Elections for EPS executive committee members will be held at the next EPS council meeting in May 2027. Members are elected for a 2 year team and can serve a maximum of two terms. We are looking for candidates with expertise and interests in issues...
The Inaugural Alessandro Volta Prize Ceremony and Symposium COMO 2 October 2026 Collaboration, friendship, kindness and humanity were at the heart of the inaugural Alessandro Volta Prize ceremony, organised by Acinque and the European Physical Society. The event celebrated both scientific achievement and the human...
The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) calls for nominations for the 2024-2026 European Nuclear Physics Thesis Prize. The prize recognises the excellence of a recent PhD in Nuclear Physics. The prize is given to typically 3 (and...
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...