February 2019 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
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EPS and APS: An ongoing tradition of partnership
The American Physical Society (APS) and European Physical Society (APS) have enjoyed a long partnership. While APS has established Reciprocal Agreements with many of the national physics societies in European countries, an APS-EPS Reciprocal Agreement was established through an exchange of letters in the 1984, allowing the individual members of both APS and EPS to register and present papers at each other’s meetings at member rates.
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EPS Plasma Physics Innovation Prize 2019
The EPS Plasma Physics Innovation Prize 2019 for technological, industrial or societal applications of research in plasma physics is awarded jointly to Professor Hana Barankova and Professor Ladislav Bardos, both of the Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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2019 Vladilen Letokhov Medal
The first 2019 Vladilen Letokhov Medal, jointly presented by the European Physical Society and the Russian Academy of Sciences, goes to Prof. Ferenc Krausz.
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Emmy Noether Distinction Winter 2018: Interview with Chiara Mariotti
On 4 February 2019, the Emmy Noether distinction was presented to Dr. Chiara Mariotti [CM] at CERN. She was interviewed by Luc Bergé [LB], chair of the Equal Opportunities Committee of the EPS.
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Open nominations for the EPS-Quantum Electronics and Optics Division 2019 prizes
The Quantum Electronics and Optics Division (QEOD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) is soliciting nominations for the biennial Quantum Electronics and Optics Prizes, Fresnel Prizes and Thesis Prizes
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NNV Diversity Prize 2018 awarded to Groningen
The first edition of the NNV-Diversity Prize was won by the faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen (RUG). The NNV (Netherlands Physical Society) has created the prize for the physics institution that is most successful in putting an open diversity policy into practice. The prize is a tribute and an inspiring example for other institutes and/or departments.
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Chemical elements which make up mobile phones placed on ‘endangered list’
Chemical elements which make up mobile phones are included on an ‘endangered list’ in a landmark version of the Periodic Table to mark its 150th anniversary. The European Chemical Society (EuChemS) launched in January 2019 the unique updated table to highlight the elements which could run out within a century.
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Announcing the African Physics Newsletter
The American Physical Society (APS) is pleased to announce the African Physics Newsletter, a new quarterly, electronic publication launching in early 2019, produced by and for African physicists, with editorial board members representing North, South, East, and West Africa.
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A day at the National Physical Laboratory
This year, 5 SCOPE members visited the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington, London. For over a century, NPL has been a synonym of excellence, contributing to the UK technological and economic development.
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Goodbye ESRF girders
On 10 December 2018, Europe’s leading x-ray source was shut down for a 20-month upgrade that will boost the brightness of its beams by a factor of 100. In spite of this 20-month shutdown, ESRF’s engineers and technicians have no time to relax.
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Modelling for better, safer and reliable nuclear systems
Can one equation help refine designs of future fusion and fission power plants and somehow catch the eye of NASA scientists?
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IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2019
Nominations are sought for the Young Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical (AMO) Physics, which will be awarded in 2019 by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics through Commission C15 (AMO Physics).
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EPS Executive Committee and Staff activities January 2019
The EPS works to support its members. Click here for the list of the activities of the EPS Executive Committee and the EPS Staff.
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