Light Prize announced – QEOD & IUPAP prizes open
EPS QEOD prize for Research into the Science of Light
The Quantum Electronics and Optics Division of the European Physical Society is delighted to announce the 2015 winner of the Prize for Research into the Science of Light. This Prize is awarded every two years and recognises recent work by one or more individuals for scientific excellence in the area of electromagnetic science in its broadest sense, across the entire spectrum of electromagnetic waves. The award is accompanied by an engraved glass medal, a certificate, and a monetary sum of 2000 euros…
Featured in EPN
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2014 Nobel Prizes in Physics and in Chemistry by L. Bergé
Showering from high-energy cosmic raysby H. Buisman, D.Wilke de Souza and J. Steijger
Consumer participation in power market balancingby P. Lund
Extra-terrestrial Life in the Milky Way Galaxy? by N.J. Evans II
A new publication frequency for EPNVictor R. Velasco, EPN Editor
EPS Executive and Staff activity for October 2014
The EPS works to support its members. Click here for the list of the activities of EPS Executive Committee and staff for the last month.
2 – 3 October: Christophe Rossel, EPS President elect, committee member of the EPS Forum Physics and Society (FPS), took part in the FPS meeting on ‘Improving the Image of Physics’ in Belgrade, Serbia. He delivered a keynote speech on the IYL2015 and chaired one of the workshops on the theme ’Improving the image with the public- engaging non-specialists’. David Lee, Patricia Helfenstein and Ophélia Fornari, from the EPS secretariat, attended the VI EPS …
Fast Track to Innovation Pilot (2015-2016)
A Free Interactive Information Event – 9 January 2015, Brussels
This is your chance to discover a new exciting opportunity for industry-driven innovation under Horizon 2020. Participants at this event will acquire insight into the objectives of this new scheme, become familiar with the modalities of the Fast Track to Innovation call, get practical tips and tricks on how to apply and how to maximise chances for success when applying…
EPS Plasma Physics Prizes: calls are open
The EPS Plasma Physics Division [EPS PPD] recognises outstanding research in plasma physics with several prizes. The calls for the 2015 prizes are now open:
- Call for nominations for the 2015 European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division Hannes Alfvén Prize (deadline: 3 November 2014)
- Call for nominations for the 2015 European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division Innovation Award (deadline: 1 November 2014)…
ESS – birth of the most powerful neutron source in the world
The European Spallation Source [ESS] is one of the largest science infrastructure projects being built in Europe today. Designed to generate neutron beams for science, ESS will benefit a broad range of research, from life science to engineering materials, from heritage conservation to magnetism.
The facility design includes a linear proton accelerator, a tungsten target station, twenty-two state-of-the-art neutron instruments, a suite of laboratories, and a supercomputing data management and software centre…
EPS Executive and Staff activity for September 2014
The EPS works to support its members. Find below the list of activities of the EPS Executive Committee and staff for September 2014.
3 September: John Dudley, EPS president, attended the Portuguese Physical Society Annual Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal.
9 September: David Lee, EPS secretary general, attended the Kavli Prize Ceremony, in Oslo, Norway.
15-17 September: members of EPS took part to the 18th Conference of Czech and Slovak physicists in Olomouc …
International Year of Light News
IALD as Patron Sponsor
The IYL2015 consortium is delighted to welcome into its partnership the International Association of Lighting Designers [IALD] as a Patron sponsor …
Finland: It takes darkness to make light visible
Finland is a small country with a population of about 5 million people. The people working in photonics, both researchers in universities and in photonics companies form a small close knit community …
ESA celebrated 50 years at ESOC
On 28 August 2014, the European Space Agency [ESA] celebrated 50 years of European cooperation in space. Jean-Jacques Dordain, the ESA’s Director General, invited dignitaries, former astronauts, and colleagues past and present, the workforce at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany [ESOC] gathered to share the success story of the ESA.
In 1964, the Conventions of ELDO (launchers) and ESRO (science and later applications) entered into force. A decade later, a single European Space Agency was established, taking over from these two organisations.
ESO: a view of merging galaxies in distant Universe
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array [ALMA], and many other telescopes on the ground and in space, an international team of astronomers obtained the best view yet of a collision that took place between two galaxies when the Universe was only half its current age. They enlisted the help of a galaxy-sized magnifying glass to reveal otherwise invisible detail. These new studies of the galaxy H-ATLAS J142935.3-002836 have shown that this complex and distant object looks like the well-known …
ESA and the EU sign a contract with Arianespace
On 20 August, the European Space Agency [ESA], acting on behalf of the European Commission, and Arianespace convened at the Guiana Space Center, European spaceport, to sign a contract for three launch services with Ariane 5 ES in order to step up the deployment of the European navigation system Galileo, the European Union’s flagship program.
With this new launch contract, a total of 12 Galileo FOC [Full Operational Capability] satellites will be …
Featured in EPL
Most recent highlights from EPL:
Coleman-Weinberg mechanism in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates by Shun Uchino 2014 EPL 107 30004
Spin force and intrinsic spin Hall effect in spintronics systemsby Cong Son Ho et al, 2014 EPL 107 37005
Casimir force between liquid metals by R. Esquivel-Sirvent and J. V. Escobar, 2014 EPL 107 40004
