Blackett Laboratory, place of dozen discoveries
The Blackett Laboratory, home of the Department of Physics of the Imperial College based in London, United-Kingdom, was designated as EPS Historic Site on 30 April 2014. The Imperial College physicist Professor Tom Kibble had the privilege to unveil the commemorative plaque in presence of a large audience and EPS President John Dudley. Prof. Antonino Zichichi, past EPS president and member of the Blackett Group was invited to give a talk at the ceremony.
Since its inauguration in 1961, the building has hosted numerous eminent physicists, including…
21st DYMAT technical meeting
The 21st DYMAT technical meeting will be held from 18-23 November 2013 in London, UK. This edition is will focus on “High speed imaging for dynamic testing of materials and structures”.
Three main topics will be discussed: metrology, methodology and application. John Field from the University of Cambridge (UK), Phillip Reu from Sandia National Laboratories (USA) and Mikael Sjödahl of Luleå University of Technology (Sweden) are the keynote speakers of the conference…
Physics World: reporting from the frontiers of science
e-EPS spoke with Matin Durrani, the editor of Physics World, the membership magazine of the UK Institute of Physics.
Who is Physics World aimed at?
The readers of Physics World, and its sister website physicsworld.com, all have one thing in common: a love and passion for physics – whether they’re using CERN’s Large Hadron Collider to search for the Higgs boson or building a new…
