December 2012 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
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Editorial:
The responsibility of scientists in the economic crisis

Science is extremely rewarding for its players. We undertake our careers pushed by curiosity and the need for understanding, and we have the possibility...

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Italy revises its SuperB Project

The results of an international commission appointed by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research [MIUR] for the costing review of the Italian “flagship project” SuperB in the Frascati area were made public at the end of November 2012. SuperB is included in the future European scenario...

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SESAME progressing

The Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East [SESAME] is a “third-generation” synchrotron light source...

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ASEPS 3 agenda is taking shape

The Asia Europe Physics Summit [ASEPS] aims to strengthen the cooperation in physics research between Asian and European countries...

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The second european gender summit 2012

The meeting was held in Brussels, 29-30 November 2012. It brought together...

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The Finch Report: impact on researchers

Steven Hall, Managing Director of IOP Publishing has recently published an article entitled “What does Finch mean for researchers, librarians and publishers?”...

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The perfect Christmas tree

Nicole Wrightham and Alex Craig, students in mathematics at the University of Sheffield, have created a formula to calculate the number of balls to hang on a Christmas tree. The formula also determines the height of the angel...

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Clinical trials using carbon ions begin at CNAO

On November 13th, for the first time at the Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica [CNAO], a hadrontherapy centre in Italy, a beam of carbon ions was used to treat a cancer patient...

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Prepare 2013: submit!

The European Physical Society [EPS] and its Divisions and Groups are presently calling for abstracts for their upcoming conferences in 2013...

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ISAPP Schools in 2013

The International School of AstroParticle Physics [ISAPP] is a network, including 33 institutions from France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Norway...

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IZEST conference report

Eminent physicists from around the world met in Glasgow at the International Zetawatt-Exawatt Science Technology conference [IZEST] hosted by the University...

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New Portal for EPJ

In November, the European Physical Journal [EPJ] opened its new online portal that allows to easy access to the articles published in EPJ journals and to archives of predecessor...

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Papercore: Scholar Database based on the wiki Principle

The Papercore project is an open and free database for all scientists. Based on the wiki...

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Science Cafés: conversation about science and scientists

The “science café” is a place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or tea, people can learn...

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Alexander Sergeevitch Alexandrov

Alexander Sergeevitch Alexandrov, a condensed matter theorist who was well known for his extensive contributions...

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Featured in EPN

Most recent highlights from EPN:

Nobel 2012: trapped ions and photons; A Tribute to Max von Laue; Sensitive magnetometers based on...

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