CERN Council hosts EPS presentation on the impact of physics to the economies of Europe
On 21 June 2013, at the open session of the CERN Council, EPS Vice president L. Cifarelli was invited by CERN Council President A. Zalewska to make a presentation of the recent independent analysis commissioned by EPS from the Centre for Economics and Business Research [Cebr] on the importance of physics – in terms of physics-based industries – to the economies of Europe.
The report, using statistics available in the public domain through Eurostat, covers 29 European countries…
New Chair for EPS AMOP Division
Dominique Vernhet, Director of Research at CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France, has been elected the new Chair of the European Physical Society’s Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Division [AMOPD], succeeding Professor Friedrich Aumayr from the Vienna University of Technology in Vienna, Austria, who has lead the division for the last three years.
Dominique Vernhet is an experimental physicist with particular expertise in the field of interaction…
Graphene Flagship encourages collaborations
Industries, academic research centres, and funding agencies will come together to launch the Graphene Flagship project. It intends to encourage the research in the field of 2-dimension crystals, especially graphene, for industrial use.
Since the research of Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov in 2004, research in the field of the 2-dimension crystals is showing fast progress. In particular, graphene intrigues scientists because of its structure: a one-atom thick layer of carbon arranged in a honeycomb shape. The properties of graphene are numerous and unique, especially its…
First of ESA’s new generation of astronauts arrived at ISS
On 29 May 2013, Luca Parmitano, an Italian astronaut from the European Space Agency [ESA], arrived on the International Space Station [ISS] on a Soyuz rocket launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. At age 36, he is the youngest person selected for an extended-duration stay on the station as well as the first of the ESA’s new generation of astronauts to be on board the ISS.
L. Parmitano, together with Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, will be…
Train teachers in the scope of the Galileo Programme
The Galileo teacher-training programme invites the scientific and education communities to join their efforts and run workshops addressed to teachers in 2014.
Science curricula in schools evolve as the forefront of knowledge is pushed forward. Therefore teachers have to meet scientists and teacher trainers to update their understanding and practices.
The Galileo teacher-training programme encourages workshops with emphasis on both knowledge and…
Featured in EPL
Most recent highlights from EPL:Symmetry detection of auxetic behaviour in 2D frameworks by H. Mitschke, G. E. Schröder-Turk, K. Mecke, P. W. Fowler and S. D. GuestElectron pockets and pseudogap asymmetry observed in the thermopower of underdoped cuprates by J. G. Storey, J. L. Tallon and G. V. M. Williams
Dynamic jamming fronts by S. R. Waitukaitis, L. K. Roth, V. Vitelli and H. M. Jaeger
EPS Executive and Staff Activity for June 2013
If you want to see how EPS works to support its members in different ways, here is a selection of the activities of EPS Executive Committee members and staff for the last month. Click here for the list.
- 4 June: EPS Secretary General D. Lee attends Board Meeting of Condensed Matter Division in Paris (FR)
- 5 June: EPS Secretary General D. Lee, and EPS EPN Editor C. Sebenne attend EPN Core Group meeting in Avignon (FR)…
DSPIN-13
The 15th workshop on high-energy spin physics [DSPIN-13] will be held in Dubna, Russia, from 8 to 12 October 2013.
Organised by the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research [JINR], DSPIN-13 is the 15th edition of a series of biennial events.
The workshop will cover a wide range of spin phenomena at high and intermediate energies. This year, about…
Academia Europaea Annual Conference 2014
The 26th Annual Conference of the Academia Europaea will be held in Barcelona, Spain, on 16 July 2014 under the theme: “Young Europe: realities, dilemmas and opportunities for the new generation”.
The Academia Europaea recently inaugurated a new Knowledge Hub in Barcelona. Operational since January 2013, the Barcelona Knowledge Hub is the Mediterranean and Southern European office of the Academia Europaea (see previous article in e-EPS)…
3rd European Energy Conference
The 3rd European Energy Conference will be held from 27-30 October 2013 in Budapest, Hungary. This conference is one of the key contributions to EPS initiatives in energy. The third edition is jointly organised with the European Materials Research Society [E-MRS], and the European Association of Chemical and Molecular Sciences [EuCheMS].
An exciting plenary programme has been put together by the chairmen, L. Sarkadi, President of the Hungarian Chemical Society, and N. Kroó, President of the Hungarian Physical Society. Speakers include: Pál Kovacs…
Advanced Solid-State Lasers
The Advanced Solid-State Lasers congress [ASSL] will be held in Paris, France, from 27 October to 1 November 2013.
This new congress combines the significant research from the topical meetings formally known as Advanced Solid-State Photonics [ASSP], Advances in Optical Materials [AIOM], and Fiber Laser Applications [FILAS].
Topics will cover materials, sources and applications of solid-state lasers. A detailed description of the programme and the congress scope is available on the ASSL website…
Correlation Optics 2013
The 11th International conference “Correlation Optics” [Co'13] will be held in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, from 18-21 September 2013. This biennial conference was founded in 1993.
The conference will cover approaches and advances connected with optical correlation techniques for measurements of random optical fields, and object diagnostics in diverse applications.
The deadline for early-bird fee registration is 12 August 2013…
