EPJ Plus Focus Point Issue: Scientific Research in Cultural Heritage 2022
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- Published on 12 December 2025
Guest Editors: Ludovic Bellot-Gurlet, Danilo Bersani, Anne-Solenn Le Hô, Delphine Neff, Laurianne Robinet, Aurélie Tournié
This EPJ Plus Focus Point on “Scientific Research in Cultural Heritage: articles from the 5th International Conference on Innovation in Art Research and Technology (inArt 2022)” brings together 33 papers from 47 oral presentations and 119 posters presented at the conference held in Paris from 28 June to 1 July 2022. These articles illustrate the wide range of topics covered at the conference, which fall within the scope of archaeometry or conservation science. The aspects presented in the various studies may concern issues of understanding ancient materials and techniques, as well as deterioration mechanisms and conservation strategies. Transversally, given the objects to be studied and the constraints posed by heritage objects, the use of mobile instruments and on-site measurements is involved in many of the works, whether in case studies or in the development of specific methodologies.
Since the 2022 edition in Paris, a new edition of the inArt conferences has been organised in Oslo (Norway) from 4 to 7 June 2024, which will again give rise to articles to be published in an EPJ Plus focus point on Advances and Innovation in Heritage Science.
All articles are available here and are freely accessible until 9 February 2026. For further information, read the Editorial.
EPJ C: Julia Vogel new Editor-in-Chief for Experimental Physics II: Astroparticle Physics
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- Published on 12 December 2025
The publishers of The European Physical Journal C – Particles and Fields are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Julia K. Vogel as new section Editor-in-Chief for Experimental Physics II: Astroparticle Physics, succeeding in this role to Professor Jocelyn Monroe as of 1 January 2026.
Julia K. Vogel is a Professor of Experimental Particle Physics without Collider at the Physics Department of TU Dortmund. Her scientific research focuses on axion and ALP dark matter searches, as well as X-ray astronomy, and multilayer-coated X-ray optics. She currently serves as Deputy Spokesperson of the IAXO Collaboration and leads the X-ray optics team of the experiment. She has furthermore significantly contributed to the CAST experiment and has also been a member of the initial NuSTAR science, instrument, and project teams, and was responsible for the on-ground calibration of the telescopes point spread function.
EPJ PV Highlight - Approaches for reducing metallization-induced losses in industrial TOPCon solar cells
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- Published on 24 November 2025
Approaches for reducing metallization-induced losses in industrial TOPCon solar cells
The tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) structure has been widely accepted in industrial manufacturing, making it the dominating solar cell structure in 2025. One key to further increase conversion efficiency of such solar cells is minimizing carrier recombination at metal-semiconductor interfaces.
