Europhysics News

Europhysics News is the magazine of the European physics community. It is owned by the European Physical Society and produced in cooperation with EDP Sciences. It is distributed to all our Individual Members and many institutional subscribers. Most European national societies receive EPN for further distribution. The total circulation is currently about 25000 copies per issue.

Editor: Victor R. Velasco ; Science editor: Jo Hermans
Editorial board

ISSN: 0531-7479 ; e-ISSN: 1432-1092
Frequency: 6 issues per year

Features

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Stella Lux: the energy-positive family car

Tom Selten

Europhysics News, 48 3 (2017) 13-16

Published online: 16 June 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2017301
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A brief tour of the climate machine - 2 - Environment shapes the climate [1]

Jean Poitou

Europhysics News, 48 3 (2017) 17-20

Published online: 16 June 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2017302
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Where is transportation going?

George Crabtree, Elizabeth Kocs and Bryan Tillman

Europhysics News, 48 3 (2017) 21-25

Published online: 16 June 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2017303
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Can solar water-treatment really help in the fight against water shortages?

Pilar Fernàndez-Ibañez, Kevin G. McGuigan and Despo Fatta-Kassinos

Europhysics News, 48 3 (2017) 26-30

Published online: 16 June 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2017304
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Properties of nuclei probed by laser light

Rainer Neugart

Europhysics News, 48 2 (2017) 12-15

Published online: 22 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2017201
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