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We are very pleased to share our latest updates with you as the year ramps up to full speed following the winter break. In our news this month…

New funding collective supports equitable access to global acoustics research.

The journal Acta Acustica, owned by the European Acoustics Association, is transitioning to Diamond open access from January 2025, removing all costs for both readers and authors https://acta-acustica.edpsciences.org/news/323-acta-acustica-to-transition-to-diamond-open-access-in-2025

Preparing to celebrate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology

February 4th marks the Opening Ceremony of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. Under the auspices of UNESCO, this event recognizes 100 years since the initial development of quantum mechanics.

We would like to celebrate this initiative by recommending 'Ultra-cold atoms, ions, molecules and quantum technologies' by Hélène Perrin, Robin Kaiser, and Michèle Leduc. Foreword by Alain Aspect (Nobel Prize).

• More info, official site IYQ: https://buff.ly/3C4ka89
• More info about the book https://buff.ly/40vQLM9

EPJ B welcomes new Editor-in-Chief Philipp Hövel

The European Physical Journal B is glad to announce that Dr. Philipp Hövel (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany) has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief for the section on statistical physics and complex systems.

Dr. Hövel will work alongside Prof. Egger to continue guiding and developing the journal.

The journal and the Publishers, take the opportunity to thank Prof. Heiko Rieger whose work and leadership have been invaluable. (https://www.epj.org/epjb-news/2848-epjb-welcomes-new-editor-in-chief-philipp-hoevel ).

Research highlights
“ f(R) gravity with spacetime torsion” by Hitender Kumar, Tanmoy Paul and Soumitra SenGupta, published in EPL, has been highlighted in Europhysics News- EPN 55/5: The Universe (November 2024). See https://epn.eps.org/epn-55-5/#1

We are delighted to announce the publication of several new special issues:

• EPJ D Topical Issue - Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths (ASOS14)
  
• EPJ B Topical Issue - New Trends in Statistical Physics of Complex Systems: Theoretical and Experimental Approaches