The
2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
has been awarded to Serge
Haroche and David J. Wineland
for the development of
“ground-breaking experimental
methods that enable measuring
and manipulation of individual
quantum systems”.
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The
Institute of Physics [IoP]
Awards Dinner 2012, held in
London on 3 October, attracted
a record attendance of over
600 physicists.
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The
20 September 2012, CERN
Council elected Agnieszka
Zalewska as its 21st
President.
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The
Dark Energy Camera in Chile
took its first picture in
September 2012. After a series
of tests, the 570-megapixels
camera is expected to be
operational in December 2012.
The
Dark Energy Camera is the most
powerful survey instrument of
its kind, able to see light
from over 100 000 galaxies up
to 8 billion light years away.
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The
Sponsoring Consortium for Open
Access Publishing in Particle
Physics [SCOAP3] was
officially at CERN on 1
October 2012.
This
new publishing model, which
grants free access to
peer-reviewed articles in
particle physics, redirects
the funding traditionally
spent by libraries for
subscriptions to an
internationally coordinated
common fund.
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In
June 2012 a UK working group
of scientists, funding
agencies and publishers made
available a report on
“Accessibility,
sustainability, excellence:
how to expand access to
research publications”. This
work, known as the Finch
report made the recommendation
for a larger implementation of
open access.
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The
Young Scientist Prize in
Statistical Physics,
established by the C3
Commission on Statistical
Physics of the IUPAP,
recognises outstanding
achievements of scientists in
the early stages of their
career in the field of
Statistical Physics. Up to
three awards will be presented
at the Statphys25 conference,
which will be held in Seoul,
Korea, 22-26 July 2013.
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In
an Open Letter to the EU Heads
of States and Governments, 42
Nobel Laureates and 5 Fields
Medallists have stated their
grave concern that the
upcoming negotations on the
overall EU budget from
2014-2020 will
disproportionally hit the
research and innovation
budget. The letter has been
published on 23 October.
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more]
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The
European Commission has
published 4 new calls for
proposals under the Framework
Programme 7 [FP7].
•
ICT – EU Japan Coordinated
Call on topics Optical or
wireless communications,
cybersecurity, extending the
cloud paradigm to the Internet
of Things, the Federation of
testbeds: Control, tools and
experiments, as well as green
and content centric
networks.Deadline for
submission: 29 November 2012.
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The
EPS Nuclear Physics Division
[NPD] is organising elections
to replace 2 outgoing members.
The NPD is active in the
organisation of the European
Nuclear Physics Conference
series.
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The
European Physical Society
(EPS) has created a position
for a Communications Intern,
who will work closely with the
EPS Communications Coordinator
in order to enhance the
influence and impact of the
EPS and its activities.
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Convinced
by the need to put forward
common solutions, the EPS
Physics for Development Group
[EPS PDG] organized the first
EPS Conference on Physics for
Development.
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The
Universities of Strathclyde
and Glasgow Young Minds
Section of the Students
Community of Optics and
Photonics Engineering [SCOPE]
organized and ran an outreach
event with hands-on
experiments for kids and
adults alike at the Glasgow
science festival…
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Recent
highlights from EPN:
The
seven months that changed
physics: The discovery of
the Higgs Boson and its
implications for High Energy
PhysicsBy Guido
Tonelli
The
adventure of quasicrystals:
a sucessful
multidisciplinary effort
By D. Gratias
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more]
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