An international research team led by the University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with researchers from GSI/FAIR, Justus Liebig University Gießen (JLU), and other partner institutions, has developed a new experimental approach to studying short-lived radioactive molecules. This work lays the cornerstone for a new generation...
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...
The C17 “Laser Physics and Photonics” committee of the IUPAP (International Union for Pure for Applied Physics) announces a call for nominations for its 2026 Early Scientist Career Prize, with two categories, “fundamental research” and “applied research”. All necessary information, including nomination modalities, is detailed...
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Rafael Bachiller is an astronomer and Director of the Spanish National Astronomical Observatory and the Royal Observatory of Madrid, both part of the National Geographic Institute of Spain (IGN). His research focuses on star formation, planetary nebulae and the interstellar medium. He has also gained...
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...