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JENAS: astroparticle, nuclear and particle physicists meet

By Jorgen D'Hondt, Marek Lewitowicz, Teresa Montaruli. Published on 21 November 2019 in:
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The first JENAS, Joint ECFA (European Committee for Future Accelerators)-NuPECC (Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee)-APPEC (AstroParticle Physics European Consortium) Seminar, attracted 230 participants resulting in a full auditorium at the Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL) in Orsay.

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SESAME becomes the world’s first large accelerator complex to be fully powered by renewable energy

By SESAME. Published on 19 March 2019 in:
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On 26 February 2019, a ceremony was held to mark the official inauguration of the solar power plant of SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East).

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Voyage 2050 – Long-term planning of the ESA Science Programme

By ESA. Published on 19 March 2019 in:
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European Space Agency invites scientists to participate in Voyage 2050: Call for White Papers and Call for Membership of Topical Teams

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SESAME hosts its first users

By SESAME. Published on 24 September 2018 in:
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On 17 July 2018, the first users arrived at SESAME to perform experiments using the Centre’s XAFS/XRF (X-ray absorption fine structure/X-ray fluorescence) spectroscopy beamline, SESAME’s first beamline to come into operation.

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QUIZ Física

By Teresa Coimbra. Published on 20 November 2017 in:
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The activity entitled “Physics Quiz” took place in the afternoon of the 4th of October at the physics department of the University of Aveiro (PT)

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Pioneering SESAME light source circulates first beam

By SESAME. Published on 24 January 2017 in:
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Allan, Jordan, 12 January 2017. A beam circulated for the first time in the pioneering SESAME synchrotron at 18:12 (UTC+3) yesterday. The next step will be to store the beam.

This is an important milestone on the way to research getting underway at the first light-source laboratory in the Middle East. SESAME was established under the auspices of UNESCO before becoming a fully independent intergovernmental organisation in its own right in 2004.

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Mission complete: Rosetta’s journey ends in daring descent to comet

By ESA press release. Published on 20 October 2016 in:
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ESA’s historic Rosetta mission has concluded as planned, with the controlled impact onto the comet it had been investigating for more than two years.

Confirmation of the end of the mission arrived at ESA’s control centre in Darmstadt, Germany at 11:19 GMT (13:19 CEST) with the loss of Rosetta’s signal upon impact.

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The Old Cabinet of Physics of the University of Coimbra distinguished as EPS Historic Site

By Teresa Pena. Published on 26 April 2016 in:
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On 11 March 2016, the European Physical Society (EPS) and the Portuguese Physical Society [SPF], honoured the “Cabinet of Physics of the University of Coimbra”, in the building of the oldest Jesuit college in the world (founded in 1542) donated by the Marquis of Pombal to the University of Coimbra.

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ESA announcement for new science ideas

By ESA. Published on 25 February 2016 in:
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Through this Call the Director of Science solicits from the broad scientific community proposals for the competitive selection of new “Science Ideas”, to be investigated in terms of feasibility and needed technology developments.
Interested parties planning to submit a proposal are required, as indicated below, to send a mandatory Letter of Intent by 9 May and will be invited to attend a briefing meeting on 8 June (date TBC).
The present Call is open to science ideas in all areas of Space Science. No limitations to the science goals addressed are imposed on the proposals.

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