IIP-UFRN holds special lecture on the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics

Published Thu, Oct 13, 2022
This Friday, October 14th, the International Institute of Physics of UFRN will host a special event with the IIP´s research leader in quantum information, Prof. Rafael Chaves, on the 2022 Nobel Prize winners in Physics, to be live streamed at www.youtube.com/iiptv. The lecture "O...

IIP-UFRN holds a virtual seminar with Prof. Julia Plavnik

Published Thu, Oct 13, 2022
Next Friday, October 17th, the International Institute of Physics at UFRN will hold the virtual seminar “An algebraic framework for Topological Quantum Computing”, presented by Professor Julia Plavnik, from Indiana University, Bloomington. The presentation will start at 2 pm, with a...

IIP-UFRN holds a seminar on causality and gravity with Prof. Claudia de Rham

Published Fri, Oct 07, 2022
The International Institute of Physics at UFRN resumes its series of virtual seminars on the 10th of October with a presentation from Professor Claudia de Rham, researcher at Imperial College London. The event will take place at a special time, starting at 11 am, and broadcast live on the...

Physics Nobel 2022

Published Tue, Oct 04, 2022
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced this Tuesday, October 4th, the names of the three laureates of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics. This year the prize honors the work of Professors Alain Aspect (University of Paris-Saclay and École Polytechnique, France) John F. Clauser (J.F....

Quantum Markov Inequalities

Published Tue, Sep 20, 2022
  Researchers discuss in a new article from the field of quantum information the use of Markov processes – a model that studies the evolution of a physical system without memory – in quantum regimes and show a new class of inequalities that can be applied to the processing of...

Note of condolence for the passing of Prof. Liacir Lucena

Published Thu, Sep 15, 2022
  It is with great regret that we inform everyone of the sudden death of Professor Liacir dos Santos Lucena early yesterday evening, September 14th. Liacir was one of the founders of the Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte and...