Conference on nanoscience and technology
The 2012 International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology [ICN+T] will be held in the Sorbonne University, Paris on 23-27 July 2012.
Over 600 attendees are anticipated at the event – where leading scientists present on the latest developments in nanoscale science and technology and the recent advances in scanning probe microscopy and related techniques. The plenary speakers will lecture in the great amphitheatre of the Sorbonne University. In addition, vendors will be able to exhibit their equipment for nanoscale measurement…
European Physical Society Energy Group 2011 meeting
The Energy Group of the European Physical Society [EPS] held its 2011 meeting in Oslo, on 6-7 October this year. As is traditionally the case, the meeting served two purposes: to hold the meeting of the Board of the Energy Group and to present and discuss scientific issues around energy technologies.
In a half-day seminar, the topic of radioactive waste disposal was covered, with contributions dealing with basic issues and reports on the situations in the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom…
ASEPS: a success story
The second Asia Europe Physics Summit [ASEPS2] was successfully held in Wroclaw, Poland, on 26-29 October this year, thanks to the careful and effective preparatory work of Maciej Kolwas, Jerzy Langer and the ASEPS Task Force.
The representatives of the European Physical Society and of the Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies had the opportunity to meet; to discuss joint research projects and international contacts; and to examine together a number of relevant issues based on individual and collective excellence through cooperation…
2012 Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena
The 2012 International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena [UP2012] is being held at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, on the 8-13 July 2012.
The 2012 Ultrafast Phenomena Conference – the eighteenth in a series of conferences – serves as an international forum for discussion amongst scientists and engineers working in the field of ultrafast phenomena.
UP2012, a europhysics conference, is being organised by the European Physical Society’s conference department…
Featured in EPL
Featured articles from recent issues of EPL.
Direct measurement of the speed of sound in a complex plasma under microgravity conditions
by M. Schwabe, K. Jiang, S. Zhdanov, T. Hagl, P. Huber, A. V. Ivlev, A. M. Lipaev, V. I. Molotkov, V. N. Naumkin, K. R. Sütterlin, H. M. Thomas, V. E. Fortov, G. E. Morfill, A. Skvortsov and S. Volkov
‘We present a direct measurement of the speed of sound in a three-dimensional complex plasma —a room-temperature plasma that contains micrometer-sized particles as fourth component. In order to obtain an undisturbed system…’
New European Physical Society Facebook page
The European Physical Society has just launched its new Facebook page, at facebook.com/europeanphysicalsociety. Here you will be able to keep up with all the current news from the European Physical Society – and the articles here on e-EPS – from the comfort of your own Facebook account. So do drop by and give us a ‘like’!
Or, if you prefer, you can also follow the European Physical Society on Twitter, on Google+, through our RSS Feed or our email subscription service.
Fernando Ferroni appointed as the new INFN president
Fernando Ferroni was appointed the president of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare [INFN], by a ministerial decree, on 26 October this year. Ferroni replaces former head Roberto Petronzio, who led the INFN for the last seven years.
The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – the National Institute for Nuclear Physics – was founded in 1951 to oversee astroparticle, nuclear and particle physics in Italy. With sections in four of Italy’s national laboratories and most major Italian Universities, the INFN acts as the main funding agency for high energy physics in Italy, and engages in collaborations with many laboratories worldwide, including CERN and Fermilab…
Schultheiß awarded Jürgen Geiger Foundation Prize
The Professor Dr. Jürgen Geiger Foundation has awarded its 17th annual Dissertation Prize to Helmut Schultheiß, for his work entitled “Coherence and damping behavior of spin waves in magnetic microstructures”. The award, prize money to the sum of 1,000 Euros, was presented to Schultheiß during a ceremony at the Stadtsparkasse Kaiserslautern at the end of October this year.
Schultheiß, who undertook his dissertation at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, under the supervision of Burkard Hillebrands, is currently employed at the Argonne National Laboratory, in the United States…
Erasmus Mundus Doctoral College in Fusion Science
Erasmus Mundus, the European programme which promotes training schemes, launched a new International Doctoral College in Fusion Science and Engineering last month. The college, Fusion DC, has a five million euro support – and is providing 40 doctoral scholarships for work in the field of fusion research, to tackle the varied challenges on the way to conceiving a working fusion power plant.
The college is placing emphasis on an international exchange of experience. During their three years of funded doctoral work, the students in the programme will undertake research at a variety of institutions, spending at least six months…
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Symposium
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Symposium on the Foundations of Physical Chemistry will be held on 18-19 November this year at the Copernicus Science Center, in Warsaw. This event – held during both the International Year of Chemistry as well as the 100th anniversary of the presentation of the Nobel Prize to Marie Skłodowska-Curie – aims to present an overview of modern physical chemistry, with an emphasis on its highly interdisciplinary character.
Topics which will be discussed include concepts of modern catalysis, molecular switches and the optical and chemical behaviour of nanoparticles. Financial support – covering accommodation and travel costs – will be available for…
