Giorgio Benedek appointed as new Editor-in-Chief of EPL
Professor Giorgio Benedek has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of EPL, a journal publishing original, high-quality letters in all areas of physics.
Giorgio Benedek currently works at the Department of Materials Science, University of Milan. His research interests include materials science and the physics of low-dimensional systems. He gained his first degree and PhD from the University of Milan…
A historic view from Galilei’s window in Arcetri
On 17 May 2013, a new EPS Historic Site was inaugurated in Florence, Italy.
The site is the “Hill of Arcetri”, rich in buildings of considerable historical and scientific interest:
- the former Institute of Physics where, in 1926 Enrico Fermi wrote his fundamental work on the statistics that bears his name, and where young Gilberto Bernardini, first President and founder of the EPS…
ATLAS and CMS awarded for the discovery of a Higgs boson
In July 2012, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations announced the discovery of a new heavy particle at a mass around 125 GeV. Its properties were strikingly similar to those of a Higgs boson, a long-sought particle expected from the mechanism for electroweak symmetry breaking that was introduced almost 50 years ago by Robert Brout, François Englert and Peter Higgs.
Experimental confirmation of the Higgs boson presented monumental challenges because of its relatively large…
Fostering APS-EPS collaboration through CISA meetings
The spring meeting of the Committee for International Scientific Affairs [CISA] of the American Physical Society [APS] took place in Washington DC, on 11 May 2013. The meeting was attended by Luisa Cifarelli as EPS representative.
In a very lively and friendly atmosphere, based on “elective affinities” between the two societies, many relevant matters were discussed. The meeting, organized by Amy Flatten, APS Director for Scientific Affairs, was chaired by Alan Hurd and attended, in particular, by the Chairs (past and elect) of the APS Forum on International Physics [FIP]…
Twenty years of free, open web
On 30 April 1993, CERN made the technology behind the World Wide Web available for everyone to use. From that day on, the web has changed all aspects of society, a revolution that can be compared to the invention of the printing-press in the 15th century. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the free, open web, CERN has started a project to preserve the digital assets that are associated with the birth of the web.
During the 1980s, the internet was already well-known in academic institutions, being mainly used for email…
Editorial – National Strengths
The European Physical Society [EPS] has a unique character amongst international learned societies. It fulfills a central federative role supporting its national member societies and it also carries out many highly successful specific European-scale actions through its Divisions and Groups, its conferences and its publications.
At first sight, it may seem that managing this dual role is intrinsically difficult but I cannot help but think that we make it more complicated than it really is. After all, the goal of the EPS is to support European-scale physics so…
ICPE-EPEC 2013
The International Conference on Physics Education [ICPE-EPEC 2013] will be held from 5 – 9 August 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic.
The general focus of the conference is “Active learning – in a changing world of new technologies”. Keynote speakers have been invited to discuss this topic: Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University, USA; Josip Slisko, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico; Kyoko Ishii, University of Fukui, Japan: Pratibha Jolly, University of Delhi, India…
JEMS 2013
The Joint European Symposia on Magnetism [JEMS 2013] will take place in Rhodes, Greece, from 25-30 August 2013.
The conference aims to present the current status of research and advanced discoveries in the field of magnetic materials.
The conference consists of 9 symposia covering the following topics: Spin electronics; Magnetization dynamics and magnetization processes; Magnetism in metal alloys and intermetallics; Magnetic materials for energy…
EPS HEP 2013
The High Energy Physics conference of the European Physical Society [EPS HEP] will take place in Stockholm, Sweden from 18 to 24 July 2013.
The EPS HEP is a biennial conference organized by the High Energy and Particle Physics Division of the European Physical Society since 1971. The conferences in this series usually attract 600-700 participants and are part of the world’s largest conferences in its field. Topics covered are: Standard Model and Beyond…
ASEPS 3
The third ASEPS meeting, ASEPS 3, will take place from 14-19 July 2013 in Chiba, Japan as part of the Asia Pacific Physics Conference [APPC].
It will bring together researchers and policy makers from Asia, Europe and the US. Plenary sessions will present latest research in fields such as high energy physics, quantum optics and climate.
Four round tables will be organised, allowing for intense exchange of ideas on topics of particular interest for…
