Visit of the EPS Nuclear Physics Division Board at GSI/FAIR
The Nuclear Physics Board of the European Physical Society met in Frankfurt at the end of September 2019. The first day of the two-days meeting took place in the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, where a mini-workshop was held (Fig. 1), followed by a visit of the facility. Fig. 1: The EPS-NPD board members [...]
Centenary celebrations of the Polish Physical Society
Cruises aboard the most beautiful Polish sailing ships: STS “Fryderyk Chopin” and STS “Pogoria”. In 2020, the Polish Physical Society will celebrate the centenary of its activity. Among the many events commemorating one hundred years of scientific and social activity and the achievements of Polish physicists, we would like to organize the cruises aboard the [...]
Physics and Life
First French-German Wilhelm and Else Heraeus seminar dealt with physics in living systems / Start of further binational seminars to strengthen the European idea.
ESOF2020
Travel grants are available from EuroScience for postdocs in any field of physics to attend ESOF2020.
Featured in EPN
Europhysics News Vol. 50-4 can be downloaded at the magazine’s website. View it also as a flipbook. Flipbook of EPN – issue 50/4 A lesson from the history of scientific discovery of measuring the pressure of lightSvetlana Lukishova, Anatoly Masalov and Victor ZadkovPublished online: 25 September 2019DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2019405 Silicon Photo-MultipliersRobert KlannerPublished online: 25 September 2019DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2019401 A Tribute to Lise Meitner [...]
EPS Executive Committee and Staff activities September 2019
The EPS works to support its members. Find below the list of activities of the EPS Executive Committee and staff in summer:
EGAS
The 52nd Conference of the European Group on Atomic Systems (EGAS will take place in Zagreb, Croatia from 6-10 July, 2020 at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. https://www.egas52.org | info [at] egas52 [dot] org EGAS 52 will cover a wide range of topics related to atomic physics. The topics include [...]
International Year of Sound 2020
The International Year of Sound 2020 (IYS 2020) is an initiative of the International Commission for Acoustics (ICA) and is an outcome of UNESCO Resolution 39 C/59 2017 “The Importance of Sound in Today’s World: Promoting Best Practices”. The ICA is mobilising all its member organisations and supporters to arrange events during 2020 that meet [...]
The EPS Emmy Noether Distinction Summer 2019 goes to Sarah Köster
The summer 2019 EPS Emmy Noether Distinction is awarded to Sarah Köster from the Institute for X-Ray Physics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany.
The Atominstitut in Vienna was designated an EPS Historic Site
The ATOMINSTITUT (Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics of TU Wien, Vienna, Austria) was designated an EPS Historic Site in 2019 honoring the achievement of Helmut Rauch.
Call for nominations – EPS president-elect
A number of vacancies will arise on the European Physical Society (EPS) Executive Committee in 2020, including the position of President-elect. According to the EPS bylaws, a Selection Committee has been created to establish a list of candidates for the replacement of outgoing members, and for the President-elect.
Call for nominations for the IBA Prize 2020
The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) calls for nominations for the 2020 edition of the IBA prize for Applied Nuclear Science and Nuclear Methods and Nuclear Researches in Medicine. Every two-three years the NPD board awards the IBA prize, which is sponsored by the IBA company (https://iba-worldwide.com/), to one or more individuals who provided outstanding contributions to applied nuclear physics and/or nuclear medicine.
