The Council of the European Physical Society (EPS) concluded its spring meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 15–16 May 2026. The meeting was hosted by the Lithuanian Physical Society in colloaboration with the University of Vilnius at the National Centre for Natural and Technological Sciences and...
Launched in March 2024, the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics (ESPP) is a bottom-up process designed to develop a visionary and concrete plan for the future of the field. At its 225th session on 12 December 2025, the CERN Council received recommendations addressing...
The European Physical Society (EPS) is proud to announce its 2026 distinctions and awards, recognising outstanding contributions to physics across all career stages. The distinctions were announce at the EPS Council meeting held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 15–16 May 2026. Also announced during the meeting...
During the EPS Council held in Vilnius on 15-16 May, José Maria De Teresa, EPS President-Elect since 2025, took over from Mairi Sakellariadou as EPS President. The EPS thanks Mairi Sakellariadou for her dedicated services to the Society. Congratulations to our new president José María De...
COMO/VILNIUS, 16 May 2026 – French physicist Jean Dalibard is the winner of the 2025 Alessandro Volta Prize. The announcement was made today in Vilnius, Lithuania, during the annual meeting of the Council of the European Physical Society (EPS). The announcement was delivered by Mairi...
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The meeting will bring together researchers working on nonequilibrium statistical physics across theory, numerics, and experiments to discuss recent advances and current challenges in the field (active and living matter, glasses and driven systems, stochastic thermodynamics, foundations of nonequilibrium theory, quantum dynamics). The conference is...
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...
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Authors: Mario Birkholz and Gina Gunaratnam Mastodon is a decentralised, open-source social network that operates through independent servers (instances) interconnected with one another, allowing users to control their experience, privacy, and community rules. Here are its core features: – Open to everyone: You don’t have to...