Researchers’ Night in Debrecen, Hungary
The University of Debrecen has been participating in European Researchers’ Night for many years. The Debrecen Young Minds section also participated, offering activities in five different themes.
In the park of the Nuclear Research Centre [Atomki], people could try the water bottle rocket built by a student in electric engineering. Not far from there under the attacks of giant bubbles one could submerge his/her hands into a big bowl of oobleck (a non-newtonian suspension of cornstarch and water). Entering the building a few students and…
“New trends in Superconductive Quantum Detectors” School
The school on “New trends in Superconductive Quantum Detectors” was held in Genoa, Italy from 9-13 September 2013. It was organised by the European Society for Applied Superconductivity [ESAS].
Roberta Caruso – member of the Naples Section of the EPS Young Minds Project – reported that “It was such an incredible opportunity for me, because I had the chance to attend lectures from some of the most outstanding scientists in the field of superconductors and, of no less importance, I had the chance to meet a lot of…
Science Workshop for Young Minds
The EPS Young Minds Section is now planning its 2nd Science Workshop for Young Minds in late 2013 or 2014, and is asking for volunteers and ideas!
The first “Science Workshop for Young Minds” [SWYM] was held in September 2012 in cooperation with the Institute of Photonic Sciences [ICFO] and involved a week full of activities for high school students interested in optics, photonics and sciences…
2nd EPS Young Minds Leadership Meeting
On 21-22 June 2013, Mulhouse EPS Headquarters hosted the 2nd Young Minds Leadership Meeting.
The European Physical Society Young Minds [YM] project was started in 2010 with the purpose to encourage young physicists to collaborate, developing scientific, networking and outreach activities. Through YM Sections, the EPS hopes to attract new members, share best practice, and provide international leadership experience to…
Editorial – Community celebration of physics
Like all areas of modern science, physics today is more and more specialized. Workers in different subfields interact with each other rarely, and it is easy to forget that we form part of a community of scientists studying the one fundamental subject concerned with the nature of matter on all scales.
There is, however, one regular reminder of the importance of physics as a fundamental discipline of science. This…
A seminar on “rare earths” for a sustainable Earth
The Young Minds Section of Catania, Italy, had the pleasure to invite Prof. Andries Meijerink, from Utrecht University, for a seminar on rare earths. He has contributed significantly to the development of this field through his research and publications. Rare earths are also called Lanthanides, derived from the Greek word “λανθανειν” (to lie hidden). This group of elements, hidden at the bottom of the periodic table, remains scarce as China decided to limit the export of these elements.Rare earths are not well known. However, the unique chemical, magnetic and optical properties give them…
2012 UMD Student Poster Competition in Optics and Photonics
The 2012 University of Maryland Student Poster Competition in Optics and Photonics was a resounding success. This event is co-sponsored by the University of Maryland College Park [UMDC] chapters of the Optical Society of America [OSA], the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers [SPIE] and the European Physical Society [EPS], as well as the Baltimore and DC-Northern Virginia chapters of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [IEEE] and the Capitol chapter of OSA.The poster session saw the submission of sixteen posters from area universities, prepared and presented …
Festival of Science 2012 at Bauman Moscow State Technical University
The Festival of Science is the day when the Bauman Moscow State Technical University [BMSTU] opens it doors to numerous curious visitors and welcomes school children, high school graduates, and first-year university students.
BMSTU organised its second Festival of Science at the end of 2012. Every department of the university displayed information describing the research and education in science. Participants could also attend a variety of master classes, lectures, seminars and reports on different scientific topics, presented by senior students, postgraduates and…
“Encounters with… Astrophysics”: a day at the Planetarium
The Messina Young Minds Section [EPSYMs], thanks to the financial support of the European Physical Society [EPS] organized a special visit at the Planetarium Pythagoras in Reggio Calabria, Italy. The Planetarium Pythagoras has one of the most remarkable external geodes in Europe.
Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and astronomical phenomena have always had a great influence on human life. Unfortunately, observation of constellations is not possible, due for example to light pollution from city lights, or…
Italian Young Minds Sections meet Accastampato Journal
The interaction between the journal Accastampato and European Physical Society Young Minds [EPS YM] is an example of how networking activities promoted by the physical societies can be used to take a project from a local to a national scale.
Accastampato is a journal founded in 2010 by students of the Physics Department of La Sapienza University of Roma. Written by students for students, the journal aims to draw attention to the beauty of science, in a friendly and…
Physics in primary schools
Teaching physics in an interactive way, showing concretely what we are talking about, is one of the most important goals of outreach projects promoted by European Physical Society [EPS] Young Minds. With the help of Sara Lombardi, a high school physics teacher who has been involved in outreach projects in primary schools for many years, the Naples YM Section decided to focus on the challenge of teaching physics in primary schools.
They worked with the Italian national project “Lauree Scientifiche per la Fisica”, in particular with Giovanni Chiefari…
Download the EPS calendar 2013
This year the EPS, thanks to the initiative of the EPS Young Minds, has produced a nice calendar in poster format. The calendar has been specially designed to give at glance the essential and attractive information on the many activities of the EPS.
The EPS calendar is currently being sent to all EPS Individual Members but it can also be downloaded…
