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Adriatic stop for the I.FAST project

Held in Trieste, Italy, the second annual meeting of the I.FAST project hosted passionate discussion about the progress in machine learning and in superconducting materials.

Horizon 2020

Rare earths for permanent magnets: blessing or curse?

Although permanent magnets can significantly reduce the energy consumption of accelerators, their use of rare earths requires best practices, as discussed by experts at the latest I.FAST workshop.

Horizon 2020
13 April, 2023

I.FAST promotes eight innovation projects in accelerator technologies

With a funding of up to 200 kEUR each, the projects will contribute to improve the sustainability of particle accelerator technologies.

Horizon 2020
02 February, 2023

First 3D-printing of crucial component to bring accelerators closer to society

The first additive manufacturing of a critical accelerator component paves the way toward more affordable and versatile particle accelerators.

Physics
16 November, 2022

Bringing students and experts together around environmental applications of accelerators

The I.FAST project’s yearly student challenge was held this summer, exploring environmental and societal applications of accelerator technology

Opportunities
24 October, 2022

I.FAST announces Academia-Industry Exchange Programme

The programme offers the opportunity for a Company to send an engineer or technician for one or several visits to one of the I.FAST Laboratories and for a I.FAST Laboratory to send a scientist, engineer or technician to a Company for one or several visits

Job openings
05 July, 2022

I.FAST under the spotlights at IPAC’22

As many as four oral presentations stemming from I.FAST innovative activities were given at this prestigious particle accelerator conference

Horizon 2020
23 June, 2022

The future of accelerators brings laboratories and industry together at CERN

In early May, the first annual meeting of the I.FAST project brought together the main European players in the particle accelerator sector to discuss the latest innovations

Horizon 2020
01 June, 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

Physics
05 March, 2022

Unravelling the mysteries of vacuum arcs – 9th MeVArc held successfully

In Spring 2021, the 9th workshop dedicated to vacuum arcs MeVArc took place online – it aims at better understanding how electric discharges occur in vacuum.

Physics
04 August, 2021