Como becomes the world capital of physics for a day, with the participation of Nobel Laureates Alain Aspect and William D. Phillips COMO 2 October 2026 The European Physical Society (EPS), in partnership with Acinque, is proud to announce the award ceremony of the inaugural...
On 18th September 2026, Joseph von Fraunhofer’s Historic Glassworks was inaugurated as an EPS Historic Site. Tha same day, the place reopened as a museum in Benediktbeuern, Germany.
Authors: Matthijs Goedings (University Leiden), Barbora Bruant Gulejova (University Zurich) From 24–28 August 2026, EPS-TIG Leiden brought together physics students from universities across Europe for a summer school built around a simple idea: to show how physics connects to technology, innovation, industry and society. Hosted...
An interview with Professor Lavinia Heisenberg, 2023 EPS Emmy Noether Distinction laureate – Author: Petra Rudolf What does it mean to understand gravity? How much can we trust our most successful theories? And what happens when we dare to question the framework that has shaped...
Author: Gina Gunaratnam Jean Dalibard is a researcher and a professor of physics at the Collège de France. He was awarded the 2025 Alessandro Volta prize. A ceremony dedicated to the first edition of this prize and to his research will be organised on 2nd...
Call for bids to host the Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics Conference in 2028 (NPA-XIII 2028) The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) is seeking candidates to host the 2028 edition of the Conference on Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics...
The European Physical Society is proud to announce the launch of its new position paper on Physics Bachelor’s Studies in Europe, providing an updated European perspective on the knowledge, skills and competences that physics graduates should acquire and on how bachelor’s programmes can respond to...
24th July 2026 – Press release Mainz University – JGU researcher Jairo Sinova and former Mainz-based scientist Libor Šmejkal receive the 2026 EPS Europhysics Prize together with Tomas Jungwirth One of Europe’s highest distinctions in condensed matter physics has been awarded for a discovery that...
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...
The Patricia Edwin PhD prize is awarded to Dr. Robert Kamlah for his high-resolution spectroscopic observations, which have significantly advanced our understanding of sunspot formation and dynamics. By combining innovative imaging techniques, he discovered that chromospheric penumbral filamentary structures act as precursors in sunspot evolution. Additionally, his exceptional technical expertise led to...