International Conference on Theoretical Physics

Sections of the Conference
-Quantum Theory including Quantum Information
- General Relativity Theory, Cosmology and Astrophysics
-General Physics
- Condensed Matter
- High Energy Physics and Nuclear Theory
- Mathematical Physics.

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Charge Transfer in Biosystems - ESF-LFUI Conference

The Conference aims at bringing together scientists active world-wide in the theoretical and experimental investigation of charge transfer in biomolecules and complex systems that include a biological component (such as protein/surface and DNA/surface interfaces), to assess the state of the art in the field in terms of methods and knowledge. We also aim at training young scientists who pursue a multidisciplinary career that bridges physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. Another expected outcome is the creation of new collaborations that potentially may open new research avenues and lead to expanding knowledge in the near future.
Charge transfer in biological molecules is a crucial issue for its implications in chemical reactions in living organisms and for the potential exploitation in nanotechnology. The measurement and theoretical description of the phenomena have been traditionally developed and carried out by the chemistry community, with typical instruments and tools. In the last couple of decades, with the advent of nanotechnology and the investigation of nucleic acids and proteins in this context, different communities have also come into play, notably physics and engineering. Therefore, new investigation methods have been prepared and applied, in both experiment and theory. The field is now mature to integrate the various approaches towards a consensus that would boost a deeper investigation of charge transfer in bio-systems in solution and interacting with solid materials, to gain new knowledge towards improving diagnostics and therapeutics on one hand and developing the next-generation nano scale electronic devices on the other hand.
Few events have so far occurred to bring together the various communities that can convoy their expertise to improve the understanding of charge transfer phenomena. Given the latest developments in theoretical methods and experiments, the proposed conference is quite timely and the originality that can emerge from mixing experiences is outstanding.

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International Conference on Quantum Metrology 2011

You are cordially invited to attend the International Conference on Quantum Metrology (QM) in Poznan, Poland. The QM`2011 is organized by Poznan University of Technology (Poland) and Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena (Germany).

An aim of the conference is the presentation of results of research and of development, both theoretical and application, in the quantum metrology. In the intention of organizers the QM conference has to be a conference, addressed to metrologists and physicists. We foresee the participation in the conference of guests invited to uttering of short lectures.

The conference language is English. Presentations of reviewed papers will take place on oral plenary sessions, and in the case of the greater number of papers also on a poster session.

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Printing and Graphic Science Student Conference 2010

1st December 2010 at 12:00 pm

The IOP Printing and Graphics Science Group annual Student Conference is a forum where recent work in the group’s subject areas at postgraduate level is presented. This year the conference is being hosted by the University of Manchester. Location and attendance details are below the following agenda.

11:30 Registration
11:55 Welcome
12:00 Facial features as visual cues for perceiving characteristics
Yinqiu Yuan, University of Leeds
12:20 Impact of colour attributes on colour emotions for complex images
Joohee Jun, University of Leeds
12:40 Image adaptive Black Point Compensation
Yerin Chang, London College of Communication
13:00 New attributes of Colour Appearance System
Yoonji Cho, University of Leeds

13:20 Lunch

14:10 Implementation of Preference Image Quality Metrics in Evaluation Reference Medium Gamut
Lirui Peng, London College of Communication
14:30 Stability of Colour Photographs in Mixed Archives
Ann Fenech, University College London
14:50 The full history of spreading of an inkjet-printed drop on a wettable surface
Sungjune Jung, University of Cambridge
15:10 The effect of Rheology on the Drying Process of a Solvent-based ink
Christopher Chapman, Swansea University
15:30 Rheological and physical characterisation of modern industrial paints to generate model fluid systems
Sreedhara Sarma, University of Bradford

15:50 Coffee

16:15 Mechanical bending durability of ITO thin films deposited by pulsed laser deposition on polymer substrates for flexible electronic devices
Grzegorz Potoczny, University of Birmingham
16:35 Developments of Energetic Printable Delay Compositions for Shock Tube Detonators
Tuuli Grohn, University of Cambridge
16:55 Carbon Nanostructures as Materials for Functional Printing
Neil Graddage, Swansea University
17:15 Excimer Laser processing of spin coated transparent conducting SnO2:Sb films for flexible electronics
Neranga Abeywickrama, Nottingham Trent University

17:35 Award of prizes for best presentations IOP PGS committee
17:45 Conference close

To attend please register, to give the numbers for catering, by sending an email to leszek.majewski@manchester.ac.uk

Details of the location, building and room are as follows.
Room E007, Renold Building, University of Manchester
Renold Building is #8 in the top left section of the Campus Map.
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/medialibrary/maps/campusmap.pdf
And is an easy walk from Piccadilly Station.

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International Conference on Statistical Physics (SigmaPhi2011)

The conference will cover all the topics of Statistical Physics:

A) Foundations and theoretical aspects of classical and quantum statistical physics.

B) Mathematical aspects and methods: formalism, rigorous results, exact solutions, connections with the methods of high energy physics, string theory, mathematical statistics and information theory.

C) Nonequilibrium systems: transport theory, plasmas, dynamical systems, relaxation phenomena, random systems, chemical reactions, pattern formation etc.

D) Applications to physical systems: quantum systems, soft condensed matter, fluids, surfaces and interfaces, disordered and glassy systems etc.

E) Interdisciplinary applications of statistical physics: biophysics, econophysics, social systems, networks, traffic flow, algorithmic problems, etc.

FORMAT:

The conference will be organized in sessions dealing with general aspects and fundamental problems of statistical physics.

A special session will be organized under the auspices of the EPS-SNP
(European Physical Society - Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division)

Moreover some workshops and symposia will cluster talks dedicated to special topics. The conference will include also poster sessions devoted to general and special topics of statistical physics.

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8th Conference on Nuclear and Particle Physics

Conference on Nuclear and Particle Physics (NUPPAC)is the traditional Egyptian conference on nuclear and particle physics organized biennially on a regular basis since 1997. Nuclear and particle scientists meet in friendly atmosphere to present their achievements and discuss future plans.

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8th Conference on Nuclear and Particle Physics

Conference on Nuclear and Particle Physics (NUPPAC)is the traditional Egyptian conference on nuclear and particle physics organized biennially on a regular basis since 1997. Nuclear and particle scientists meet in friendly atmosphere to present their achievements and discuss future plans.

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Premier Nuclear Policy-Making Conference Closes

Delegates at the IAEA 54th General Conference (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA)

The IAEA's 54th General Conference of Member States concluded on 24 September 2010, in Vienna. Over 1 300 delegates from the IAEA´s 151 Member States attended the annual policy-making meeting.

On Friday, the General Conference adopted resolutions to guide the Agency´s work in the coming year:

The full texts of adopted resolutions and the Presidential statement will be posted in due course on the IAEA website.

The 2010 Scientific Forum gathered internationally renowned cancer experts in an intensive, moderated two-day discussion. Dignitaries, senior officials, doctors and cancer control advocates examined the issue of combating cancer in developing countries, calling for a concerted, long-term global response to stop the cancer epidemic.

Several notable anniversaries were celebrated during the General Conference: the 25th anniversary of the Regional Agreement of Technical Cooperation for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, as well as its applications for development (ARCAL), and the 10th anniversary of the International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO).

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-- By Peter Kaiser, IAEA Division of Public Information

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Experts Meet for Largest Ever IAEA Fusion Conference

The ITER Tokamak will be nearly 30 metres tall, and weigh 23 000 tons. The Tokamak is a doughnut-shaped vessel surrounded by coils that produce an intense magnetic field ? in which the conditions needed for fusion are created and maintained.

More than 1000 scientific experts met for the six-day, IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, held in Daejeon, the Republic of Korea from 11-16 October 2010. Hosted by Korea's National Fusion Research Institute, this meeting was the largest gathering the IAEA has organized on the means to use fusion as a source of energy since the Conference series began in 1961.

As the search for greener forms of electricity production intensifies, the rising attendance and the scope of the research presented at the Conference are indicative of the scientific community's growing attention to pursuing peaceful nuclear fusion. During the Conference, scientists provided 460 poster presentations, delivered over 80 lectures, in addition to more than 20 overview presentations, as well as an additional 7 overview posters, displaying the outcome of the work done by larger groups, often over a period of many years. The Youth Conference on Fusion Energy was held prior to the Conference and was attended by about 100 young researchers. This new Conference was organized by the National Fusion Research Institute in cooperation with the IAEA.

"For the world at large, fusion energy remains a distant dream but the large group of distinguished scientists gathering in Deajeon recently made important headway to move the dream closer to reality," said Werner Burkart, Head of the IAEA's Nuclear Sciences and Applications Department, who opened the Conference on behalf of IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano.

The next Fusion Energy Conference will be held in San Diego, USA from 8 to 13 October 2012.

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Premier Nuclear Policy-Making Conference Closes

Delegates at the IAEA 54th General Conference (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA)

The IAEA's 54th General Conference of Member States concluded on 24 September 2010, in Vienna. Over 1 300 delegates from the IAEA´s 151 Member States attended the annual policy-making meeting.

On Friday, the General Conference adopted resolutions to guide the Agency´s work in the coming year:

The full texts of adopted resolutions and the Presidential statement will be posted in due course on the IAEA website.

The 2010 Scientific Forum gathered internationally renowned cancer experts in an intensive, moderated two-day discussion. Dignitaries, senior officials, doctors and cancer control advocates examined the issue of combating cancer in developing countries, calling for a concerted, long-term global response to stop the cancer epidemic.

Several notable anniversaries were celebrated during the General Conference: the 25th anniversary of the Regional Agreement of Technical Cooperation for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, as well as its applications for development (ARCAL), and the 10th anniversary of the International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO).

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-- By Peter Kaiser, IAEA Division of Public Information

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Experts Meet for Largest Ever IAEA Fusion Conference

The ITER Tokamak will be nearly 30 metres tall, and weigh 23 000 tons. The Tokamak is a doughnut-shaped vessel surrounded by coils that produce an intense magnetic field ? in which the conditions needed for fusion are created and maintained.

More than 1000 scientific experts met for the six-day, IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, held in Daejeon, the Republic of Korea from 11-16 October 2010. Hosted by Korea's National Fusion Research Institute, this meeting was the largest gathering the IAEA has organized on the means to use fusion as a source of energy since the Conference series began in 1961.

As the search for greener forms of electricity production intensifies, the rising attendance and the scope of the research presented at the Conference are indicative of the scientific community's growing attention to pursuing peaceful nuclear fusion. During the Conference, scientists provided 460 poster presentations, delivered over 80 lectures, in addition to more than 20 overview presentations, as well as an additional 7 overview posters, displaying the outcome of the work done by larger groups, often over a period of many years. The Youth Conference on Fusion Energy was held prior to the Conference and was attended by about 100 young researchers. This new Conference was organized by the National Fusion Research Institute in cooperation with the IAEA.

"For the world at large, fusion energy remains a distant dream but the large group of distinguished scientists gathering in Deajeon recently made important headway to move the dream closer to reality," said Werner Burkart, Head of the IAEA's Nuclear Sciences and Applications Department, who opened the Conference on behalf of IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano.

The next Fusion Energy Conference will be held in San Diego, USA from 8 to 13 October 2012.

See Story Resources for more information.

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