First of ESA’s new generation of astronauts arrived at ISS
On 29 May 2013, Luca Parmitano, an Italian astronaut from the European Space Agency [ESA], arrived on the International Space Station [ISS] on a Soyuz rocket launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. At age 36, he is the youngest person selected for an extended-duration stay on the station as well as the first of the ESA’s new generation of astronauts to be on board the ISS.
L. Parmitano, together with Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, will be…
Train teachers in the scope of the Galileo Programme
The Galileo teacher-training programme invites the scientific and education communities to join their efforts and run workshops addressed to teachers in 2014.
Science curricula in schools evolve as the forefront of knowledge is pushed forward. Therefore teachers have to meet scientists and teacher trainers to update their understanding and practices.
The Galileo teacher-training programme encourages workshops with emphasis on both knowledge and…
Featured in EPL
Most recent highlights from EPL:Symmetry detection of auxetic behaviour in 2D frameworks by H. Mitschke, G. E. Schröder-Turk, K. Mecke, P. W. Fowler and S. D. GuestElectron pockets and pseudogap asymmetry observed in the thermopower of underdoped cuprates by J. G. Storey, J. L. Tallon and G. V. M. Williams
Dynamic jamming fronts by S. R. Waitukaitis, L. K. Roth, V. Vitelli and H. M. Jaeger
EPS Executive and Staff Activity for June 2013
If you want to see how EPS works to support its members in different ways, here is a selection of the activities of EPS Executive Committee members and staff for the last month. Click here for the list.
- 4 June: EPS Secretary General D. Lee attends Board Meeting of Condensed Matter Division in Paris (FR)
- 5 June: EPS Secretary General D. Lee, and EPS EPN Editor C. Sebenne attend EPN Core Group meeting in Avignon (FR)…
DSPIN-13
The 15th workshop on high-energy spin physics [DSPIN-13] will be held in Dubna, Russia, from 8 to 12 October 2013.
Organised by the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research [JINR], DSPIN-13 is the 15th edition of a series of biennial events.
The workshop will cover a wide range of spin phenomena at high and intermediate energies. This year, about…
Academia Europaea Annual Conference 2014
The 26th Annual Conference of the Academia Europaea will be held in Barcelona, Spain, on 16 July 2014 under the theme: “Young Europe: realities, dilemmas and opportunities for the new generation”.
The Academia Europaea recently inaugurated a new Knowledge Hub in Barcelona. Operational since January 2013, the Barcelona Knowledge Hub is the Mediterranean and Southern European office of the Academia Europaea (see previous article in e-EPS)…
3rd European Energy Conference
The 3rd European Energy Conference will be held from 27-30 October 2013 in Budapest, Hungary. This conference is one of the key contributions to EPS initiatives in energy. The third edition is jointly organised with the European Materials Research Society [E-MRS], and the European Association of Chemical and Molecular Sciences [EuCheMS].
An exciting plenary programme has been put together by the chairmen, L. Sarkadi, President of the Hungarian Chemical Society, and N. Kroó, President of the Hungarian Physical Society. Speakers include: Pál Kovacs…
Advanced Solid-State Lasers
The Advanced Solid-State Lasers congress [ASSL] will be held in Paris, France, from 27 October to 1 November 2013.
This new congress combines the significant research from the topical meetings formally known as Advanced Solid-State Photonics [ASSP], Advances in Optical Materials [AIOM], and Fiber Laser Applications [FILAS].
Topics will cover materials, sources and applications of solid-state lasers. A detailed description of the programme and the congress scope is available on the ASSL website…
Asia-Europe cooperation meetings in Japan in four months from now
The 3rd Asia-Europe Physics Summit [ASEPS3] will take place from 14-19 July 2013 in Chiba, Japan as part of the 12th Asia Pacific Physics Conference [APPC12]. The Summit is organised by the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies [AAPPS] and the European Physical Society [EPS].
APPC 12 is a broad spectrum conference devoted to all fields of physics and will include among its plenary speakers two Nobel laureates…
EPS HEP 2013
The High Energy Physics conference of the European Physical Society [EPS HEP] will take place in Stockholm, Sweden from 18 to 24 July 2013.
The EPS HEP is a biennial conference organized by the High Energy and Particle Physics Division of the European Physical Society since 1971. The conferences in this series usually attract 600-700 participants and are part of the world’s largest conferences in its field. Topics covered are: Standard Model and Beyond…
Pathway summer school
In the framework of the PATHWAY project, a workshop for science teachers will be organised in Crete, Greece, from 30 June to 5 July 2013.
The course’s main objective is to introduce teachers to inquiry-based science teaching techniques with the view in to adopting them in classroom practice. Participating science teachers will be immersed in the process of science-inquiry via their interaction with collections of open digital educational resources…
40th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics
Held the first time in Munich in 1966, the European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics [EPS-CPP] will be organized for the 40th time this year. Hosted by the Aalto University, Finland, the 40th EPS-CPP will take place from 1-5 July 2013.
About 700 participants are expected to discuss the latest results related to fusion research, magnetic confinement fusion, beam plasmas, laser-plasma interaction and inertial confinement fusion, dusty and low temperature plasmas,…
