The Winter 2019 EPS Emmy Noether Distinction for Women in Physics is awarded to Cristiane Morais Smith
The jury members decided to attribute the Emmy Noether Distinction to Prof. Cristiane Morais Smith, “for her outstanding contributions to the theory of condensed matter systems and ultracold atoms to unveil novel quantum states of matter”.
Amendment Proposed to EPS Council 2020 Lifetime Membership
The European Physical Society Executive Committee will present to Council 2020 an amendment to the Annexe 1 of the EPS By-laws, introducing a “lifetime membership option”. The text of the proposed amendment is:“§7 Lifetime MembershipUpon application, any member in category 3a, 3b, and 3c may choose a lifetime membership of the EPS by choosing to [...]
Report on “The Importance of Physics in the Economies of Europe”
On October 15th, the European Physical Society (EPS) presented the new report “The Importance of Physics in the Economies of Europe” at the Press Club Brussels Europe. The report was commissioned by the EPS as an independent economic analysis from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) .
The Next Generation 3GeV Synchrotron Radiation Facility Project in Japan
Advanced synchrotron radiation (SR) has been recognized as a premier research tool for developments of science and technology as well as for core industrial applications. Large-scale SR facilities around the world are constantly evolving, providing super brilliant and super directive X-rays. Consequently, a new range of applications in the nano-disciplines has been created.
First electrons turn in the new ESRF-EBS Storage Ring
The first electrons have been injected in the new ESRF Extremely Brilliant Source storage ring according to schedule. This is an important milestone on the way to opening to the international scientific community the first high-energy fourth-generation synchrotron light source, known as EBS – Extremely Brilliant Source.
EPS Young Minds Action Committee meeting in Warsaw
The 20th Young Minds Action Committee meeting took place in Warsaw on 11 and 12 October 2019, hosted by the local EPS YM section (Koło Naukowe Optyki i Fotoniki UW – OSA & SPIE & EPS & IEEE Student Chapter).
Featured in EPN
Europhysics News Vol. 50/5-6 can be downloaded at the magazine’s website. View it also as a flipbook. Flipbook of EPN – issue 50/5-6 Some comments on the historical paper by H. Schmidt-Böcking “The Stern-Gerlach experiment re-examined by an experimenter” (EPN 50/3 pp. 15-19)Jacques ViguéPublished online: 19 November 2019 The Story of a Discovery: How we [...]
EPS Executive Committee and Staff activities November 2019
November 2019: Luc Bergé, member of the EPS Executive Committee, organised the jury committee and the selection of the 2019 Winter edition of the Emmy Noether Distinction together with the members of the EPS Equal Opportunity Committee. 4-5 November 2019: Petra Rudolf, EPS president, participated in the “Conference on Global Approach to the Gender Gap [...]
2nd European Physical Society Conference on Gravitation: measuring gravity
The 2nd European Physical Society Conference on Gravitation will be held at the King’s College (London, UK) from 7-9 April 2020. It is organised by the Gravitational Physics Division of the European Physical Society (EPS). The aim of the conference is to discuss experimental aspects of Gravity, including General Relativity tests, measurements of the G constant, [...]
An exceptional Symposium to celebrate the 80th Jubilee of Vladilen Letokhov
The International Symposium on Laser Physics and Spectroscopy, held on 11-12 November 2019 at the Institute of Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISAN) in Troitsk near Moscow, was an exceptional event, organised specifically to celebrate the 80th jubilee of Vladilen Letokhov, former vice-director for research of this institute.
1st EPS Technology and Innovation Group’s (TIG) Maker Event for Science, Technology and Interfaces at IdeaSquare, CERN
EPS-TIG (Technology and Innovation Group), in close collaboration with the EPS Young Minds Programme, the Soleil synchrotron and CERN, organised a hands-on Maker Event for Science, Technology and Interfaces at CERN from 4-6 November 2019.
SigmaPhi2020
Dear Colleague, The International Conference on Statistical Physics SigmaPhi2020 will be held in Chania, Crete, Greece on July 13-17, 2020. The conference venue is the Minoa Palace Resort. The Conference will cover all the fields of Statistical Physics, theory and applications.Questions and suggestions are welcome and should be sent to the official Conference address: sigmaphi [...]
