December 2017 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
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Editorial: Physics for Development and talented Young Minds in the Mediterranean
When you think of your own future you tend to focus on one word in particular: investment (I accept that you may have another word in mind, but for the sake of the story let’s stick with this one).
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Magurele Physics Campus Honoured with EPS Historic Site Distinction
On 15th of November 2017 a plaque declaring Magurele Physics Campus as an EPS historic site was unveiled by the EPS President, Rüdiger Voss.
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EPS Nuclear Physics Division: call for nominations for the 2018 PhD Prize
The call for nominations for the 2018 PhD Prize is now open.
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2017 IBA-Europhysics Prize Winner
The European Physical Society, through its Nuclear Physics Division, has awarded the 2017 IBA-Europhysics Prize to Professor Habib Zaidi, Department of Medical Imaging and Information Sciences, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
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The Kick-off meeting in Brussels for the NuPECC long range plan
The main representatives of the European nuclear physics community met in the University Foundation in Brussels on November 27th to launch the 5th long range plan (LRP) for nuclear physics in Europe.
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The Optical Society and DPG name Gerd Leuchs winner of the 2018 Herbert Walther Award
The Optical Society (OSA) and the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) today announce that the 2018 Herbert Walther Award will be presented to Gerd Leuchs, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
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European Commission: towards a stronger cooperation on education
In a meeting in Gothenburg on 17 November, the European Commission set out its vision for how a European Education Area could be created by 2025.
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How to trick light into flexing its muscles
Light consists of a flow of photons. If two waveguides – cables for light – lie side by side, they attract or repel each other. The interaction is due to the optical force, but the effect is usually extremely small.
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News from Switzerland
The Swiss Physical Society’s SPS-Communications are published three times per year. We report in Nr. 53 of November 2017 about the SPS annual meeting to be held in August 2018 in Geneva, as a joint meeting with the Austrian Physical Society (ÖPG).
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EPS Executive Committee and Staff activities November 2017
The EPS works to support its members. Click here for the list of the activities of EPS Executive Committee and the EPS Staff.
