May 2015 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
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Editorial – Insignificant details, pleasure and discovery
Marcel Proust, the great French writer, is best known for his book À la recherche du temps perdu. Memories take the central role in the novel, where apparently insignificant details prove to be the most important. A well-known scene is when ...
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EPS Distinctions 2015
The 2015 Gero Thomas Medal for outstanding contribution to the European Physical Society was awarded to Gerardo Delgado Barrio, from Madrid, Spain for commitment to the EPS in the fields of international scientific cooperation, outreach and education, and physics for development.
As a member of the EPS Executive Committee from 2001 until 2006, G. Delgado Barrio opened up communications channels to Latin America, ...
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The Fasor Lutheran Secondary School of Budapest distinguished as EPS Historic Site
“The fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
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CERN and the International Year of Light: exploring light as luminosity
One hundred years after the publication of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, the UN General Assembly declared 2015 the International Year of Light and light-based ...
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International Year of Light News
iSPEX-EU: A European-wide Citizen Science Campaign for the Measurement of Aerosols with Smartphones
As part of the LIGHT2015 project, coordinated by the European Physical Society, Leiden Observatory is organising a pilot ...
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NuPECC Brochure “Light to Reveal the Heart of Matter”
NuPECC, the Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee is contributing to ...
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Two Prestigious Prizes in Quantum Electronics and Optics announced
The European Physical Society is delighted to announce the winners for 2015 of its two ...
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EPS Plasma Physics Division prizes awarded
The 2015 Hannes Alfvén Prize will be awarded at EPS2015 to Nathaniel J. Fisch (PPL, USA) “for his contributions to the ...
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EPS Nuclear Physics Division contributions for the IYL 2015
The International Year of the Light 2015 [IYL 2015] is celebrated worldwide with ...
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SkyLight – a Global Science Opera
During 2015, hundreds of students from schools in up to 30 countries within the Galileo Teacher Training Program, the Global Hands on Universe ...
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A new platform dedicated to photonics in Europe
Leti is an institute of the CEA (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies ...
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Higgs boson: the winner takes it all?
Since its discovery in 2012, the Higgs boson has been in the spotlight for both experimentalists and theorists.
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IYL2015 Activities in Switzerland
At present, most activities International Year of Light 2015 [IYL 2015] have focussed principally on science and technology of light, and less on cultural aspects of light ...
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EPS Executive and Staff activity for April 2015
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.
