Dear colleagues, I would be grateful if you could publicize the following. I am not sure how this should be submitted - our system is refusing to let me log onto your server! Thanks, John -————————- Item for MIX newsletter: Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, is currently advertising two lecturer positions in Condensed Matter Physics. The School of Physics has been recently recruited strongly and the next area to benefit is Condensed Matter Physics.

May Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May May 26, 1963 The report of the Mössbauer Effect of 107Ag (107) was submitted on this day by G. E. Bizina, A, G. Beda, N. A. Burgov, and A.V. Davydov, and published as Zh. Eksperim. I Teor. Fiz. 1963, 45, 1408 or Soviet Phys-JETP, 1964, 18, 973 [63B16]. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html, and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm Dr. Leopold May Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 Tel: 202-319-5392 FAX: 202-319-5381 E-Mail: May AT cua.edu

April Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May April 30, 1900 A paper prepared by Paul Villard entitled “Sur le rayonnement du radium” was presented by Jules Volle at the Monday meeting of the Acad?mie de Sciences on this date describing the properties of gamma rays. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html, and http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm. Dr. Leopold May Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 *Tel: 202-319-5392; FAX: 202-319-5381 *E-mail: may AT cua.edu *Website: http://faculty.cua.edu/may

March Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May March 21, 1960 Fifty years ago before this date, the first observation of the Mössbauer Effect of 119mSn (R. Barloutaud, E. Cotton, J. L. Picou, J. Quidort, Compt. rend., 1960, 250, 319 [60B07]) was published. 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 Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 Tel: 202-319-5392 FAX: 202-319-5381 E-Mail: May AT cua.edu

February Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May February 1, 1960 Forty years ago on this date, the paper on the Mössbauer Effect t of 197Au (D. Nagle, P. P. Craig, J. G. Dash, R.D. Reiswig, Phys. Rev. Lett. 1960, 4, 237 [60N01]) was received. 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 Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 Tel: 202-319-5392 FAX: 202-319-5381 E-Mail: May AT cua.edu

January Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May January 1, 1978 The first issue of Mössbauer Effect Reference and Data Journal published on this date by the Mössbauer Effect data Center at the University of North Carolina. Its editors were John G, Stevens, Virginia E, Stevens and William L. Gettys. 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 Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 Tel: 202-319-5392 FAX: 202-319-5381 E-Mail: May AT cua.edu

December Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May December 9, 1961 A manuscript was submitted on this date describing the Mössbauer Effect of 67Zn and published as V. P. Alfimenkov, Yu. M. Ostanevich, T. Ruskov, A. V. Strelkov, F. L. Shapiro, W. K. Yen, Zh. Eksperim. I Teor. Fiz. 1962, 42, 1029 or Soviet Phys-JETP, 1962, 15, 713 [62A03]. Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at 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>>

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>> .

October Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy Leopold May October 1962 A talk on the Mössbauer Effect of 125Te was presented by R. B. Frankel, P. H. Barrett, and D. A. Shirley in this month and published in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc.1962, 7, 600 [62F08A]. 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 Professor Emeritus of Chemistry The Catholic University of America Washington, DC, 20064 Tel: 202-319-5392 FAX: 202-319-5381 E-mail: may AT cua.edu Website: http://faculty.cua.edu/may/

Dear Colleagues, on behalf of the Organizing Committee I have the pleasure to announce that the next msms2010 (Mossbauer Spectroscopy in Materials Science) international workshop will be held from January 31 to February 5, 2010 in Liptovsky Jan, Slovakia. More detailed information can be found at http://www.nuc.elf.stuba.sk/msms2010/. A shuttle bus between Bratislava and Liptovsky Jan will be arranged on January 31 and February 5, 2010. Please note the Liptovsky Jan is a well-known ski resort which offers variety of sport and relax activities, the time for which will be incorporated into the workshop program.