University to spend £ 1 million to build "big data" doctoral training center, November 13th 2017
Cerncourier, Charting a course for advanced accelerators, November 10th 2017
Cockcroft Institute News, 150 Years on Marie Curie is still inspiring young scientists, November 6th 2017
Cockcroft Institute News, New Big Data Science training initiative led by Cockcroft expert, November 3rd 2017
STFC News, Eight new PhD training centres to boost UK's data science expertise, October 26th 2017
University of Liverpool News, Liverpool launches £1million ‘Big Data’ training centre, October 26th 2017
Accelerating News Issue 22, Boosting the electron beam brightness: NeXource, October 2017
BCA Academy Focus, Youngsters to discover NW is a powerhouse for accelerator science, September 2017 (p 7)
Science in School, A particle accelerator in your salad bowl, Autumn 2017, pdf
The Knowledge Exchange blog, Science, technology and innovation: the impact of Brexit, August 7th 2017
la Provincia Pavese, Cnao con i tedeschi per curare i tumori a fegato e pancreas, July 28th 2017
la Provincia Pavese, Lotta ai tumori, collaborazione Italia e Germania, July 27th 2017
EU Research Magazine, Getting to the heart of antimatter, page 70-71, July 2017
LMU News, OMA School on Medical Accelerators held at CNAO, June 21st 2017
La Provincia, Al Cnao corsi estivi di aeroterapia, June 8th 2017
Il Giorno Pavia, Ricercatori da tutta Europa per vedere il Cnao, June 8th 2017
The Naked Scientist, Bigger and stronger: the next Large Hadron Collider, June 6th 2017
BBC Radio 5 Live - 5 Live Science Podcast, June 5th 2017 (at 12 minutes)
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Naked Scientists Podcast, June 4th 2017 (at 20 minutes)
TVN, The Next Particle Collider Could Be Seven Time More Powerful Than The LHC, June 3rd 2017
QUO, EuroCirCol, el acelerador de particulas 7 veces mas potente que el LHC, June 2nd 2017
PIONIC, Physicists Accelerate Plans For A New Large Hadron Collider Three Times As Big, June 1st 2017
science alert, CERN Just Fast-Tracked Plans to Build a Particle Collider Three Times as Big as The LHC, June 2nd 2017
wn.com, The Next Particle Collider Could Be 7 Times More Powerful Than The LHC, June 2nd 2017
The Naked Scientist, Physicists accelerate plans for a new Large Hadron Collider three times as big, June 1st 2017
IFLScience!, The Next Particle Collider Could Be Seven Time More Powerful Than The LHC, June 2017
Phys.Org, Physicists accelerate plans for a new Large Hadron Collider three times as big, May 31st 2017
Hail Science, Physicists accelerate plans for a new Large Hadron Collider three times as big, May 30th 2017
Horizon Magazine, Physicists accelerate plans for a new Large Hadron Collider three times as big, May 31st 2017
Laboratory News, What's the (anti)matter?, May 9th 2017
BBC Radio Manchester, Interview with Prof Carsten Welsch and Lina Hoummi, April 1st 2017
Notizie Mediche.it, Dal Cern di Ginevra all’Italia: a Pavia un corso sugli acceleratori di particelle anticancro, March 17th 2017
Ingegneri.info, Acceleratori di particelle anti-cancro: a Pavia una summer school internazionale, March 14th 2017
Salute H24, Summer School: In Italia il corso internazionale sugli acceleratori di particelle anti-cancro, March 10th 2017
Salute Domani, Summer School, March 10th 2017
Avvenire.it, Iniziativa. Corso internazionale sugli acceleratori edici, March 10th 2017
Accelerating News Issue 20, UK start-up accelerates business with CERN technology, March 2017
Accelerating News Issue 20, Accelerator Education goes further, March 2017
UNIPV.news, Dal 4 al 9 Giugno - Summer School on Medical Accelerators, March 2017
Fascination, Winter 2017, page 30 - 33, Good things come in small packages, February 2017
The Times, All for Ava: girl's fight against cancer inspires Big Bang researchers, in print and online Jan 14th 2017
NewsStartsHere, Do you want to boldly go where science has not gone before?, Jan 10th 2017
Warrington Guardian, New group researching Big Bang Theory named in memory of Kingswood eight-year-old Ava Scott, Jan 10th 2017 in print Jan 12th 2017
ThisIsCheshire, New group researching Big Bang Theory named in memory of Kingswood eight-year-old Ava Scott, Jan 10th 2017
CambridgeNetwork, Do you want to boldly go where science has not gone before?, Jan 10th 2017
Alpha Galileo, Do you want to boldly go where science has not gone before? Jan 9th 2017