Call for nominations for the IBA Prize 2020
The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) calls for nominations for the 2020 edition of the IBA prize for Applied Nuclear Science and Nuclear Methods and Nuclear Researches in Medicine. Every two-three years the NPD board awards the IBA prize, which is sponsored by the IBA company (https://iba-worldwide.com/), to one or more individuals who provided outstanding contributions to applied nuclear physics and/or nuclear medicine.
Prague will host the first Applied Nuclear Physics Conference
The first edition of the Applied Nuclear Physics (ANP) Conference, a new conference of the EPS-Nuclear Physics Division, will take place in the charming capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, on September 13-18 2020 (Please note the change of date).
Workshop and laboratory visit in Jyväskylä for the Nuclear Physics Board of the EPS
The 77th meeting of the Nuclear Physics Board of the EPS took place in Jyväskylä, Finland, on April 1-2 2019. The meeting was preceded by a workshop and a visit of the local laboratory.
EUNPC 2018: over 200 physicists met in Bologna to discuss nuclear physics from meV to TeV
The fourth edition of the European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC 2018) has been held in Bologna (Italy), from 2nd to 7th September 2018.
SPIDER 4 ITER: the largest Ion Beam Source in the world has been switched on
There is a big step forward at Consorzio RFX (the fusion research unit in Padova, Italy – partners: CNR, ENEA, INFN, Università di Padova, Acciaierie Venete Spa): SPIDER, the full-scale ITER negative ion beam source prototype has entered into operation. The first pulse was carried out on 11 June 2018, during an international inauguration ceremony which saw the participation of about 360 attendees from Europe, Japan, India and Russia.
2018 Lise Meitner Prize for Nuclear Science
The 2018 Lise Meitner Prize has been jointly awarded to Peter Ring (Technische Universität München) and Peter Schuck (Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay and Laboratoire de Physique et de Modélisation des Milieux Condensés Grenoble) for “Their enormous impact on both theoretical and experimental many-body nuclear physics. In particular P.Ring developed new investigations in high-spin phenomena, collective vibrations and relativistic nuclear energy density functionals while P.Schuck introduced new approaches for nuclear matter in connection with nuclear superfluidity and alpha-particle condensation”.
Mini-workshop on Nuclear Physics Research in Turkey at the Istanbul University
The 75th meeting of the Nuclear Physics Board of the EPS took place in Istanbul on May 28-29 2018. On the first day, the Rector of the University of Istanbul, Prof. Dr. Mahmut Ak, welcomed the NPD board in the majestic Rectorate building.
EPS Nuclear Physics Division: call for nominations for the 2018 PhD Prize
The board of the European Physical Society (EPS) Nuclear Physics Division calls for nominations for the 2015-2017 European Nuclear Physics Thesis Award.
2017 IBA-Europhysics Prize Winner
The European Physical Society, through its Nuclear Physics Division, has awarded the 2017 IBA-Europhysics Prize to Professor Habib Zaidi, Department of Medical Imaging and Information Sciences, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
The Kick-off meeting in Brussels for the NuPECC long range plan
The main representatives of the European nuclear physics community met in the University Foundation in Brussels on November 27th to launch the 5th long range plan (LRP) for nuclear physics in Europe.
Mini-workshop at the IFIN-HH and ELI-NP in Bucharest-Magurele
The 74th board meeting of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) was held on 23-24 October 2017 at the Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN–HH) and Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) in Bucharest- Magurele.
