October 2021 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2021
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 "for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems” with one half jointly to Syukuro Manabe and to Klaus Hasselmann and the other half to Giorgio Parisi.
EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Prize 2021 awarded
This year’s prize of the EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division honours two outstanding scientists, who are pioneers in their respective fields: Albert-László Barabási and Angelo Vulpiani.
EPS Edison Volta Prize 2022: Call for nominations
Nominations are now open for the Edison Volta Prize of the European Physical Society. The award, intended to promote excellence in research, will be given in recognition of outstanding research and achievements in physics.
EPS Plasma Physics Division Innovation Prize 2022
The call for nominations is now open.
Deadline for nominations: 1st February 2022.
EPS CMD: Search for section board chair
The EPS Condensed Matter Division (CMD) board is looking for an enthusiastic colleague specialized in Semiconductors and Insulators research to join the Board.
AMOPD Young Scientist Prize 2022
The call for nominations for the Young Scientist Prize of the Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Division (AMOPD) of the EPS is open. Deadline: 15 December 2021.
EPS Plasma Physics Division "Alfvén Prize" 2022
The call for nominations for the 2022 EPS Plasma Physics Division "Alfvén Prize" is now open. Deadline: 15 November 2021.
EPS-QEOD Research into the Science of Light Prize 2022
The call for nominations for the 2022 EPS-QEOD Research into the Science of Light Prize is open. Deadline: 19 November 2021.
Fee waivers available for PRPER Publications
Physical Review Physics Education Research (PRPER) covers the full array of experimental and theoretical research relating to the teaching and learning of physics and astronomy.
Success of the International Day of Light 2021
The International Day of Light 2021 encountered a big success this year.
Detailed infographics and reports on the International Day of Light 2021 and the Trust Science campaign at the IDL website reports page.
News from the IUPAP C14: Physics Education
Read the latest issue of the ICPE newsletter, the International Commission on Physics Education. A commission of the IUPAP.
EPFL: Extending the power of attosecond spectroscopy
Read research news on the website of the EPFL, an EPS Associate Member.
Research news from EUROfusion
The European Physical Society and e-EPS are pleased to share the latest news for EUROfusion, an EPS Associate Member.
OSA becomes OPTICA
The Optical Society of America, formerly OSA, changed its name and look. Read about the new brand OPTICA and its story.
The EPS Forum
The European Physical Society is pleased to announce the first edition of The EPS Forum.
Planned to be annual, this new initiative will provide a showcase for the EPS and its activities, as well as for the activities of its Member Societies, Divisions and Groups, and Action Committees.
The EPS Forum will take place from 2-4 June 2022 in Paris, France. The EPS Council will be organised on 4 June 2022.
Events and dates
48th conference on Plasma physics 2022
The conference will take place from 27 June to 1 July 2022 in Maastricht, Netherlands.
NANOMETA 2022
The conference will take place from 6-9 January 2022 in Seefeld, Austria.
Europhoton
The conference will take place from 28 August to 2 September 2022 in Hannover, Germany.
EPS Activities
Activities of the EPS Executive Committee and the EPS Staff since January 2021.
