Our colleague Giulio Biroli has received the prestigious "Young Scientist Award" of IUPAP International Union of Pure and Applied Physics), jointly with Tomohiro Sasamoto (Chiba University, Japan), for his groundbreaking works on glassy systems. This prize is awarded for the first time this year.
H. Orland
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