Luisa Cifarelli awarded the EPS Gero Thomas Medal 2021

On 12th November 2021 in the course of the Laura Bassi Forum, an event held to commemorate Bologna's famous 18th century female physicist, EPS vice-president Petra Rudolf handed over the EPS Gero Thomas Medal 2021 to Luisa Cifarelli.

Call for nominations for the EPS Early Career Prizes 2022

The call is open for the Early Career Prizes of the European Physical Society.

Deadline for nominations: 15th February 2022.

News from the EPS Young Minds

The EPS Young Minds section of the national Kapodistrian University of Athens created a web radio including a live stream with professors and students.

Discover the podcasts and the section's activities here.

 

ESRF appoints two new Directors of Research

Gema Martínez-Criado and Annalisa Pastore have been appointed new ESRF directors of research. Martínez-Criado will cover Condensed Matter and Physical and Material Sciences and Pastore Life Sciences, Chemistry and Soft Matter Science.

Gerd Leuchs elected at Optica

Congratulations to Gerd Leuchs, director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany, who has been elected as the 2022 Vice President of Optica (formerly OSA). Leuchs will serve as an officer on the Optica Board of Directors for four years, including a term as the society’s president in 2024.

Call for the EPS Edison Volta Prize 2022

The call is still open for the Edison Volta Prize of the European Physical Society.

Deadline for nominations is 31st January 2022.

New board elected at the Swiss Physical Society

The Swiss Physical Society (SPS) elected new members at its last General Assembly held in Zurich in September 2021.

Nano-chocolates that store hydrogen

The European Physical Society and e-EPS are pleased to share the latest news from DESY, an EPS Associate Member.

 

 

News from AYIMI

The European Physical Society and e-EPS are pleased to share the latest news from Ariaian Young Innovative Minds Institute, AYIMI, an EPS Associate Member.

EUROfusion signs Horizon Europe Grant Agreement

The European Physical Society and e-EPS are pleased to share the latest news from EUROfusion, an EPS Associate Member.

News from EDP Sciences

The European Physical Society and e-EPS are pleased to share the latest news from EDP Science, an EPS Associate Member.

 

The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on 25th December 2021

NASA's Webb Telescope Launches will enable us to see first Galaxies and distant worlds.

The NASA James Webb Space Telescope is developed in partnership with ESA and CSA, the European and Canadian space agencies.

BASE breaks new ground in matter–antimatter comparisons

In a paper published on 5th January 2022 in the journal Nature, the BASE collaboration at CERN reports the most precise comparison yet between protons and antiprotons, the antimatter counterparts of protons.

2022 IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in the field of Statistical Physics

Nominations for the 2022 IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in the field of Statistical Physics should be sent to the IUPAP prize committee before 1st February 2022.

 

The EPS Forum

The European Physical Society (EPS) joins forces with its 42 Member Societies, 18 Divisions and Groups and 40 Associate Members to organise the first edition of the EPS FORUM that will take place on-site at Sorbonne University, Paris, from 2nd-4th June 2022.

Want to participate actively? More info here.

For details about the EPS Forum, visit the event's website.

Registration starts on 1st February 2022. Stay tuned!

Events and dates

EUROPHOTON
The conference will take place from 28th August to 2nd September 2022 in Hannover, Germany.

BIOFORPHYS
The conference will be held in Barcelona from 3rd-7th July 2022.

Symposium “100 years Nobel Prize for Albert Einstein”
The event will take place in Bern on 9th April 2022.

EPS Activities
The EPS works to support its members. Click here for the list of the activities of the EPS Executive Committee and the EPS Staff in 2021.

EPS Historic Sites programme

The EPS Historic Sites programme celebrates places of importance to the history of physics. Discover the places inaugurated from 2014 to 2018 in our brochure.