ALMA, an international partnership to discover space
After 10 years of construction the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array [ALMA] based in Chile was inaugurated on 13 March 2013. The ceremony marks the completion of all the major systems of the giant telescope and the formal transition from a construction project to a fully-fledged observatory.ALMA is funded by an international partnership comprised of the European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere [ESO], by the U.S. National Science Foundation [NSF] and by the National Institutes of Natural Sciences [NINS] of Japan…
EPS QEOD Prizes awarded to F.Capasso and M.Lewenstein
The European Physical Society [EPS] and the EPS Quantum Electronics and Optics Division [EPS QEOD], are delighted to announce the 2013 winners of its two most prestigious prizes in Quantum Electronics and Optics. Since 1996, these prizes are awarded every two years, and recognize the very highest level of achievements in applied and fundamental research in optical physics.
The 2013 Prize for Applied Aspects of Quantum Electronics and Optics is awarded to Federico Capasso, professor…
ICALEPCS 2013
The 14th edition of the International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems [ICALEPCS] will takes place from 6-11 October 2013 in San Francisco, California.
ICALEPCS is a biannual series of conferences inaugurated in 1987 by a number of control system specialists from accelerator laboratories around the world.
The Experimental Physics Control Systems group [EPCS] of the European Physical Society [EPS]…
The Pathway to teaching science by inquiry
The Pathway project, financed under the 7th Framework Programme [FP7] is exploring new approaches to inquiry-based science education [IBSE]. Based on the examination of best practices in IBSE, Pathway aims to promote the effective widespread use of inquiry and problem based science teaching techniques in primary and secondary schools in Europe. Running from 2011 to the end of 2013, the project consortium – the European Physical Society included – organizes workshops and events all over Europe and develops guidelines and resources.Amongst the Pathway tools, the ASK-Learning Design Tool [ASK-LDT] has been designed for teachers…
Superstripes 2013
The Superstripes 2013 conference will be held from 27 May to 1 June 2013 in Ischia, Italy.
Superstripes 2013 will cover many aspect of “quantum in complex matter” including: nanoscale phase separation, complex magnetic structure in cuprates, graphene and intercalated graphite, and more.The list of the speakers is already available on the conference website.
Registration opens on 27 April 2013…
International Joliot-Curie School 2013
The International Joliot-Curie School will take place from 29 September to 4 October 2013 in Fréjus in the south of France.
With the aim of creating and updating the skills of researchers in the field of Quark-Gluon Plasma and Hadronic Structure, this year’s edition of the Joliot-Curie school will address the topic: “A colourful journey: from Hadrons to Quark-Gluon Plasma”. During the school, two sessions will be dedicated to the students’ posters…
IUPAP invites women to attend conferences
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics [IUPAP] launched for the second year a grant programme to fund the attendance of women in conferences or schools.
Up to 14 grants between $700 and $800 are available. Only women physicists from Eastern Europe or developing countries may apply. Due to limited funding, those who have received a grant in the past, under this program, are not eligible for a second grant…
ESOF calls for proposals
The Euroscience Open Forum [ESOF] is a biennial, interdisciplinary, pan-European general science meeting, which aims to showcase the latest advances in science and technology, promote a dialogue on the role of science and technology in society and public policy; and stimulate and provoke public interest, excitement and debate about science and technology.
The 2014 edition of ESOF will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, the 21-26 June 2014 and is organised…
EPS HEP 2013
The High Energy Physics conference of the European Physical Society [EPS HEP] will take place in Stockholm, Sweden from 18 to 24 July 2013.
The EPS HEP is a biennial conference organized by the High Energy and Particle Physics Division of the European Physical Society since 1971. The conferences in this series usually attract 600-700 participants and are part of the world’s largest conferences in its field. Topics covered are: Standard Model and Beyond…
International Cosmic Day 2013
The International Cosmic Day is a worldwide event inviting school students to conduct experiments relating to cosmic rays. Following the success of the first International Cosmic Day last year, DESY, Fermilab, QuarkNet and Netzwerk Teilchenwelt are organising the 2nd edition on 25 September 2013.
After an introductory talk on research in the field of cosmic rays and their discovery, the participants will conduct a cosmic particle experiment themselves. They will make measurements, analyse the data, and present their results…
40 years of research in IHEP
The Institute of High Energy Physics [IHEP] under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, celebrated its 40th birthday on 1 February 2013. More than 700 people including IHEP staff, representatives from the funding agencies and the fellow research institutions around China attended the celebration at the IHEP campus.
The IHEP was established in February 1973, based on the First Department of the Institute of Atomic Energy. Over the past forty years, IHEP has matured, and has become a world-renowned research facility, focusing on…
Pathway summer school
In the framework of the PATHWAY project, a workshop for science teachers will be organised in Crete, Greece, from 30 June to 5 July 2013.
The course’s main objective is to introduce teachers to inquiry-based science teaching techniques with the view in to adopting them in classroom practice. Participating science teachers will be immersed in the process of science-inquiry via their interaction with collections of open digital educational resources…
