EPN’s ‘Physics in Daily Life’ column available in new book
“This is a book for curious minds: these pages hold the wonders of a candle flame, the secret of surviving the sauna heat, and the mysteries of bubbles and balloons. Find answers to questions like ‘Why is water blue? How do we localize sound? Why is ice so slippery?’ and ‘What is the speed of falling raindrops?’”
Full of charm and intellectual curiosity, Jo Hermans’ delightful ‘Physics in Daily Life’ columns – a staple feature of Europhysics News [EPN] – have finally been published together in a new compendium…
2012 EPS/ICPP conference
The 39th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics and the 16th International Congress on Plasma Physics will be held at the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre in Stockholm, Sweden on 2-6 July this year.
Topics under discussion at the event include: beam plasmas, complex plasmas, dusty and low temperature plasmas, fusion plasmas, fusion research, high energy density plasmas, inertial confinement fusion, laser-plasma interaction, magnetic confinement fusion, plasma applications and technologies plasmas in astrophysics and quantum plasmas…
Quark Matter 2012
The 23rd International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions [Quark Matter 2012] is being held at the Washington Omni Shoreham Hotel, in Washington DC, on 13-18 August this year.
Topics under discussion will include: electromagnetic probes; future experimental facilities, upgrades, and instrumentation; global and collective dynamics; hadron thermodynamics; heavy flavour and quarkonia; jet correlations and fluctuations; new theoretical developments; pre-equilibrium and initial state physics…
AAAS launches ‘Science & Diplomacy’ online quarterly
A new online quarterly, Science & Diplomacy, has been launched by the Center for Science Diplomacy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science [AAAS]. The publication, which contains articles, editorials, letters and perspectives, is hoped will strengthen ties between international relations and science by providing a forum for discussion, and a resource, for stakeholders in the two disciplines. In addition, contributions – in the form of submissions or letters – are being encouraged…
Heavy Ion Collisions in the LHC Era
The Heavy Ion Collisions in the LHC Era international conference will be held in Quy Nhon, central Vietnam, from 15-20 July this year. The event, which will focus on the proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions at LHC and RHIC energies, will include an optional half-day excursion and the possibility for a post-conference tour in northern Vietnam.
Topics being covered at the conference include: collective dynamics; jet quenching; heavy flavour and quarkonia production; electroweak probes; QCD at high temperature and density & phase diagram…
Russian Academy elects Ducloy Foreign Member
Martial Ducloy has been elected Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in recognition of both his contributions to the field of coherent optics, laser physics and laser spectroscopy, and his long-lasting scientific collaboration with Russian institutes in the fields of Laser Metrology, and Nonlinear and Quantum Optics.
Ducloy – the current chair of the European Physical Society [EPS] Forum Physics and Society – will join such prestigious company as Claude Cohen-Tannoudji; Murray Gell-Mann; Jules Hoffman, the recent recipient of a Nobel Prize…
Second European Energy Conference
The Second European Energy Conference [E2C] is being held at the Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre, in the Netherlands, on 17-20 April this year. The event, part of a bi-annual series, will act as a forum for the discussion and definition of the role of energy science and research in the future European energy system.
The conference programme will consist of morning plenary lectures, covering overarching subjects of energy and associated climate research, with afternoon symposiums focusing on the essential key fields in the development…
Manifesto on the Gender Dimension in Research
Interested parties are encouraged to sign the Manifesto for Integrated Action on the Gender Dimension in Research and Innovation. The manifesto discusses potential actions to enhance research and innovation by addressing gender equality issues.
The manifesto follows on from the European Commission public consultation on the green paper “What actions should be taken at EU level to further strengthen the role of women in science and innovation?”, which received 300 responses…
SEMST-5 conference
The 5th International Scientific and Technical Conference: Sensor Electronics and Microsystem Technologies [SEMST-5] is being held in Odessa, Ukraine on 4-8 June this year. The conference, which will be accompanied by a technical exhibition, aims to discuss current achievements and issues in the fields of sensorics.
Topics being covered at the conference will include: acoustoelectronic sensors; biosensors; chemical sensors; microsystem technologies; nanosensors; physical sensors; radiation, optical and optoelectronic sensors…
Call for C16 Young Scientist Prize in Plasma Physics
Nominations are now open for the 2012 C16 Young Scientist Prize in Plasma Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics [IUPAP]. The prize will be given in recognition of exceptional achievement in the study of plasma physics by a scientist in the early stage of their career.
The award, consisting of a certificate, medal and 1,000 euros in prize money, will be presented during the opening session of the EPS/ICPP conference, which is being held in Stockholm on 2-6 July this year…
IZEST-Helmholtz Beamlines Workshop
The Joined IZEST-Helmholtz Beamlines Workshop is being held at GSI Darmstadt, in Germany, on 23-25 April this year. The event will explore potential collaborations between the IZEST and atomic/plasma physics communities with regarding to coupling lasers at the planned Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research.
Topics under discussion will include atomic physics; high-energy, high-intensity laser technology; high field physics; and plasma physics…
IoP report benchmarks physics research in the UK
The Institute of Physics has published a report on the “Bibliometric evaluation and international benchmarking of the UK’s physics research”.
The publication reports a decline in the United Kingdom’s share of physics paper publications over the last decade – a trend seen across most G7 countries, following an increase in the output of Chinese research. Despite this, the UK’s contribution was regarded as still having a significant impact…
