Published Thu, Jun 18, 2020
The workhop Fundamental Aspects of String Theory ended last June 12. The event was hosted in a collaboration between the International Institute of Physics of UFRN and the ICTP-Saifr (São Paulo). Originally intended to be program hosted in Natal and São Paulo, the program had to be... Published Wed, Jun 17, 2020
According to our everyday experience, macroscopic bodies out-of-equilibrium relax toward a stationary state that is largely independent of their initial conditions.
This innocent observation has baffled physicists for long when applied to the quantum realm. Indeed, as a consequence of linearity... Published Mon, Jun 15, 2020
A group at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) of the Argonne National Laboratory (USA) has obtained a state of matter closely resembling a quantum spin liquid. Such a state is characterized by a “frustration” of the electron spins – the situation in which the electrons are not able... Published Wed, Jun 10, 2020
On June 10, 2020, the physics community stopped its activities in a strike to mark its support for Black Lives Matter movement and a call for a more decisive action towards fighting racism in all aspects of our lives, from streets to academia. The murder of George Floyd in the United States has... Published Fri, Jun 05, 2020
By Professor Thiago Fleury and Dr. Vasco Gonçalves
Quantizing gravity remains an outstanding problem of modern Physics. While the procedures of the quantization of other fundamental forces of Nature are well established, the most familiar one still resists our efforts. String... Published Wed, Jun 03, 2020
The International Physics Institute resumes this week its series of seminars, with presentations by IIP researchers and collaborators from other Brazilian teaching and research institutions. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the presentations will take place remotely, through online meeting...  |  |  |  |  |  |  |