IIP to Host Seminar on Geometrical Phases in Massive Perturbations of Kerr Black Holes

Published Wed, Oct 30, 2024
On November 1st, the IIP will welcome Prof. Bruno Carneiro (UFPE), a specialist in theoretical physics, for a seminar on “Geometrical Phases in Massive Perturbations of Kerr Black Holes.” The seminar, conducted in English, will begin at 11 a.m. in the IIP auditorium and is open to the...

High School Students experience modern physics in collaboration with the IIP

Published Wed, Oct 23, 2024
O Grupo de Partículas e Astropartículas do Instituto Internacional de Física (IIF) da UFRN, sob a liderança do Professor Farinaldo Queiroz, estabeleceu uma parceria com as escolas estaduais Prof. Antônio Basílio Filho e Profª Lourdinha Guerra, em...

Heraeus Foundation and IIF-UFRN Host Workshop on Superconductivity and Superfluidity

Published Tue, Oct 22, 2024
For the second year in a row, the International Institute of Physics at UFRN (IIF) teamed up with the Wilhelm and Elsie Heraeus Foundation to organize a workshop focused on superconductivity and superfluidity. The event, titled "Brazilian-German Wilhelm and Else Heraeus (WEH) Seminar on...

Researchers at IIP Investigate Black Holes as a Source of Heavy Dark Matter

Published Wed, Oct 16, 2024
  Jacinto Pinto Neto, a researcher in the Particle and Astroparticle Group of the International Institute of Physics (IIP) at UFRN, has been awarded a scholarship from the Institutional Internationalization Program (CAPES - Print) to conduct a year of research in Italy under the...

Researchers at IIP investigate black holes as a source of heavy dark matter

Published Wed, Oct 09, 2024
  A study led by Jacinto Pereira Neto, a member of the Particle and Astroparticle Group at the International Institute of Physics of UFRN, in collaboration with Professor Farinaldo Queiroz, the group leader, investigated an innovative model on dark matter production. The research combines two...

2024 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to machine learning

Published Tue, Oct 08, 2024
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced this Tuesday, October 8, the names of its laureate researchers for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. Professors John J. Hopfield (Princeton University, USA) and Geoffrey E. Hinton (University of Toronto, Canada) were awarded for their fundamental...