The International Institute of Physics hosts the J-PAS meeting this week

Published Wed, Oct 11, 2023
With a diverse program that includes hybrid-format lectures, allowing participants to join either in person or virtually, the 19th J-PAS Collaboration Meeting (Javalambre Physics of the Accelerating) is taking place at the International Institute of Physics at UFRN from October 9 to 14. In Brazil,...

IIP-UFRN offers a mini-course aimed at the institute's postgraduate students with a focus on quantum information

Published Thu, Oct 05, 2023
The mini-course “Semi-Defined Programming and Applications in Quantum Information”, hosted by the International Institute of Physics at UFRN (IIP-UFRN), commenced on Thursday, October 5th, presented by Dr. Isadora Veeren, visiting researcher at the IIP. The program focuses on...

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to attosecond physics

Published Tue, Oct 03, 2023
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced, this Tuesday, October 3rd, the names of the three winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics. The Frenchman Pierre Agostini, the Hungarian-Austrian Ferenc Krausz and the French-Swedish Anne L' Huillier were selected by this year's awards...

IIP-UFRN begins the 2023 edition of its School of Young Talents with a talk by Sir Michael Berry

Published Thu, Sep 28, 2023
The activities of the II School of Young Talents of the International Institute of Physics at UFRN began this week, with the participation of more than 500 registrants from educational institutions across the country. The event is aimed at high school and first-year physics undergraduate students,...

IIP-UFRN to Host Seminar on Mechanical Control of Adsorption and Nanoscale Movement

Published Tue, Sep 26, 2023
  On Wednesday, September 27th, the International Institute of Physics (IIP-UFRN) will host a seminar titled "Mechanical Control of Adsorption and Motion at the Nanoscale", presented by Professor Leonardo Dantas Machado, a researcher at the Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics...

Prof. Alexander Zamolodchikov Nominated to Receive Breakthrough Prize, The Oscar of Science

Published Mon, Sep 18, 2023
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation announced the winners of its 2024 edition on September 14th. This year, the two laureate physicists have important connections with International Institute of Physics at UFRN. Professor Alexander Zamolodchikov, a researcher at Stony Brook University (USA), is a...