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Editorial – The light shines on! The International Year of Light Closing Ceremony took place in Mexico from 4-7 February 2016, bringing together diplomats and decision-makers, Nobel laureates, and science and industry leaders to both review the many successes of the International Year, as well as to look at concrete steps to ensure a lasting impact and legacy. [read more]	Inspired by light: close of the International Year of Light The International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 [IYL 2015] celebrated its closing ceremony on 4-6 February 2016 in the city of Mérida, Mexico. During three days, over 300 participants ... [read more]
The Highest French civil award for Sydney Galès The highest French civil award “Chevalier de la legion d’honneur” was conferred on Sydney Galès for his lifelong excellent achievements in science and his great service to the community. He received the honour on November 9, 2015 from the French secretary of state for Higher education and research. The ceremony took place at the ‘Frederic and Irène Joliot-Curie’ auditorium of the institute of Nuclear Physics of ... [read more]	The Dutch Journal of Physics released a special issue on light With the Dutch Journal of Physics the NNV aim to reach out to the community of physicists with an interest in developments in physics research, industry and education in the Netherlands, but whose knowledge of Dutch is not sufficient for comfortably reading the printed journal. In 2016, the NNV decided to start publishing an English version of the ... [read more]	Wendelstein 7-X fusion device produces its first hydrogen plasma The Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald produced its first hydrogen plasma on 3 February 2016. This marks the start of scientific operation. Wendelstein 7-X, the world’s largest fusion device of the stellarator type, is to investigate this configuration’s suitability for use in a power plant. [read more]
ACFA – IPAC’16 Accelerator Prizes The Xie Jialin Prize for outstanding work in the accelerator field, with no age limit is awarded to Derek Löwenstein, BNL, USA, with the following citations: Short citation “For his many years of leadership in the accelerator ... [read more]	The EPS Young Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 2016 Applications are sought for the Young Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics [AMOP], which will be ... [read more]	Call for expressions of interest to host EuNPC2018 The Nuclear Physics Division [NPD] of the European Physical Society [EPS] is calling for expressions of interest to host the European Nuclear Physics Conference 2018 [EuNPC2018]. [read more]
ESA announcement for new science ideas Through this Call the Director of Science solicits from the broad scientific community proposals for the competitive selection of new “Science Ideas”, to be investigated in terms of feasibility and needed technology developments. Interested parties planning to submit a proposal are required, as indicated below, to send a mandatory Letter of Intent by ... [read more]	Letter of Intent for KM3NeT 2.0 On 28 January 2016, scientists of the KM3NeT Collaboration have publicly announced KM3NeT 2.0, their ambition for the immediate future to further exploit the clear waters of the deep Mediterranean Sea for the detection of cosmic and atmospheric neutrinos. The published Letter of Intent details the science performance as well as the technical design of the KM3NeT 2.0 infrastructure. [read more]	IUPAP/IUPAC Joint Working Party on the Discovery of Elements Validates Claims for Four New Elements The claims for four new elements have been validated in two new reports from the ... [read more]
IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2016 Nominations are sought for the Young Scientist Prize in ... [read more]	EPS Executive & Staff activity for January 2016 The EPS works to support its members. Click here for the list of the activities of EPS Executive Committee and staff for the last month… [read more]	Featured in EPN [read more]
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Editorial – The light shines on!

The International Year of Light Closing Ceremony took place in Mexico from 4-7 February 2016, bringing together diplomats and decision-makers, Nobel laureates, and science and industry leaders to both review the many successes of the International Year, as well as to look at concrete steps to ensure a lasting impact and legacy.