New building for Trieste Centre

Construction has begun on a permanent building for the International Atomic Energy Agency International Centre for Theoretical Physics. Located at Miramare, near Trieste, the new headquarters will be owned by the University of Trieste and will replace the premises on Piazza Oberdan in the center of the city that have served the centre since its inception in October 1964. To inaugurate its first year of operation, the centre held a four‐week general seminar on plasma physics that attracted 21 lecturers and 64 participants. On its anniversary in October this year, a year‐long study of plasma physics began, led by leaders in the field from the United States and Russia.