Elections for EPS executive committee members will be held at the next EPS council meeting in May 2027. Members are elected for a 2 year team and can serve a maximum of two terms. We are looking for candidates with expertise and interests in issues...
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...
The board of the Nuclear Physics Division (NPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) calls for nominations for the 2024-2026 European Nuclear Physics Thesis Prize. The prize recognises the excellence of a recent PhD in Nuclear Physics. The prize is given to typically 3 (and...
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...
Read the latest issue of our online newsletter here! You will discover interviews with EPS Prize Laureates, the call for the Lise Meitner Prize, a position paper on Physics Bachelor’s Studies, and much more.
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.”...
On 18th September 2026, Joseph von Fraunhofer’s Historic Glassworks was inaugurated as an EPS Historic Site. Tha same day, the place reopened as a museum in Benediktbeuern, Germany.
Authors: Matthijs Goedings (University Leiden), Barbora Bruant Gulejova (University Zurich) From 24–28 August 2026, EPS-TIG Leiden brought together physics students from universities across Europe for a summer school built around a simple idea: to show how physics connects to technology, innovation, industry and society. Hosted...