Qubits & Quasares new episode of the third season available

Published Tue, Jul 28, 2020
Qubits & Quasares, the International Institute of Physics’s podcast, is back for a new season and in its first episode receives Professor Gabriel Landi, from the Physics Institute of the University of São Paulo (USP). Professor Landi conducts research on open systems, with...

New IIP group article addresses confinement in parallel coupled Ising chains

Published Fri, Jul 24, 2020
The research group of Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems at the International Physics Institute at UFRN published a new study on confinement in parallel coupled Ising chains. The authors of the work are Dr. Flávia B. Ramos (IIP-UFRN), Dr. Maté Lencsés (University of...

New article by Prof. Rafael Chaves in the Folha de São Paulo

Published Thu, Jul 16, 2020
In yet another article in the #CientistaTrabalhando campaign published in the Folha de São Paulo newspaper, Professor Rafael, Chaves, research leader in Quantum Information at the International Physics Institute of UFRN, highlights the non-cloning theorem and its possibilities for...

IIP virtual seminars available on Youtube

Published Wed, Jul 15, 2020
In recent weeks, the International Physics Institute at UFRN has been adapting its weekly research seminar schedule to a new virtual format, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For those who were unable to follow live, IIP is making presentations available through its youtube channel...

UFRN researchers receive SBF awards for their theses

Published Tue, Jul 07, 2020
The Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics at UFRN has two of its researchers among the winners in the latest edition of the SBF Doctoral Thesis Awards, announced last week. Dr. Diego Paiva Pires, a former post-doctoral researcher at the International Physics Institute at UFRN, was one...

Technical note from a group of Brazilian scientists warns of underreporting for COVID-19

Published Mon, Jul 06, 2020
A group of researchers from different universities and research centers in the country released on July 1 a technical note on the current situation of COVID-19 in Brazil, highlighting the possibility of an enormous underreporting of the number of cases across the country. The team is composed of...