United Nations decided in its 77th session that the decade 2024 until 2033 will be the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development. It represents a unique opportunity for humanity to use the critical role that  sciences play in the pursuit of sustainable development in its three dimensions as one  of  the  key  means  of  implementation  as  well  as  in  responding  to  the  complex  challenges of our time to ensure a safe and prosperous future for all.

Read the whole resolution in the digital library of of the UN.

Le Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale et de la Jeunesse (en France), le CEA, le CNRS, France Universités et la Société Française de Physique dédient l’année scolaire 2023-2024 à la physique dans le cadre d’une opération de médiation scientifique vers le public scolaire et le grand public. Plusieurs autres partenaires les ont rejoints ainsi que des sociétés savantes et des associations d’enseignants pour déployer de nombreux dispositifs de culture scientifique en physique.

Tout au long de l’année scolaire 2023-2024, l’Année de la physique rapproche les mondes de l’enseignement et de la recherche pour mettre en lumière les grandes avancées et les enjeux de la recherche en physique au 21e siècle.

La cérémonie d’ouverture de l’Année de la physique 2023-2024 se déroulera le 3 octobre 2023 à la Cité des sciences et de l’industrie et sera diffusée en direct sur le site de l'Année de la physique.

Plus d'info.

The Varenna Energy School, one of the most interesting known to us, is jointly organised by the Italian Physical Society and the European Physical Society, and will take place in Varenna, Italy (Lago di Como) in the second half of July (17-22 July 2023).

The School is intended for not only for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, but is also a unique source of information to researchers.

The Lecture Notes of past editions of the School are available in open access on the online journal EPJ WoC - Web of Conferences.

All information and how to participate can be found at this LINK: https://en.sif.it/courses/energy_school

For students and researchers, in these troubling energy times, this school will provide the info needed for a better
understanding of the problems involved in the energy transition.

The deadline for application is 10 May.

500,000 watts, four seconds: Successful start for the heating system with radio waves in Wendelstein 7-X

Great success for German-Belgian fusion research: An innovative heating system with radio waves was used for the first time in the world's largest stellarator Wendelstein 7-X at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald. Using a new type of antenna, the power of more than 500,000 watts could be radiated into a helium plasma for four seconds without any disruption to the plasma operation. The new ion heating system for the Greifswald fusion experiment is based on the design of the Laboratory for Plasma Physics at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels and was built in close cooperation with the Institute for Plasma Physics and the Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics at Forschungszentrum Jülich.

The new heating system includes some improvements over traditional designs based on previous research in the TEXTOR tokamak experiment at Forschungszentrum Jülich. 

Read more.

KU Leuven is organising for the first time a 'Summer of Science', a three day summer camp which will take place from 16 to 19 July 2023 at Campus Heverlee (and the dorms De Vesten).

This new summer school gives you a perfect opportunity to learn, sample, and perform real science as a researcher for three days. This summer school is open to all high school students; its primary audience is Flemish high school students. However, the courses (and this website) are in English as most of the teachers are researchers of international origin. 

Deadline for applications is Wednesday 8 March 2023.

Read more information about this science summer camp and apply now !

On Sept 14, the Interuniversity Institute for High Energy (IIHE, ULB-VUB) will celebrate its 50th Anniversary.

Venue: Royal Academies, from 10h00

Registration is requested.

More info: https://indico.iihe.ac.be/event/1593/

Registration is closed. 

The final programme is available from this link. 

Practical info on the location of the meeting can be found here.