CALL for Applications: Postdoctoral fellowship opportunity for a Brazilian postdoctoral fellow at the WIS

Published Wed, May 13, 2020
Sponsorship The Paulo Pinheiro de Andrade Fellowship Fund.   Funding An annual sum of $28,000 paid through the WIS. The host PI will be responsible to supplement the fellowship to WIS regular postdoctoral fellowship level, including travel allocation.   Deadline May 31,...

Plataforma Europea de Divulgación de la Ciencia

Published Wed, May 13, 2020
Queridos/as compañeros/as de la Ridphe: No cabe duda de que uno de los mayores desafíos para quienes nos enfrentamos a la organización de una nueva actividad de divulgación científica o comunicación social de la ciencia es elegir el formato adecuado,...

Pesquisadores alertam para o perigo da saída precoce da quarentena

Published Fri, May 08, 2020
Modelos mostram que ignorar o isolamento neste momento poderia anular todos os ganhos dos primeiros dias de quarentena e colocar as cidades que ainda não atingiram o pico da contaminação em um colapso dos sistemas de saúde nas próximas semanas Com um crescimento...

IIP-UFRN program in the Virtual March for Science

Published Wed, May 06, 2020
The Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC), will hold this Thursday, May 7, the Virtual March for Science throughout Brazil. The event will bring together different institutions linked to the Center of Technology and Innovation (CT&I) with activities carried out by social networks...

Fundamental Aspects of String Theory Workshop in Remote Format

Published Fri, Apr 17, 2020
The International Institute of Physics of UFRN will host between June 8 and 12, 2020 a scientific event in a different format than it has been doing in recent years. The Fundamental Aspects of String Theory workshop, which would initially be held in the IIP-UFRN auditorium, will have its...

COVID 19 - Modeling Infection Dynamics

Published Tue, Apr 14, 2020
As in many countries, the explosion of COVID-19 infection causes enormous concerns. In some countries the health systems have collapsed. Most of the governments recommend social isolation as a necessary attitude to flatten the curve of infection. However, in Brazil, some politicians do not consider...