Every two years, the staff members from all four EMFL sites meet somewhere outside their facilities to exchange ideas, discuss best practices of administrative procedures, and strengthen the common EMFL spirit. This time, the sixth meeting of the EMFL Days took place in Prague from 16 to 18 September 2024. Altogether, 110 EMFL staff members gathered in the capital city of the Czech Republic in a hotel near the center. Although the flooding in some parts of the country did prevent some people from participating, most EMFL staff arrived safely. For many participants, it was the first visit to [...]

© Peter Albers (HFML-FELIX). The 13th International Conference on Research in High Magnetic Fields (RHMF 2024) was held in Nijmegen, the Netherlands from 7 to 11 July 2024. The conference was hosted by HFML-FELIX, Radboud University Nijmegen and attracted more than 100 participants from countries all over the world. The program consisted of 21 invited and 24 contributed lectures, as well as two very lively poster sessions on Monday and Tuesday evening, preceded by poster pitch sessions. The participants presented and discussed the latest advancements in fundamental and applied physics and related subject areas where high magnetic fields play [...]

© FlexRICAN. The beneficiaries of the EU Horizon-funded “Flexibility in Research Infrastructures for global CArbon Neutrality” (FlexRICAN) project inaugurated its launch during a kick-off meeting held on March 11-12, 2024 at the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden. The 3-year FlexRICAN project, coordinated by ESS, has the ambitious goal of revolutionizing energy-consumption patterns within large research infrastructures across Europe. By harnessing the diverse expertise and resources of its partners, the project´s aim is to develop sustainable energy solutions that will not only benefit the European grid but also local heating networks. The kick-off meeting was attended by representatives [...]