May 2019 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
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Call for nominations for the EPS Emmy Noether Distinction
In 2013, the European Physical Society launched the Emmy Noether Distinction to recognise noteworthy women physicists.
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EPS Historic Site, Leuven, Belgium : Georges Lemaître, founder of the Big Bang theory
On 23 May 2019, the Belgian Physical Society, the European Physical Society, and the sister-universities UCLouvain and KU Leuven will celebrate the person and the work of Monsignor Georges Lemaître (1894-1966).
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The OSA Foundation Names First Recipient of the Milton and Rosalind Chang Pivoting Fellowship
Araceli Venegas-Gomez will use her stipend to become a ‘global ambassador’ for quantum technologies
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Interview with Andrea Blanco-Redondo: Do what you love and never give up
Andrea Blanco-Redondo is a young researcher, an expert in integrated nonlinear and topological photonics in silicon-based materials. She just took a position with Nokia Bell Labs, Holmdel, USA.
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42nd “School of Young Physicists” in Skopje and “The Light Fantastic show” in Ohrid, Macedonia
The Society of Physicists of Macedonia, together with its Skopje Young Minds section, has organised two major outreach events in this 2018/2019 academic year.
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A fully coherent soft X-ray free-electron laser
An international team of researchers implements a new method for generating intense and nearly fully coherent soft-X-ray pulses at a free-electron laser with high potential for use in novel spectroscopic techniques.
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Astronomers capture first image of a black hole
ESO, ALMA, and APEX contribute to paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of the galaxy Messier 87.
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CERN unveils its Science Gateway project
CERN is launching a new scientific education and outreach centre. The building will be designed by world-renowned architects, Renzo Piano Building Workshop and funded through external donations, with the leading contribution coming from FCA Foundation
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ASTRI-Horn is first Cherenkov telescope in dual-mirror configuration to detect the Crab Nebula at TeV energies
Exactly 30 years after the first historical observation of Crab nebula at TeV energies, which opened the era of TeV astronomy with the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique (IACT), another advancement in IACT technology has been achieved.
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The International Physicists’ Tournament continues
The 11th edition of the International Physicists’ Tournament (IPT) came to end at EPFL in Switzerland later April, with France represented by École polytechnique taking the winners Swiss fondue pot home! The IPT presents students with opportunities beyond just winning competition, from being able to travel to other countries, expanding their academic and social network to developing transferable skills which may not otherwise be developed during a typical undergraduate physics course.
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Baikal-GVD project 2019
Two new clusters of optical modules of the Baikal deep underwater neutrino telescope, Baikal-GVD, were put into operation. The effective volume of the facility, which already includes five clusters, increased to 0.25 km3.
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Neutrino hunt in the Mediterranean: the sea’s all eyes
Deep in the sea, far away from the surface, hundreds of “eyes” are scrutinising the deep sky. The light detectors of ANTARES (Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research) are hunting for high-energy neutrinos to unveil the mysteries of the Universe.
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EPS Executive Committee and Staff activities April 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.
