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EPS Central Prizes

Nominations are now open for EPS Central Prizes. The EPS encourages nominations from the entire community, especially for members of underrepresented groups and which reflect the geographical diversity of the EPS.

The deadline is 31st January 2025. 

Physics in Advent 2024

Physics in Advent is an Advent calendar of a special kind - a physical Advent calendar!

During Advent, young researchers and anyone who enjoys it can solve 24 small simple experiments and physical puzzles and discover the joy of experimenting for themselves.

Register now and order your free poster and flyer!

Call for the 2025 HEPP Division Prizes

The board of the High Energy and Particle Physics Division of the European Physics Society solicits nominations for the EPS-HEPP 2025 Prizes:

- The High Energy and Particle Physics Prize
- The Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize
- The Young Experimental Physicist Prize
- The Gribov Medal
- The Outreach Prize

Start planning for #lightday2025 now!

The objectives of the International Day of Light are very broad, raising awareness of the applications of light science and technology in society and sustainable development, and promoting science education through the highly-accessible subject of light.

The theme for 2025 is "Light, Innovation, Society".

Report on the symposium of Spanish RSEF physicists

The Women in Physics Group of the RSEF, the Royal Spanish Society of Physics, organised a symposium earlier this year. 

It took place during the XXXIX Biennial of Physics in Donostia, in July 2024.

News from EDP Sciences

As we reach the final weeks of 2024, we are reflecting on another busy year and have several updates to share with you. Read on to find out what we’ve been up to...

Discover the latest news from EDP Sciences, an Associate Member of the European Physical Society.

New opportunities to shape the fusion field

Discover the interview with fusion researcher and policy advisor Maria Lorena Richiusa, about how her EUROfusion Engineering Grant helped shape her career.

EUROfusion is an Associate Member of the European Physical Society.

Mark Thomson as next Director-General of CERN

The CERN Council selected British physicist Mark Thomson as the Organization’s next Director-General.

The appointment will be formalised at the December session of the Council and Professor Thomson’s five-year mandate will begin on 1st January 2026.

Beamline for Schools 2025

Beamline for Schools 2025 is about to start! 

Beamline for Schools is a physics competition for high-school students from all around the world inviting them to propose an experiment that they want to perform at a particle accelerator.

The heaviest element ever chemically studied

Experiments at GSI/FAIR succeeded in determining properties of moscovium and nihonium.

GSI is an Associate Member of the European Physical Society.

CERN: A gold mine for neutrino physics

The DUNE experiment is taking shape deep in the same mine where physicists saw the first hint that something was amiss with the neutrino.

Gender issues in physics

This is the theme of NORNDIP, the Annual Conference of the Nordic Network for Diversity in Physics. The 6th edition took place in Bergen, Norway.

Report of the NPA-XI 2024

NPA-XI, the 11th edition of the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics conference series, concluded successfully in Dresden, Germany.

CLEO® Europe/EQEC: The call for papers is open!

CLEO®/Europe and EQEC will take place from 23rd-27th June 2025 in Munich, Germany as part of the World of Photonics Congress and the Laser World of Photonics 2025, the world’s leading laser trade fair.

The call for papers is open. Deadline 27th January 2025.

Events and important dates

ICOLS 2025
The 26th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy will take place from 2nd-7th June 2025, on Elba Island, Tuscany.

Unlocking Gravity Through Computation
The 5th conference on Gravitation will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 9th-11th December 2024.

EPS Activities in 2024
Click here for the list of the activities of the EPS Executive Committee and the EPS Staff.

EPN 55/5

Read the last issue of the year.


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