IIP/UFRN hosts seminar on the perspectives and limitations of applied holography

Published Mon, Aug 04, 2025
Next Friday (08), the International Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP/UFRN) will host the seminar of Professor Dmitri Khveshchenko, from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, titled “Applied Hall-o-graphy with no strings attached”. The...

Physics Tournament for Girls: science olympiad for high school girls open for registration until August 15

Published Fri, Aug 01, 2025
Registrations for the 3rd edition of the Physics Tournament for Girls (TFM) are open until August 15. Organized by the International Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP/UFRN), the tournament aims to stimulate the interest of high school girls in the field of...

Exchange students participate in scientific activities at IIP/UFRN

Published Wed, Jul 23, 2025
On Monday, 21st, the International Institute of Physics (IIP/UFRN) welcomed a group of students from the Global STEM Academies cultural exchange program, organized by the American Field Service (AFS). The group, composed of high school students from sixteen different countries, visited the research...

IIP/UFRN hosts scientists from 19 countries for workshop on quantum gravity

Published Fri, Jul 18, 2025
Explaining how gravity works at the quantum scale is one of the greatest challenges in modern physics. Researchers from around the world will gather from July 21 to August 1 for the workshop “Quantum Gravity, Holography and Quantum Information”, hosted by the International Institute of...

IIP/UFRN holds seminar on quantum geometry of electronic states

Published Wed, Jul 16, 2025
Why does metal conduct heat and electricity better than wood? To answer this kind of question, condensed matter physics primarily looks at how electrons move and interact within materials. On Friday (18th) at 11 a.m., the auditorium of the International Institute of Physics (IIP/UFRN) will host a...

UFG Scientist Presents New Approach to Quantum Thermodynamics at IIP Seminar

Published Tue, Jul 08, 2025
While thermodynamics describes the behavior of matter based on macroscopic systems, quantum mechanics investigates phenomena in the microscopic scale of the universe. Despite the contrast between these approaches, they are connected through gauge theories, which will be the central topic of a...