Additional Greenhouse effect is extremely likely to be happening
In 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] published the Synthesis of the 5th Assessment Report. The results of their investigations are stated very clearly. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal. The atmosphere and the ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow/ice have diminished, and the sea level has risen. In addition, the mean surface temperature in 2014, based on global
A flying start for CERN in H2020
Following successful participation in a string of some 90 projects within FP7, CERN is actively involved in Horizon 2020. In 2014, nearly 60 proposals involving CERN’s participation were submitted to various H2020 sub-programmes and the hope is that many more will follow in 2015.
Call for papers for the FIAT LUX conference
Within the framework of the UNESCO activities for 2015 – The International Year of Light, you are cordially invited to attend and submit memories to the international scientific and theological Conference FIAT LUX (Let there be light), Roma (Italy), from 3-5 June 2015.
Read about light!
A selection of publications on light by Physics World, EPL, Journal of Optics, the Amercian Physical Society, Springer and Elsevier.
ICPS 2015 – physics students gathering this year in Croatia
The International Conference of Physics Students [ICPS] is an event where physics students from around the world gather each year for a week to meet their colleagues, present their work, attend lectures held by renowned physicists, participate in workshops and round tables on various topics, visit local institutes and labs, go on organized trips and much more – all on a student budget.
OpenAIRE2020 – a new horizon for open science
OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe) is a three-year project funded under the Seventh Framework Programme [FP7] of the European Commission that ran from 2009 to 2012. It is a collaborative European effort working towards a common goal to bring a change in implementing open access for the benefit of innovation, industry and society. All partners welcomed the effort to make open access a truly global reality during this pivotal phase in scholarly communication.
OpenAIRE currently maintains an interoperable and validated network of more than 520 repositories and Open …
Call for QEOD Prizes 2015
The Quantum Electronics and Optics Division of the European Physical Society is soliciting nominations for the biennial Quantum Electronics and Optics Prizes, Fresnel Prizes and Thesis Prizes, which will be presented at the 2015 Edition of the CLEO/Europe-EQEC Conference in Munich, Germany, from 21-25 June June 2015. Nominations are to be received online by 20 March 2015 at the latest.
Featured in EPL
The most recent updates and changes at EPL can be found on the journal homepage.
Perspectives – Four short reviews published by leading researchers on subjects of great impact in physics are now online.
Editor’s Choice – Several Editor’s Choice articles have already …
EPS Executive and Staff activity for January 2015
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.
8 January: John Dudley, EPS President, participated in the IYL2015 Opening Ceremony in France.
19 – 20 January: Opening Ceremony of the 2015 International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies, UNESCO, Paris, France. EPS staff together with EPS Young Minds volunteers prepared the venue of the participants.
Nordic Physics Days in Trondheim, Norway
The Nordic Physics Days is a biannual conference for researchers, teachers and students in physics. This meeting is the fourth in a new series of Nordic Physics Meetings established as a collaboration between the National Physical Societies in the Nordic countries. The venue this year is the Norwegian University of Science and Technology [NTNU], Trondheim, Norway, from 9-12 June 2015. Abtract subbmission opens February 1st.
EGAS 2015 – the 47th Conference of the European Group on Atomic Systems
The 47th Conference of the European Group on Atomic Systems [EGAS 2015] will take place at the University of Latvia, Riga from 14 – 17 July 2015.
Dutch annual Physics Conference 2015 – focus on Year of Light
FYSICA is the annual physics conference of the Netherlands Physical Society [NNV]. Each year the NNV organizes FYSICA in cooperation with a Dutch university, which changes every year. On 10 April 2015, FYSICA 2015 will take place at Eindhoven University of Technology. All physicists are invited to attend the meeting: teachers, industrial physicists, students and scientists. You can look forward to a day full of exciting physics. The United Nations [UN] General Assembly’s 68th Session proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies [IYL 2015]. The programme of FYSICA 2015 includes sessions on the International Year of Light, focusing on light and …
