We inform kindly that every two years in Poland the All-Polish Seminar on Mössbauer Spectroscopy (OSSM) is organized by various scientific centers. In 2012 we invite all interested people to meet with Polish Mössbauer spectroscopists in Kazimierz Dolny near Lublin on 10-13 June 2012. Seminar is organized by Lublin University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska and Lublin University of Technology. Conference proceedings will be published in Nukleonika after the positive reviewers’ comments.

January Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May January 27, 2004 First Mossbauer spectrum was received from space on this date. It was recorded on the Martian surface in the Guser Crater. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html«https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html>>, and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm«https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm>>. Happy New Year Meilleurs VŒUX pour le Nouvel An Gelukkig nieuw jaar Ein glueckliches neues jahr S novym godom Felices Año Nuevo con amor, salud, y dinero.

***** 2012 ***** MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! SEASON’S GREETINGS! JOYEUX NOËL ET UNE TRES BONNE NOUVELLE ANNÉE! /\ 0 / \ 0 * I/ \I / \ * / \ 0 / \ 0 I/ \I / \ * / \ 0 / \ 0 I/ \I * / \ ………||……… * || * || , FROHE WEIHNACHTEN UND EIN GLÜCKLICHES NEUES JAHR! FELIZ NAVIDAD Y PRÓSPERO ANO NUEVO!

December Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May December 11, 1961 Fifty years ago on this date, R. L. Mössbauer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics “for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name” and shared it with Robert Hofstadter who received it “for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons”.

November Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May November 18, 1976 The first Nassau Mössbauer Conference was held at the Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY on this date. The papers were published as ` Proceedings of the Nassau Mössbauer Conference, C. I. Wynter and R. H. Herber, Ed. (Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, 1977), Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html«https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html>>, and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm«https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm>>. Dr. Leopold May, FSAS Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America 620 Michigan Ave., NE Washington, DC, 20064 Tel: 202-319-5392 FAX: 202-319-5381 E-mail: may AT cua.edu Website: http://faculty.cua.edu/may/

Dear current or future Mössbauer Spectroscopists or Nuclear Resonance Scatterers, it is our pleasure to announce the 489th Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar ‘Progress in Nuclear Resonance Scattering: from Methods to Materials’. In the last decade, Nuclear Resonance Scattering (NRS) has become indispensable in many areas of research. Hyperfine spectroscopy, magnetism in nanostructures, or vibrational characterisation of proteins are just a few examples illustrating the impact of NRS on science. However, progress in the field of NRS continues and is even accelerating due to new methodological developments and new effects. With the announced seminar supported by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation we aim to provide a framework, in which experts as well as scientists prospectively working in the field can discuss and define the future of NRS. Correspondingly, younger colleagues are especially encouraged to participate.

October Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May October 21, 1961 Fifty years ago, the first paper on the Mössbauer Effect of 61Ni (F. E. Obenshain, H. N. F. Wegener, Phys. Rev. 1961, 121, 1344 61O01]) was received on this date. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html«https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html>>, and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm«https://mail.cua.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm>>. Dr. Leopold May, FSAS Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Office, Room 215, Mal, Hall of Chemical History The Catholic University of America

September Anniversaries in Mössbauer History, 2011 September 13-15, 1961 Fifty years ago, the Second International Conference on the Mõssbauer Effect and the first in Europe was held in Saclay, France during these days. The proceedings were published as The Mõssbauer Effect, D. M. J. Compton, and A. H. Shoen, Ed., Wiley, New York, 1962. September 13-15, 1961 Fifty years ago during the 2nd International Conference on the Mössbauer Effect, talks on the Mössbauer Effect of 160Dy (R. Bauminger, S. G. Cohen, A. Marinov, S. Ofer, Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. ME, 1962, p.177 [62B17C]) and 170Yb, 166Er, and 169Tm (P. Kienle, M. Kalvius, F. Stanek, F. Wagner, H. Reicher, W. Wiedmann, Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. ME, 1962, p. 185 [62K16C)].

Dear Colleagues, the security level of the IMC group has already been changed from “secret” to “closed”. Indeed, this is the only way that someone who is not yet in the group may apply for membership. Below you find the modified description. Please visit http://www.facebook.com/groups/mossbauer/ for applying for membership. With best regards, Denes L. Nagy -———————————————————————– DESCRIPTION The International Mössbauer Community (IMC) is a group created by the International Board on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (IBAME). IMC aims at directly connecting all Mössbauer spectroscopists of the world. “Mössbauer spectroscopy includes laboratory Mössbauer spectroscopy, elastic and inelastic nuclear resonance scattering of synchrotron radiation (NRS and NIS), synchrotron radiation perturbed angular correlation (SRPAC) as well as other related techniques and theories. The group will host and disseminate information on highlights, conferences, schools, workshops, programs, instrumentation of the field. In this sense, IMC is the successor of MIX, the Mössbauer Information Exchange, a project dating back to 1992. However, in contrast to the traditional approach of MIX, IMC is a social network based on Web 2.0 principles; the members of IMC will shape the group and its content. Therefore, IMC is nothing but “MIX on Facebook” or, abbreviated, MIX@FB.

Dear Colleagues, as a step towards using new communication facilities and possibilities offered by the Web 2.0 technology, a test version of the social network of all Mössbauer spectroscopists, viz. the Facebook group International Mössbauer Community - MIX@FB has been created. In the construction and test phase, IMC will be a secret group, i.e., only members see the group, who is in it, and what members post. If you are already on Facebook, please visit the group and ask for membership at