European contest to attract youths to space science

Odysseus is a contest for young students. Under the guidance of their teachers, students will prepare projects revolving around one of three major themes in space science: the ‘Solar System’; ‘Spaceship – global cooperation’; and ‘Co-evolution of life’.

The contest and project aims to inspire and engage European youth with the ‘final frontier’, by combining creativity, innovation and intelligence…

2011 European Physical Society General Meeting

The 15th European Physical Society [EPS] General Meeting was held in Wroclaw, Poland, on 27 October last year.

Reports from Luisa Cifarelli, the EPS President; Colin Latimer, the EPS Treasurer; and Martina Knoop, the EPS Secretary were presented.

In addition, Tomasz Dietl gave an overview of ‘Nanospintronics’, and Daniel Esteve presented the work of the European Research Council.

European Physical Society unveils new website design

The European Physical Society website has undergone a major facelift. Following many suggestions for improvements, a new design has been implemented, with better navigation, a crisp new layout and more information on society activities.

Individual Members will benefit from a new feature, allowing them to indicate their research fields, and upload CVs and publication lists.

The new website will foster the exchange of information among Individual Members, divisions and groups.