Neutrino hunt in the Mediterranean: the sea’s all eyes
Deep in the sea, far away from the surface, hundreds of “eyes” are scrutinising the deep sky. The light detectors of ANTARES (Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research) are hunting for high-energy neutrinos to unveil the mysteries of the Universe.
Observing Mars from Mars
No need to be a rover to go for a stroll on the red planet. You can really spend several days in Mars without taking off from Earth. A very small village in the centre of France, Mars has hosted an astronomy festival every summer for over ten years now.
EU General Data Protection Regulation
Since 25 May 2018, Europe has adopted the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which was designed to harmonise data privacy laws across Europe, to protect all EU citizens data privacy and to reshape the way organisations across the region approach data privacy.
EPS Council 2018: Petra Rudolf is the next EPS President-elect
Petra Rudolf is the next EPS President-elect. She will take up office as the President of EPS in April 2019, when the term of the current President, Rüdiger Voss, comes to an end.
EPS 50th anniversary: Klaus Gottstein, among the first EPS members
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the European Physical Society interviewed members from the very beginning. Klaus Gottstein, a German physicist and member of the EPS since 1968, kindly answered our questions.
An interview with Francis Netter: one of the first followers of EPS!
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the European Physical Society met with members from the very beginning. Here is the interview with Francis Netter, member of the EPS since 1968.
EPL: Bart van Tiggelen is the new Editor-in-Chief
Bart van Tiggelen has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of EPL, a global letters journal owned and published by a consortium of 17 national physical societies in Europe under the umbrella of the European Physical Society. He started his term in January 2018, taking over from Giorgio Benedek.
Antikythera’s shipwreck reveals new treasures
September 2017 – the island of Antikythera is under the spotlights again.
Revealed to the world at the beginning of the 20th century, the area saw a Greek ship sink more than 2,000 years ago. Among the luxury goods conveyed was an unusual object named after the island: the Antikythera Mechanism. This instrument made of a complex association of gears is the first astronomical device known in the world.
Report on the EPS Council 2017
The EPS Council 2017 took place from 31st March to 1st April in Erlangen, Germany.
Hosted in the splendid building of the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light [MPI], the meeting gathered together more than 60 members, representatives of the main European Physical Societies, as well as numerous Associate Members of the Society.
Launch of the committee “Lumière et Société”
In 2015, the International Year of Light (IYL2015) encountered a big success in France. Hundreds of events organised through the country touched thousands of people and saw the emergence of a community driven by projects involving light.
Diving into the secrets of the Antikythera Mechanism
The 2nd International Conference on the History of Physics took place in Pöllau, Austria, from 4-6 September 2016. During the event, Yanis Bitsakis, historian of sciences and member of the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project, presented this extraordinary device and the results recently released.
Solar Power to the People
The Council of the European Physical Society, held in Mulhouse on 1-2 April 2016, welcomed a round-table on the theme “Physics for Development”. Several associations and organisations were invited to present their projects: Sunshine4Palestine and Liter of Light, as well as the Basic Science Programme at UNESCO, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics [ICTP] and the International Astronomical Union [IAU].
Lucie Baron, business developer at the French branch of Liter of Light, was one of the invited speakers.
