EPS Historic Site: The Laboratorium in Bergara
On October 20th 2018, the Laboratorium in Bergara was officially declared an Historic Site of the European Physical Society.
EPS Historic Site: The Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid, Spain
The ceremony declaring the Residencia de Estudiantes as an EPS Historic Site took place on 13 May 2015. It was presided over by EPS President Dr Christophe Rossel, Prof. J. Adolfo de Azcárraga, President of the Spanish Physical Society [RSEF], Prof. Emilio Lora-Tamayo, President of the Spanish National Research Council [CSIC] and Alicia Gómez-Navarro, Director of the Residencia de Estudiantes.
The Fabra Observatory
The Fabra Observatory in Barcelona, Spain was recognised as an EPS Historic Site during a specific event held on 9 May 2014.
Since 1904 the Fabra Observatory is one of the characteristics of the skyline of Barcelona. It was built by the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona – which 2014 commemorates its 250th anniversary – under the direction of two academicians, Eduard Fontserè (meteorologist) and Josep Comas i Solà (astronomer) with the sponsorship of…
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)…
DICNMA 2013
The Donostia International Conference on Nanoscaled Magnetism and Applications [DICNMA 2013] will be held in San Sebastian, Spain, from 9 to 13 September 2013.
The conference will cover new developments in magnetism, applications and associated technologies. The program of the Symposium will comprise plenary, semi-plenary and invited lectures from leading experts in the field of magnetism and applications, oral and poster presentations and exhibits dealing with the latest developments in magnetism…
Trends in Nanotechnology Conference
The 2012 Trends in Nanotechnology International Conference [TNT 2012] will be held in the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Madrid, from 10-14 September this year. The conference – the 13th in the TNT series – aims to be a forum for discussing current research in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology and related topics.
Topics under discussion at the event will include: atoms and molecular computing; high spatial resolution spectroscopies under SPM probe; grapheme and carbon nanotube based nanoelectronics and field emission…
EPS’s Caterina Biscari interviewed in El País
The EPS’s Caterina Biscari has been featured in the Spanish daily newspaper El País. Biscari, a member of the EPS Executive Committee, was interviewed at the 2011 International Particle Accelerator Conference as part of the paper’s “Breakfast with…” column – where she discussed the role of women in science.
The full interview can be read, in Spanish, on the El País website. Alternatively, an English translation can be viewed through Google Translate.
2011 International Particle Accelerator Conference
The second International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2011) will take place in the Kursaal Congress Centre in San Sebastian, Spain, between the 4-9 September this year. The programme will consist of a variety of oral presentations, poster sessions and plenary sessions.
This will be the first in the IPAC series of conferences – which had their origins in the regional conferences APAC, EPAC and PAC – to be held in Europe…
