Playing with Light
Are you an Inspiring Science Teacher? Would you like to share some of your most inspiring teaching moments? If the answer is yes – then take part in the Inspiring Science Education [ISE] Competition 2014–2015 for a chance to visit London and some of its really exciting science museums and exhibitions.
This competition is all about recognising and rewarding inspirational science teaching practice and is aimed at teachers who are planning to run an exciting experiment in their science class between now and 31 March 2015, to coincide with the International Year of Light.
African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications 2014
The third biennial African School of fundamental physics (ASP) and applications took place in Dakar Senegal from 3 to 23 2014. The school explores theoretical, experimental, applied physics and computing aspects of the field. It covers a wide range of topics: particle physics, particle detectors, astro-particle physics and cosmology, accelerator technologies and some of the applications, such as medical physics, light sources, and Grid computing. The participating students are selected from all over Africa and beyond. The selected students receive full bursaries…
ESO: a view of merging galaxies in distant Universe
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array [ALMA], and many other telescopes on the ground and in space, an international team of astronomers obtained the best view yet of a collision that took place between two galaxies when the Universe was only half its current age. They enlisted the help of a galaxy-sized magnifying glass to reveal otherwise invisible detail. These new studies of the galaxy H-ATLAS J142935.3-002836 have shown that this complex and distant object looks like the well-known …
ESA and the EU sign a contract with Arianespace
On 20 August, the European Space Agency [ESA], acting on behalf of the European Commission, and Arianespace convened at the Guiana Space Center, European spaceport, to sign a contract for three launch services with Ariane 5 ES in order to step up the deployment of the European navigation system Galileo, the European Union’s flagship program.
With this new launch contract, a total of 12 Galileo FOC [Full Operational Capability] satellites will be …
Featured in EPL
Most recent highlights from EPL:
Coleman-Weinberg mechanism in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates by Shun Uchino 2014 EPL 107 30004
Spin force and intrinsic spin Hall effect in spintronics systemsby Cong Son Ho et al, 2014 EPL 107 37005
Casimir force between liquid metals by R. Esquivel-Sirvent and J. V. Escobar, 2014 EPL 107 40004
Executive and Staff activity for August 2014
The EPS works to support its members. Find below the list of activities of the EPS Executive Committee and the staff for August 2014:
10-12 August: John Dudley, EPS President, and Christophe Rossel, EPS President-elect, attended the International Conference of Physics Students in Heidelberg, Germany. They met with representatives of the International Association of Physics Students and the young DPG.
They also met with Prof. E. Krubasik, President of the DPG and Prof. S. Bethke DPG …
E2C – EST
The 4th European Energy Conference [E2C] will take place in Karlsruhe, Germany, from 20-22 May 2015. It will be held under the auspices of the ENERGY, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY – International Conference and Exhibition, EST 2015, in the “Kongresszentrum” Karlsruhe.
The three central topics will be renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy systems and grids. EST 2015 will be an opportunity for researchers and engineers from all over the world to…
CERN’s 60th anniversary
On 29 September 1954, the CERN Convention entered into force, officially establishing the European Organization for Nuclear Research with 12 European member states. Now the world’s biggest particle physics laboratory, CERN is celebrating in 2014 “60 years of science for peace”, with an official ceremony and several public events taking place throughout September.
The highlight of this anniversary month is the official ceremony on 29 September, which will be attended by many representatives of CERN’s Member States, Associate Member States and Observers…
Topical Research Meeting on Hybrid Quantum Systems
The IOP run a Topical Research Meeting once a year and the 2014 event will be held in Nottingham, UK, from 16 to 18 December.
This meeting will cover all aspects of hybrid quantum systems involving atoms, light and matter. It will link theory to experiment, ranging from fundamental physics to the development of new quantum device concepts and technologies. The invited speakers are leading researchers in hybrid quantum systems.
ELI-ALPS 2nd User Workshop
The 2nd User Workshop of the Extreme Light Infrastructure – Attosecond Light Pulse Source [ELI-ALPS] will be held in Szeged, Hungary, from 11-12 September 2014.
The ELI-ALPS based in Szeged, Hungary, is part of the ESFRI roadmap that will be the first international facility with the mission to make a wide range of ultrafast light sources accessible to international user groups. ELI-ALPS is expected to be partially available in 2016, while it will become fully operational for user-based research in 2018.
The 2nd User Workshop focuses on…
18th ISQE’2014
The 18th International School on Quantum Electronics “Laser Physics and Applications” [18th ISQE'2014] will be held from 29 September to 3 October 2014 in Sozopol, Bulgaria.
The 18th ISQE’2014 is a traditional event, organized biennially since 1980. The proceeding of previous issues are available on 18th ISQE’2014 website.
The topics cover investigations of the basic physical phenomena, processes of interaction of laser radiation with…
MSCMP 2014
The 7th International Conference on Materials Science and Condensed Matter Physics [MSCMP 2014] dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Applied Physics will be held from 16–19 September 2014, in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
MSCMP 2014 is a biennial international conference, which brings together academics and research-oriented practitioners in the areas of physics and electrochemistry. It is an interdisciplinary conference, which aims at…
