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...
Nominations are open for 3 (three) new ordinary board members of the EPS Nuclear Physics Division (EPS-NPD). DEADLINE FIXED TO 16th October 2026 The members of the Board are expected to attend Board meetings, which take place twice a year. Please note that the newly elected board members will be invited at the board meeting planned mid May at...
General Description The European Physical Society (EPS), through its Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) Board, awards the Lise Meitner Prize to one or more researchers who have made outstanding contributions to nuclear science. Such contributions may comprise experimental nuclear physics, theoretical nuclear physics and all areas...
The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) calls for nominations for the 2026 EPS Nuclear Physics Division Prize for Applied Nuclear Physics. This is a prize sponsored by the division, consisting of a diploma of the EPS and...
The EPS Europhysics Prize is given in recognition of a prominent and well-identifiable discovery, breakthrough, or contribution to condensed matter physics by one or more individuals in the area of condensed matter physics, which, in the opinion of the selection committee, represents scientific excellence. The...
On 24th March, in a world first, a team of scientists from the BASE experiment at CERN successfully transported a trap filled with antiprotons in a truck across the Laboratory’s main site. The team managed to accumulate a cloud of 92 antiprotons in an innovative...
Nominations are sought for the Early Career Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical (AMO) Physics 2025, which will be awarded by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics through the Commission C15 AMO Physics (https://iupap.org/who-we-are/internal-organization/commissions/c15-atomic-molecular-and-optical-physics/)
Please visit the EPS Divisions and Groups websites to see the latest calls for prizes. Divisions Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Division Condensed Matter DivisionPhysics Education Division Environmental Physics DivisionGravitational Physics DivisionHigh Energy & Particle Physics DivisionNuclear Physics DivisionDivision of Physics in Life SciencesPlasma Physics...