IIP/UFRN hosts seminar on thermodynamic anomalies and the Hubbard model

Published Tue, May 27, 2025
In some systems with strong electron interactions, heat can have an unusual effect: instead of causing particles to spread out, it brings them closer together, increasing the electronic density. This type of thermodynamic anomaly is one of the main topics of the upcoming seminar at the...

Variational Quantum Algorithms to be discussed in upcoming IIP seminar

Published Tue, May 27, 2025
Quantum computers, despite their enormous theoretical potential, are still not practical and accessible tools. One promising alternative to the limitations of this technology is Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs), a topic that will be explored in this Wednesday, May 28th, in the next Quantum...

IIP/UFRN hosts a seminar on G-structures in supergravity

Published Thu, May 22, 2025
On Thursday (May 29), the International Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP/UFRN) will host a seminar by Niall Macpherson, a researcher from the University of Oviedo, Spain. Aimed at members of the String Theory and Mathematical Physics group, the lecture...

Potiguar Excellence Award recognizes RN students who excelled in physics olympiads

Published Wed, May 21, 2025
  The International Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP/UFRN) will hold the Destaque Potiguar Award ceremony next Monday (26th) at 2 p.m. The event, which will take place at the IIP auditorium, on UFRN’s Central Campus, will honor more than 30 high...

IIP/UFRN awards medals to Ceará winners of the Physics Tournament for Girls

Published Wed, May 14, 2025
The International Institute of Physics at UFRN (IIP/UFRN) held a ceremony last Friday (9), at the Legislative Assembly of Ceará (Alece), to award 56 medals from the latest edition of the Physics Tournament for Girls (TFM). Created to encourage the interest of elementary and high school girls...

Professor from the University of Liverpool talks about new technologies to detect dark matter at IIP/UFRN

Published Mon, May 12, 2025
Although it constitutes a large part of the universe, dark matter—unlike visible matter, which is made up of protons and electrons—cannot be observed through traditional methods. To discuss new ways of detecting it, the International Institute of Physics at UFRN (IIP/UFRN) will host,...