Every year again: Physical Experiments in Advent
24 entertaining physics experiments will again be offered this year under the motto “24 more experiments until Christmas” in cooperation with several national and international physical societies and STEM initiatives. Many great prizes can be won.
Physics and Life
First French-German Wilhelm and Else Heraeus seminar dealt with physics in living systems / Start of further binational seminars to strengthen the European idea.
DPG renews warning of serious consequences of man-made climate change
More than four decades ago, the German Physical Society warned of the dangers of man-made climate change. Coinciding with the Bonn Climate Change Conference in June 2019, the DPG now renews its appeal to do everything in its power to reduce the resulting additional greenhouse effect to a tolerable level.
First DPG Fall Meeting addresses Quantum Science
The German Physical Society (DPG) is launching a new meeting dedicated to a research theme identified by its three sections: Condensed Matter / Atomic, Molecular, Plasma Physics and Quantum Optics / Matter and Cosmos. The Fall Meeting complements the well-known DPG Spring Conferences.
Lutz Schröter becomes President of the German Physical Society from 2020 to 2022
In its most recent meeting, the DPG Council elected Lutz Schröter, Industry Manager, as the future President of the world’s largest physical society with over 60,000 members. In April 2020, he will take over from Dieter Meschede, who will then take up his duties as Vice President.
Editorial: My experience as EPS Young Minds in the CMD27- EPS-DPG spring meeting
The 2018 joint meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG) and the European Physical Society (EPS) Condensed Matter Divisions took place in Berlin from 11th to 16th of March 2018.
Dieter Meschede new President of the German Physical Society
On 9 April 2018, Dieter Meschede took over the presidency of the German Physical Society (DPG). He succeeds Rolf Heuer, who was president of the world’s largest physical society with about 62,000 members from April 2016 to April 2018 and is now vice president of the DPG on a rotational basis.
The Optical Society and DPG name Gerd Leuchs winner of the 2018 Herbert Walther Award
The Optical Society (OSA) and the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) today announce that the 2018 Herbert Walther Award will be presented to Gerd Leuchs, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen and University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Play it again, PiA! Physics experiments every year at Christmas time
With the motto “24 experiments until Christmas”, the University of Göttingen and the German Physical Society (DPG) offer physics experiments such as an Advent calendar. It is science, fun and you can win lots of prizes.
EPS CMD Europhysics Prize 2018: the call for nominations is open
The selection committee is pleased to request nominations for the 2018 EPS Condensed Matter Division Europhysics Prize. The award winners will receive a cash award, as well as an invitation to attend and present their work at the DPG Spring Meeting / 27th Condensed Matter Division Conference (CMD 27) that will take place in Berlin, Germany from March 11th through 16th, 2018.
