The 2026 Europhysics Prize of the EPS Condensed Matter Division is awarded to Dr. Libor Šmejkal, Prof. Jairo Sinova, and Prof. Tomas Jungwirth for the discovery of altermagnetism, a third elementary magnetic class that combines ferromagnetic-like and antiferromagnetic-like characteristics considered for a century as mutually...
Interview with Ulrich Eckern on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for Clarke, Devoret and Martinis Author: Erich Runge My accompanying opinion piece as Chair of the Condensed Matter Division emphasizes that this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics is not an early tribute to the...
Author: Erich Runge When the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis ‘for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit’ my first three thoughts were (i) ‘Oh, a...