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2011 Physics Nobel Prize
Elsevier congratulates the 2011 Physics Nobel Prize winners Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess! One half of the prize was awarded to Perlmutter and the other half jointly to Schmidt and Riess “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae”.
In recognition of the importance of their work we are pleased to make a selection of their articles freely available.
Elsevier congratulates the winners of the Elsevier Optics Quiz 2011
Gian-Luca Oppo
Bernabé Carcel Gonzalez
Ferenc Riesz
Angelica Immacolata Grimaldi
Alexander Jelzow
Winners will be contacted individually.
Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award
For excellent research in Surface Science
Young surface science researchers (less than 6 years since their PhD), with no restrictions to nationality or home institution, are invited to apply for the "Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award". Read more
PERK
Find out more about our newly launched Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK). Supporting our editors dealing with publishing ethics issues by providing guidelines & policies, recommended courses of action & sample letters.
Free Access to 'Physics Procedia' Online Journal
Physics Procedia is an e-only journal focussed on publishing high quality conference proceedings. Enabling fast dissemination in a dedicated online issue on ScienceDirect, which will then be made freely available worldwide. >>Read more
Physics Catalogue
Browse the new Physics Catalogue, presented in a handy pageturning format.
New Editors
Prof. Barry Sanders from Institute for Quantum Information Science, University of Calgary has joined us as Editor for Optics Communications.
Prof. Giancarlo Cravotto from Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologiia del Farmaco University of Turin has joined us as Editor for Ultrasonics Sonochemistry.
Prof. Peter Eberhard from Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, University of Stuttgart has joined us as Contributing Editor for International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics.
Prof. Giuseppe Saccomandi from Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, University of Perugia has joined us as Contributing Editor for International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics.
New Editor for New Astronomy Reviews
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Sally Oey
joining the board of Editors of New Astronomy Reviews. Read more
Publish with 'Fast Track Communications'
Solid State Communications has a venue for the very rapid publication of short communications on significant developments in condensed matter science. Read more
