The 9th annual Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East [SESAME] Users’ Meeting was held in Amman, Jordan on 12-14 November this year. 130 people attended the event – including 50 local participants – during which the SESAME community gathered to discuss current developments and upcoming collaborative efforts... [read more]
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The number of physics teachers in training in the United Kingdom has reached a record high, according to census data published at the end of last month. The statistics from the Training and Development Agency for Schools [TDA] – which have been taken since 1979... [read more]
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Nominations are now open for the 2012 Lise Meitner Prize for Nuclear Science, which is given biannually by the European Physical Society’s Nuclear Physics Board in recognition of outstanding work in the fields of applied, experimental or theoretical nuclear science... [read more]
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The ‘Marie Sklodowska-Curie Symposium on the Foundations of Physical Chemistry’ was held at the Copernicus Center in Warsaw, the birth town of Marie Sklodowska-Curie, on 18-19 November this year. The event was held in celebration of this extraordinary scientist, on the occasion of the International Year of Chemistry and the Polish Presidency of the European Union Council... [read more]
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The European Physical Society would like to congratulate Guido Altarelli and Giorgo Parisi, who have recently been presented with prestigious awards for their work in the field of physics. Altarelli – alongside Tornbjorn Sjøstrand and Bryan Webber – is one of the recipients of the 2012 J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, which is given by the American Physical Society... [read more]
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The first Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN was awarded to Julius Von Bismarck, the noted German artist, at CERN, Geneva, on 6 December 2011. Winning 3 months as artist in residence at CERN and Ars Electronica, along with 10,000 Euros in prize money, Von Bismarck – a growing name in the artistic community – is known for taking inspiration for his from philosophic and scientific ideas... [read more]
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The ‘European Alliance for Subject-Specific and Professional Accreditation and Quality Assurance’ [EASPA] was founded during a meeting at the ASIIN offices in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 29 November this year. EASPA is a pan-European platform for quality assurance in higher education, uniting eight member professional associations in Europe, which act as European field-specific networks... [read more]
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Passionate physicists are wanted as interviewees and panellists for an up-and-coming series of physics podcasts, aimed at the general public. The project plans to develop an educational and high quality physics resource – covering a wide-variety of topics within the field – looking at research and developments from across the globe. The first podcast is intended to be released early in 2012... [read more]
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The launch of Science Europe was announced at a festive launch event held in Berlin on 21 October this year. The organisation, based in Brussels, will act to bring together 50 research and funding organisations from across Europe, to foster excellence in European research by promoting the interests of its members and streamlining the coordination of policies and activities... [read more]
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The International Zetawatt-Exawatt Science Technology [IZEST] launching workshop was held at the Ecole Polytechnique, in Palaiseau, France on 28-29 November this year. The programme of the workshop involved a wide variety of lectures relating to the IZEST project – and the signature of the IZEST agreement... [read more]
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Horizon 2020, an 80 billion euro programme for investment in innovation and research, was officially announced by the European Commission on 30 November 2011. For more information, please visit the new Horizon 2020 website... [read more]
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The European Physical Society has responded to the ERA Framework Public Consultation: ‘Areas of untapped potential for the development of the European Research Area’. The European Physical Society would like to thank its members for providing their comments and insights... [read more]
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Nominations for the 2012 EPS CMD Europhysics Prize are now open. The prize – one Europe’s most prestigious awards in the field of condensed matter physics – is awarded every two years, in recognition of excellent work in the field, by one or more individuals... [read more]
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The EPS Conference Department is open to organise and manage events for the EPS divisions and groups. With over 10 years of experience, the conference team will arrange every aspect of your conference or event – ensuring that your project runs smoothly, looks professional and stays within budget... [read more]
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An article published in EPL was featured in the French daily newspaper Le Monde on 29 November. The piece, ‘Comment la goutte d’eau lévite sur le fil de la scie’, concerns the article ‘Slippery pre-suffused surfaces’, by A. Lafuma and D. Quéré, which was published in volume 96, issue 5 of EPL... [read more]
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Featuring in the recent issue of EPN: Space Exploration Technologies
Pegases – a new promising electric propulsion concept A new class of spontaneously polarized materials Sustainable Energy: How Quantum Chemistry Can Help [read more]
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A brainstorming session focusing on the Open Access Gold model for physics publications is being held at the Institut Henri Poincare, Paris, on 19 January, 2012... [read more]
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The 2012 Advances in Applied Physics and Material Science Congress [APMAS 2012] is being held in the Kremlin Palace Hotel in Antalya, Turkey, from 26-29 April next year... [read more]
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The 2012 Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics [CHEP 2012] conference is being held at New York University’s Skirball and Kimmel Centers, in Greenwich Village, on 21-25 May next year... [read more]
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Photon12 is being held on 3-6 September 2012 at Durham University, England. The conference is being organised by the Optics and Photonics Division of the Institute Of Physics... [read more]
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