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27 September 2025: The Maya and Aztecs' Sky by Emile Biémont
Prof. Emile Biémont's latest book, published by Springer Nature, immerses the reader in the fascinating history of the Aztec and Maya peoples. Although these two Mesoamerican cultures developed at very different periods, they present numerous similarities, from an attraction to ritual ball games to advanced astronomical knowledge and close intertwining of the lives of people and the observation of the sky.
Amply illustrated with photographs by the author and documents from codices, this book is aimed at a very wide audience, from enthusiasts of history, ethnology, and astronomy to students or researchers interested in the pre-Hispanic civilizations of Mexico.
Prof. Emile Biémont is Honorary Research Director of the Belgian FNRS, Honorary professor of the University of Mons (Belgium), Emeritus member of the Royal Academy of Belgium and Honorary member of the National Committee for Pure and Applied Physics.
More at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-95967-7
27 February 2020: In Memoriam Professor Jacques Lemonne
27 February 2020: In Memoriam Professor Jacques Lemonne
Born in Oostende on July 9th, 1938, Jacques Lemonne was professor of physics at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, co-founder of the Interuniversity Institute for High Energies IIHE (ULB-VUB) and co-director for 31 years. For many years, he has been an active member of several national and international committees, including the board of the European Physical Society and the CERN council. Professor Jacques Lemonne passed away in Brussels on February 27, 2020.
Jacques Lemonne has been one of the most active members of the BNCPAP of which he was president from 2004 until 2008. Under his leadership, the committee started publishing the review series on Research in Physics in Belgium, with contributions from eminent experts from all domains in pure and applied physics.
The Belgian physics community owes much to the vision and leadership of Jacques Lemonne. We lost a dear colleague and friend who has inspired generations of physicists.
The Belgian Francqui Prize 2018 was awarded to Frank Verstraete
The Belgian Francqui Prize 2018 was awarded to Frank Verstraete
"for developing a self-consistent theoretical framework, based on tensor networks, which has elucidated the quantum states of matter. The framework is powerful and general enough to apply to many areas in quantum physics, including high-temperature superconductors, topological phases of matter, and engineered quantum many-body systems."
2015: the International Year of Light
2015: the International Year of Light
Coordinated by the European Physical Society under the auspices of the United Nations, the International Year of Light is a global initiative highlighting to the citizens of the world the importance of light and light-based technologies in their lives, for their futures, and for the development of society.
24 October 2015: Brussels Hotel Metropole receives EPS Historic Sites Award
24 October 2015: Brussels Hotel Metropole receives EPS Historic Sites Award
The Hotel Metropole in Brussels was recognized as an EPS Historic Site in 2015 for its role in the first Solvay Council, where the foundations of quantum physics were laid. The event was a collaboration between the European Physical Society (EPS), the Belgian Physical Society (BPS), and the International Solvay Institutes (ISI).
8 October 2013: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded jointly to Belgian physicist François Englert and British physicist Peter W. Higgs
8 October 2013: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded jointly to Belgian physicist François Englert and British physicist Peter W. Higgs
"for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider".
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