It is with great sadness that we recently received from the Dipartimento di Fisica of the Universita degli Studi di Padova the terrible news of the loss of our good friend and colleague, Professor Andrea Vitturi. Quoting the received communication: Andrea Vitturi was an exceptional person, scientist and professor, under many respects. He possessed a vast knowledge of science and physics in particular, he had an uncommonly deep mathematical vision and a quick insight for simple solutions to c...

Opening of a PhD contract associated with the project PID2022-136228NB-C21, titled "Shape coexistence and quantum phase transitions in atomic nuclei with applications in quantum computing," supported by the Ministry of Science and Research. The contract will have a duration of 4 years and will commence in March 2024. Applicants must hold a degree in Physics and a master's degree in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related subjects. Additionally, they must have complet...

Professor Higgs is renowned the world over for his prediction of the existence of a new particle – the so-called Higgs boson – which he first proposed in 1964. It would be almost 50 years before the particle's existence could be confirmed, with experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN finally confirming Higgs' theory in 2012. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for this work in 2013, along with Francois Englert. Professor Higgs was also a great teacher and mento...

Opening of a postdoc position in the Departmento of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Padova to work on the the GRIT project, specifically on "vertex" reconstruction and AI for PSA. Beware: Deadline is fairly close, 15/01/2024 CALL: https://dfa.unipd.it/fileadmin/Bandi/ASSEGNI/2023/Prot_4785_Bando_assegno_Novel_Vertex_PRIN_MENGONI.pdf APPLICATION: https://dfa.unipd.it/fileadmin/Bandi/ASSEGNI/2023/IstruzioniPICA_Mengoni_PRIN.pdf ...

Congrats to CEAFMC members Javier Calzada and Nuria Selva for their participation in a recently published letter in Science on the importance of FAIR data policy to alleviate large carnivore conflict....

El próximo martes 12 de diciembre a las 17:00h., se celebrará en la Fundación Ramón Areces (c/ Vitruvio, 5. Madrid), la sesión científica Retos en matemáticas y su impacto social. Es necesario hacer la inscripción online previa (). También podrá seguirse a través del Canal de YouTubeRAC ...

PhD fellowship in the project "Study of excited state quantum phase transitions in systems with application to quantum computing." The candidate will work on the analysis of shape coexistence in odd-even Pt, Hg and Po isotopes. Beware: deadline for applications is November 10th!! The offer is the first one in the attacched link. For assistance, write to enrique.ramos@dfaie.uhu.es...

Pierre Agostini (Ohio State University, US), Ferenc Krausz (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany), and Anne L’Huillier (Lund University, Sweden) are to be awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work toward generating light pulses on attosecond (10?18 s) time scales, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday. The physicists’ pioneering research in ultrafast-laser science has opened up investigations of electronic motion in atoms, molecules, and materials. ...