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...
6 October 2026 – The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 to: Francis Halzen, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin” Read the...
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...
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The 2026 Landau-Spitzer Award has been awarded to: “For advances in developing models that provide accurate and fast predictions for turbulent transport in tokamak plasmas, through more than a decade of collaboration that spans foundational quasilinear gyrokinetic theory, multi-device experimental validation, and machine learning methodology.”...
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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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...