Qubits&Quasares with Prof. Nuno Crokidakis

Published Tue, Aug 17, 2021
In the most recent episode of Qubits&Quasares, podcast of the UFRN International Institute of Physics at UFRN, we spoke with Prof. Nuno Crokidakis, a researcher at the Fluminense Federal University, who develops work in different fields of physics, such as statistical physics of complex...

IIP-UFRN holds a seminar by Prof. Simon White on August 18th

Published Mon, Aug 16, 2021
This Wednesday, the UFRN International Institute of Physics will hold the virtual seminar “The smallest dark matter halos: their abundance, structure and contribution to dark matter annihilation signals”, presented by Professor Simon White, researcher at the Max Planck Institute of...

IIP regrets to inform the passing of Professor Konstantin Efetov

Published Fri, Aug 13, 2021
It is with deep sorrow that we inform the passing away of Konstantin Efetov, last Wednesday (August 11), in Bochum, Germany. Efetov was an IIP Distinguished Professor and served in our International Advisory Board from the very beginning, from 2011 to 2017. He was a big supporter of the...

IIP-UFRN resumes the schedule of presentations for the virtual seminars on 08/11

Published Fri, Aug 06, 2021
Next Wednesday, August 11, UFRN's International Institute of Physics resumes its schedule of virtual seminars with the participation of Professor Peter Schulz (Unicamp, University of Campinas)), who will present the seminar “What the numbers say about physics in Brazil in 2020?”....

IIP-UFRN team studies extension of the standard model

Published Tue, Aug 03, 2021
A group of researchers at the International Institute of Physics of UFRN is studying how the decay of the kaon particle (a lighter meson type that has an s quark) can give new directions for how physics understands the standard model (theory that describes the fundamental forces strong, weak, and...

IIP-UFRN holds an event on science education in Brazil

Published Fri, Jul 16, 2021
Throughout the month of August, the UFRN International Institute of Physics will hold the virtual workshop “Physics Education in Both Elementary and High Schools”, an event that is completely free of charge and will feature the participation of experts in the fields of education and...