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Editorial – All artists must go where the people are Every year many PhD graduates in STEM fields around Europe enter the academic market hoping to pursue a scientific career that finally leads to a secure permanent position. However, most of them will not make it. The reality is that there are not many of those positions and every step of a research career leads to an even narrower bottleneck. During the past years, all around Europe, the employment security of researchers is threatened by cuts ... [read more]	SIF Fermi Prize to microelectronics In 2001, the SIF established the prestigious “Enrico Fermi” Prize, on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of the great scientist. This prize is given annually to one or more individuals who have specially influenced physics with their discoveries. A commission of experts appointed by the SIF and the major research institutions in Italy, namely CNR, INAF, INFN, INGV, INRIM and the Fermi Centre, selects the winner among a list of candidates and forwards the proposal to the Council of the SIF for final approval. [read more]
Gravitational waves are coming closer The new Advanced Virgo interferometer laser beam injection system was switched on on Friday, September 26th 2014 at EGO, the European Gravitational Observatory. The big interferometers, built to detect gravitational waves for the first time, almost one century after Einstein announced their existence in 1916, are being improved. [read more]	CERN Council selects Fabiola Gianotti as next Director-General At its 173rd Closed Session on 4 November in Geneva, CERN Council selected the Italian physicist, Dr Fabiola Gianotti, as the Organization’s next Director-General. The appointment will be formalised at the December session of Council, and Dr Gianotti’s mandate will begin on 1 January 2016 and run for ... [read more]	International Year of Light News Ibn Al-Haytham to be a focus of the International Year of Light through partnering with 1001 Inventions The International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015) is delighted to welcome as a Founding Partner the award-winning educational organisation 1001 Inventions. British-based 1001 Inventions has the specific mission to raise awareness of the contributions... [read more]
The new team of the European Commission On 22 October 2014, the European Parliament approved the new European Commission [EC] team presented by Jean-Claude Juncker, who started their term of office on 1 November 2014. [read more]	New booklet – Accelerators: powering cutting-edge research “Accelerators: powering cutting-edge research” is a booklet, prepared by the Science and Technology ... [read more]	EPS Individual Members – new fees in 2015 During the EPS Council held from 4 to 5 April in Trieste, Italy, the delegates voted for an increase of the fees for Individual Members. The categories of EPS membership, as well as the new fees are ... [read more]
UNOSAT joins the fight against Ebola Hosted at CERN, UNITAR’s UNOSAT programme examines global satellite imagery for humanitarian use. Whether providing maps for disaster response teams or assessing conflict damage to help ... [read more]	1st Altmetrics Conference At the end of September, the conference “1st Altmetrics” was held at the premises of the Wellcome trust in London, UK. The subject of the meeting was new developments in article metrics, and in the evaluation of science, scientists and science publications. The participants ... [read more]	PLANCKS: an international Physics competition PLANCKS (Physics League Across Numerous Countries for Kick-ass Students) is an annual international physics contest for bachelor and master students ... [read more]
Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae probe lands on comet Rosetta is a space probe of the European Space Agency [ESA] to study the comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It is a joint ... [read more]	Light Prize announced – QEOD & IUPAP prizes open EPS QEOD prize for Research into the Science of Light The Quantum Electronics and Optics Division of the ... [read more]	Featured in EPN [read more]
Executive and Staff activity for October 2014 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. [read more]
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Editorial – All artists must go where the people are

Every year many PhD graduates in STEM fields around Europe enter the academic market hoping to pursue a scientific career that finally leads to a secure permanent position. However, most of them will not make it. The reality is that there are not many of those positions and every step of a research career leads to an even narrower bottleneck. During the past years, all around Europe, the employment security of researchers is threatened by cuts ...