In the third episode of ‘A Night with the Space Nobelists’ the event host Tommi Tenkanen interviews Prof. Adam Riess Why is the universe expanding and why does the expansion accelerate? How was this strange discovery received by the colleagues of Adam Riess? Watch now the 3rd episode of “A […]
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In the second episode of ‘A Night with the Space Nobelists’ the event host Tommi Tenkanen interviews Prof. Didier Queloz Why did the young PhD student Queloz panic when he first saw the data from the 51 Pegasi star? Check the video below and find also out how exoplanets are […]
The first episode in ‘A Night with the Space Nobelists’ is now out! The event host Tommi Tenkanen interviews Prof. Reinhard Genzel. Check the video below and find out how Prof. Genzel found the elusive supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way and learn about bizarre things […]
The Finnish Physical Society awards an annual prize for the excellent Master’s thesis in the field of physical sciences. The purpose of this prize is to support early career researchers and acknowledge them for the exceptional work. The winner(s) are selected by the board based on the thesis work, references […]
The Finnish Physical Society awards an annual prize for the excellent Master’s thesis in the field of physical sciences. The purpose of this prize is to support early career researchers and acknowledge them for the exceptional work. The winner(s) are selected by the board based on the thesis work, references […]
The Finnish Physical Society awards an annual prize for the excellent Master’s thesis in the field of physical sciences. The purpose of this prize is to support early career researchers and acknowledge them for the exceptional work. The winner(s) are selected by the board based on the thesis work, references […]
Emilia Kilpua “Kuinka voi olla mahdollista, että joku elää täällä maapallolla, eikä halua tutkia universumia?” Tähtitieteilijä Vera Rubin (1928-2016) oli pimeän aineen tutkimuksen johtohahmoja ja upea roolimalli. Vera Rubinin elämää ja työtä esitteli Suomen Fyysikkoseuran ja Aalto yliopiston Fyysikkoalumni järjestämässä ‘Historian Suuret Fyysikot’ seminaarisarjassa professori Neta Bahcall. Hän oli Veran […]
Emilia Kilpua & Anu Kankainen & Tero Karjalainen Big changes have taken place in the Finnish Physical Society (FPS). Our society has a long history, being active now over 70 years and having an important role as bringing together physicists from different fields and supporting physics research, applications, education and […]
Diversity in Physics, Finland (FinDiP) is the working group of the Finnish Physical Society. David Weir I’d like to thank Milica for her hard work over the past year. I’m honoured to have taken over as chair and I will try to continue her sterling work. Never has the need […]
Emilia Kilpua I participated in the European Physical Society (EPS) council meeting that was held online Friday May 28, 2020. Originally the meeting was supposed to be in Brussels in April, but was transferred as an online meeting due to COVID-19. The meeting was opened by the welcoming words of […]