January 2018 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
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Editorial – Scanning Khufu’s Pyramid with atmospheric muons
In a publication in Nature in December 2017, teams of the ScanPyramids project announced the discovery of a hitherto unknown big void in Khufu’s Pyramid in Egypt, also known as the Great Pyramid of Giza or the Pyramid of Cheops. The void was found by scanning the internal structure of the pyramid using the abundant flux of atmospheric muons. The technique is known as muon radiography by analogy with X-ray radiography. Three different muon detection techniques familiar in particle physics research confirmed the large void.
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The Curie Museum distinguished as EPS Historic Site
The 7th of November 2017 marked Marie Curie’s 150th birthday. She was an extraordinary scientist, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and still the only woman awarded two Nobel Prizes, one in physics and one in chemistry. She discovered two elements with her husband Pierre Curie, Polonium and Radium and the entire concept of radioactivity. The discovery of radioactivity and radiation paved the path to new effective cancer treatments.
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The Summer 2017 Emmy Noether distinction presented to Catalina Curceanu
On 1st December 2017, the Emmy Noether distinction was presented to Dr. Catalina Curceanu (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy), by the EPS Equal Opportunity Committee (EOC) Chair, on behalf of the EPS.
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Professor Tony Bell is awarded the Hannes Alfvén Prize 2018
The European Physical Society, through its Plasma Physics Division, is pleased to announce the Hannes Alfvén Prize 2018 is awarded to Professor Tony Bell FRS of Oxford University
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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.
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International Day of Light inauguration at UNESCO on 16 May 2018
UNESCO will inaugurate the first International Day of Light at their headquarters in Paris, France, on 16 May 2018.
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Monitoring Gender Fair practices at Europhysics Conferences
A better representation of women in Physics at all stages of the career is central for all Society caring about the well being of its members.
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Name Change: EPS Sponsored Conferences are now EPS Recognised Conferences
As of 1 January 2018, what were formerly known as “EPS Sponsored Conferences” will be called “EPS Recognised Conferences”.
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Science4People’s biggest activity – ELS -Beit Sahour event
Science4People conducted a new activity at the Lutheran Evangelical School – Beit Sahour on Saturday, 11/11/2017. The activity was conducted in two steps on two subsequent days.
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EPS Young Minds Berlin section – Activities 2017
On October 18th 2017, the Berlin Optik Student Chapter and our industry partner, OpTecBB, hosted a career event on Entrepreneurship in Photonics.
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Associate Members of the European Physical Society
The European Physical Society provides a forum for physicists from all sectors to come together to discuss common issues in physics.
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Journey Full of Discoveries
With support from the European Physical Society and the Czech Physical Society, Klára Doležálková and Ondrej Cihlar, journalists from the Czech radio station ‘Radio Wave” visited various important research centres across Europe.
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EPFL: a small town affected by climate change
In the year 2100, temperatures at EPFL are expected to be similar to those currently experienced in Perugia, in central Italy.
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EPS Executive Committee and Staff activities December 2017
The EPS works to support its members. Click here for the list of the activities of EPS Executive Committee and …
