July 2018 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
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2018 Lise Meitner Prize for Nuclear Science
The 2018 Lise Meitner Prize has been jointly awarded to Peter Ring and Peter Schuck.
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The International Day of Light and the 2018 EPS-Edison-Volta prize
The International Day of Light, chosen by UNESCO to celebrate the light, all over the world, on May 16 of each year, had its first edition in Italy in the beautiful setting of the Teatro Sociale in Como.
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EPS Historic Sites—Institute of Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The Institute of Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISAN), which is located in science city Troitsk, Moscow, was inaugurated as an Historic Site of the European Physical Society (EPS).
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Call for bids to host the Applied Nuclear Physics Conference in 2020
The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) is seeking candidates to host a new EPS-NPD divisional conference in 2020. The conference will have a particular emphasis on Applied Nuclear Physics.
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Physics in YOUR life: celebrate physics with the EPS!
In 2018 the European Physical Society is celebrating its 50th anniversary. To mark the event, the EPS created a series of banners covering several topics of physics.
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ESRF blazes a trail with the Extremely Brilliant Source programme
Since its inception thirty years ago as the world’s first third-generation synchrotron light source for research, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, has become a centre of scientific excellence.
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Wendelstein 7-X achieves world record
In the past experimentation round Wendelstein 7-X achieved higher temperatures and densities of the plasma, longer pulses and the stellarator world record for the fusion product. Moreover, first confirmation for the optimisation concept on which Wendelstein 7-X is based, was obtained.
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EUROfusion takes over EIROforum presidency
In July 2018, EUROfusion is taking over the EIROforum Presidency. EIROforum combines the resources, facilities and expertise of its eight members to exploit European science to its fullest potential.
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PolarQuest 2018: tracking History and hunting cosmic rays
Nanuq, the self-sufficient experimental sailboat of the scientific expedition PolarQuest 2018, is about to cast off for a long journey.
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FRESCA2: a record field for an extraordinary magnet
In its quest for knowledge, CERN pushes technologies to the limits. In the Laboratory’s workshops, scientists are inventing magnets that will equip the accelerators of the future.
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First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet Caught with ESO’s VLT
SPHERE, a planet-hunting instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has captured the first confirmed image of a planet caught in the act of forming in the dusty disc surrounding a young star.
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The Council of Europe adopts its Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023
On 7 March 2018, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted the new Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023.
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