Call for nominations for the IUPAP Physics for Development Medal 2020
The Commission on Physics for Development (C13) opens nominations for its IUPAP Physics for Development Medal 2020.
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.
La Silla 50th anniversary culminates with total solar eclipse
Visitors enjoy outreach programme at ESO’s first observatory
DPG renews warning of serious consequences of man-made climate change
More than four decades ago, the German Physical Society warned of the dangers of man-made climate change. Coinciding with the Bonn Climate Change Conference in June 2019, the DPG now renews its appeal to do everything in its power to reduce the resulting additional greenhouse effect to a tolerable level.
NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Its Smallest Planet Yet
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a world between the sizes of Mars and Earth orbiting a bright, cool, nearby star. The planet, called L 98-59b, marks the tiniest discovered by TESS to date.
4th International Conference on the History of Physics
We are pleased to announce that the next in this biennial series will take place at Trinity College Dublin from 17-19 June 2020.
IoP report on LGBT+ physical scientists
IoP’s launched a ground-breaking research report, “Exploring the workplace for LGBT+ Physical Scientists”, which has been produced in partnership between Institute of Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Astronomical Society.
Towards an update of the European Particle Physics Strategy
The European Strategy for Particle Physics is the cornerstone of Europe’s decision-making process for the long-term future of the field. Mandated by the CERN Council, an update of the Strategy is currently under way. A major step in this process was the Open Symposium, attended by some 600 physicists, held in Granada, Spain from 13-16 May 2019.
Call for nomination for the Lise Meitner Prize 2020
The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society calls for nominations for the 2020 edition of the Lise Meitner Prize.
The Hotel Metropole in Brussels, declared EPS Historic Site in 2015
Discover a video of the Hotel Metropole, EPS Historic Site inaugurated in 2015
EPS Executive Committee and Staff activities June 2019
The EPS works to support its members. Find below the list of activities of the EPS Executive Committee and staff in summer:
1st EPS TIG Hands-on Event for Science, Technology and Interfaces
The Technology and Innovation Group (TIG), in close collaboration with the Young Minds, is organising a hands-on workshop on October 4-6, 2019 at CERN Geneva to offer young physicists and engineers new hands-on skills in hardware, software and related interfaces.
