January 2025 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
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EPS Central Prizes 2025
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 March 2025.
EPS Condensed Matter Division
Jose Maria De Teresa served as chair of EPS Condensed Matter Division from 2021-2024. Erich Runge takes over from him, starting in 2025.
Thanks Jose Maria De Teresa for your dedicated work in this EPS division!
Erich Runge, welcome on board!
Let's celebrate quantum science in 2025!
The mission of the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology (IYQ) is to use the occasion of 100 years of quantum mechanics in 2025 to help raise public awareness of the importance and impact of quantum science and its applications to all aspects of life.
The opening ceremony will take place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 4th February 2025.
Discovery Space
The EPS is at the forefront of integrating innovative technologies into education with Discovery Space teacher training. This includes AIMLOW: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Online Workshops. These initiatives aim to inspire educators, equip them with modern pedagogical tools, and provide students with engaging learning experiences rooted in inquiry and critical thinking.
Moniek Tromp becomes new President of ISE in 2025
Prof. Tromp succeeds Prof. emeritus Dr. Martin Andler, Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin, the current ISE President, whose mandate ran until 31st December 2024.
Take part in the Physics World Championship in Lund!
The International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT) will take place from 29th June to 6th July 2025 in Lund, Sweden.
Sam Edgecombe, chairman of IYPT Sweden, invites you to take part in the event.
IDL 2025: Register your event now!
The International Day of Light is now welcoming registrations for 2025 events on their global calendar.
The registration form has been streamlined for registering multiple events.
Here are also useful information about all aspects of event organisation.
Board Elections 2025 of the EPS Plasma Physics Division: Call for Votes
Elections to the PPD Board will take place over the next few weeks. Elections details can be found below:
- Nominees for Election to the Board of the EPS Plasma Physics Division
- Voting form
The voting deadline is 28th February 2025.
European Solar Physics Division: Call for 2025 ESPD Prizes
The ESPD calls for nominations for its 2025 prizes:
- ESPD Patricia Edwin PhD Thesis Prize
- ESPD Giancarlo Noci Early Career Researcher Prize- ESPD Kees Zwaan Inspirational Community Prize
The deadline is 4th March 2025.
EPS NPD: Three best PhD thesis awards
The Nuclear Physics Division of the EPS has decided to award the 2021-2023 PhD Prize jointly to:
- Dr. Chloé Fougères
- Dr. Sandro Fabian Kraemer and
- Dr. Francesco Marino
The prizes will be awarded during the 6th European Nuclear Physics Conference which will take place in Caen, France, in September 2025.
The CTAO becomes an ERIC
The European Commission established the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), furthering its mission to become the world’s largest and most powerful observatory for gamma-ray astronomy. The creation of the CTAO ERIC will enable the Observatory’s construction to advance rapidly and provide a framework for distributing its data worldwide, significantly accelerating its progress toward scientific discovery.
News from INFN
Possible clues about the history of the universe from Mediterranean minerals.
Ancient minerals, formed six million years ago, during the drying up of the Mediterranean Sea, and known as "evaporites", could hold precious traces of the interaction with cosmic rays, and reveal important information about the history of our universe.
INFN is an EPS Associate Member.
News from MPL
New computational framework automatically discovers experimental designs in microscopy.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) framework which autonomously discovers new experimental designs in microscopy.
The MPL is an EPS Associate Member.
ESO: World's darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megaproject
On December 24th, AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US power company AES Corporation, submitted a project for a massive industrial complex for environmental impact assessment. This complex threatens the pristine skies above ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the darkest and clearest of any astronomical observatory in the world.
Events and dates
GIREP Summer School
The summer school will be held from 28th-29th June 2025 in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Physics Days 2025
The Physics Days will be organised in Oulu, Finland, from 26th-28th March 2025.
5th International Conference on the History of Physics
The conference will take place from 5th-7th June 2025 in Coimbra, Portugal.
EPS Activities in 2024 & 2025
Click here for the list of the activities of the EPS Executive Committee and the EPS Staff.
