Author: Gina Gunaratnam In 2024, the EPS release a calendar of “Inspiring Physicists”. Read the interview of Sébastien Mouchet, researcher & honorary senior lecturer at the University of Mons, Belgium and the University of Exeter, UK. He wrote the editorial of the calendar, together with...
The aim of the third update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics is to develop a visionary and concrete plan that greatly advances human knowledge in fundamental physics through the realisation of the next flagship project at CERN.
Winners of the 2024 CERN Beamline for Schools competition: “Mavericks” from Estonia (top right), “SPEEDers” from the USA (bottom right) and “Sakura Particles” from Japan (left) (Images: Mavericks, SPEEDers, Sakura Particles)Geneva and Hamburg, 25 June 2024. Beamline for Schools (BL4S) is a physics competition run by CERN, the...
Discovery Space is an EU-funded project to develop an Exploratory Learning Environment to facilitate students’ inquiry and problem-solving through learning scenarios featuring virtual and remote labs. Students will be guided through differentiated learning pathways, customized by their input as they progress through learning scenarios covering...
Geneva, 30 August 2024. Today, CERN is welcoming Estonia as its 24th Member State, marking the end of the formal application process that started in 2018 and crowning a period of cooperation that stretches back three decades.
ESO, 27th August 2024. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has conducted test observations, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other facilities, that achieved the highest resolution ever obtained from the surface of Earth [1]. They managed this feat by detecting light from distant...
The European Physical Society aims at promoting physics, especially among a young audience. In 2020, the Society published a calendar called “Inspiring Physicists”. The idea of this calendar obviously came to me as a way to put forward the laureates of the EPS Emmy Noether...
The 2024 EPS Calendar of Inspiring Physicists has been released. Featuring EPS Members, Laureates of EPS awards and Nobel Prize Winners this initiative aims at presenting inspiring female physicists who can act as role models for the next generation of scientists. Every month, a new...
Statement by the Executive Committee of the European Physical Society 26 February 2022 The European Physical Society (EPS) strongly condemns the continuing attacks by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, an independent and sovereign country. In clear violation of international law, the Russian government’s decision will...