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Prix Schläfli 2023 award for the four best dissertations in natural sciences
Simone Bavera (Astronomy), Joël Bloch (Biology), Michelle Frei (Chemistry) and Ariadni Afroditi Georgatou (Geosciences) were honoured with the Prix Schläfli 2023 for findings made in the context of their dissertations. Through this prize, the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) singles out the four most significant insights of young researchers at Swiss universities. The Prix Schläfli has been awarded since 1866.
Immagine: SCNAT
Simone Bavera – Discovering the beauty of the universe
Simone Bavera researches the properties of merging black holes, pioneering work that he performs at the University of Geneva. As a consequence of this, he has been awarded the Prix Schläfli for Astronomy.
Immagine: Aurélie Briol
Order through kaons
The inventory of Swiss particle physics has just opened a new register for a new kind of research: thanks to EPFL assistant professor Radoslav Marchevski, it can add kaon physics to its list. The Bulgarian scientist, who did his undergraduate studies in Sofia, Bulgaria and his graduate studies in Mainz, Germany, joined the ranks of Swiss academia at the beginning of the year and brought his specialty particle with him.
Immagine: Radoslav Marchevski
Des gymnases de Berne et de Bâle récompensés par le label MINT
Trois écoles qui s'engagent particulièrement dans l'enseignement des mathématiques, de l'informatique, des sciences naturelles et de la technique peuvent désormais s'appeler « Gymnase actif dans les domaines MINT ».
Immagine: Andres Jordi, SCNAT
First sighting of neutrinos from a collider collision
It’s a first in the world of physics: the FASER and SND@LHC experiments at CERN have seen first ever confirmed evidence of a neutrino produced in a particle collision at a collider. Both experiments specialise in weakly interacting particles to look for as yet unknown physics phenomena, and scientists hope that this new result will ultimately lead to a better understanding of neutrinos themselves, and with that to a range of open questions in particle physics.
Immagine: Anna Sfyrla
Enseigner la physique du réchauffement climatique
Ce printemps, le Service écoles-médias genevois (SEM) met l'accent sur la biodiversité et le climat ainsi que leur nécessaire préservation.
“Strange animals” in the spotlight
When protons or ions collide with targets or each other, they produce lots of new particles. Some of these are wanted, some are unwanted, but whatever their desired status – they need to be well understood. Neutrons, which belong to these products, are a particular challenge. Their characteristics such as their energy, direction and number are a pain to measure, but knowing them well brings many advantages to various branches of science and its applications. A novel experimental approach based on a new neutron spectrometer recently tested by members of the Laboratory for High-Energy Physics at the University of Bern in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano and its spin-off company Raylab yields promising results that appear to be even more versatile than expected.
Immagine: U. Bern
A Symposium to celebrate the 400th birthday of Blaise Pascal
2023 marks the 400th birthday of the physicist, mathematician, engineer and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662). The Swiss and the Austrian Physical Society, in partnership with the French Physical Society, will organize a Symposium to celebrate this anniversary during their joint annual meeting in Basel in September.
Immagine: Gérard Edelinck, Clermont Auvergne Métropole, Bibliothèque du patrimoineInternational Conference of Women in Science: Join Team Switzerland
For the eighth time, the "Women in Physics" conference will take place in India from 10 - 14 July. Interested parties can now register for the Swiss delegation.
International Day of Light 2023 - event planning starts now
The International Day of Light, organised by UNESCO, will take place on 16 May 2023. All individuals and institutions are invited to organise an event and register it in the global events calendar.
Immagine: UNESCO
