Call for bids for the organisation of the EPS-HEP 2021 Conference
The HEPP Board of the European Physical Society is soliciting Expressions of Interest (EoI) from potential hosts of the EPS-HEP conference in 2021. These EoIs should contain information on the Local Organizing Committee, the Universities and/or Laboratories involved, the location of the conference, the foreseen costs and the expected financial contribution from sources other than conference fees.
The United Kingdom officially joins European XFEL
The UK joined European XFEL as the research organization’s twelfth member state. In a ceremony at the British Embassy in Berlin, representatives of the UK government and the other contract parties including the German federal government signed the documents to join the European XFEL Convention. The UK’s contribution will amount to 26 million Euro, or about 2% of the total construction budget of 1.22 billion Euro (both in 2005 prices) and an annual contribution of about 2 % to the operation budget. The UK will be represented in European XFEL by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) as shareholder.
IBM Scientists First to Demo Rocking Brownian Motors for Nanoparticles
On 30 March, the IBM Research team published the first real world demonstration of a rocking Brownian motor for nanoparticles in the peer-review journal Science.
Scientists create “Swiss army knife” for electron beams
Pocket accelerator combines four functions in one device
EPS Emmy Noether Distinction Winter 2017 for Women in Physics
It is a great pleasure to announce that the Winter 2017 EPS Emmy Noether Distinction for Women in Physics goes to Dr. Françoise Remacle from the University of Liege in Belgium.
The EPS PPD Innovation Prize 2018 has been awarded to Professor Arutiun Ehiasarian
The EPS Plasma Physics Division is happy to announce that the EPS PPD Innovation Prize 2018 has been awarded to Professor Arutiun Ehiasarian “for the use of plasma physics in coating technology and engineering, through seminal contributions to the science and industrial applications of High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering for substrate pre-treatment and deposition of coatings and thin films.”
News from the EPS Division of Physics in Life Sciences
One year ago in January 2017 the Division of Physics in Life Sciences (DPL) organised the first Biology for Physics conference of what should become a regular conference series approaching physics from a biological perspective.
Former and future activities of ECHOPHYSICS
Since the 2009 foundation of the European Centre for the History of Physics (ECHOPHYSICS) in Pöllau/Austria, a strong effort has been made to remember the pioneering work of European and domestic scientists in the field of physics.
Quick Guide to Organise IDL 2018 Events
We are glad to announce that we reached 100 activities in over 40 countries worldwide registered in our IDL2018 Event Programme. Many individuals and organizations are helping us to shape up an exciting programme of activities for people around the world to celebrate the central role that light plays in the lives of the citizens of the world in areas of science, culture and art, education, sustainable development, and in fields as diverse as medicine, communications and energy by creating their own events.
General Meeting of the European Physical Society
Celebrating 50 years of EPS On 28 September 2018, the EPS will organise a Festakt, at the University of Geneva in the main auditorium, the same room that hosted the inaugural meeting of the European Physical Society in 1968. This will also be the General Meeting of the EPS, and all members are welcome to [...]
2018 King Faisal International Prize for Science awarded to John Macleod Ball
The King Faisal Foundation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has awarded the 2018 King Faisal International Prize for Science to Sir John Macleod Ball of UK for his fundamental contributions to nonlinear partial differential equations, calculus of variations, and their applications to materials science and liquid crystals.
Survey on Open Science & Career Development for Researchers 2017-2018
The European Physical Society (EPS) has launched a survey on open science and career development, in collaboration with G. O’Neill, the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) and with the Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP) of the European Commission.
